onsemi announced the appointment of Padma Thiruvengadam as the company's new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 12, 2022. In this role, she is leading onsemi's people-centered activities - overseeing talent acquisition and development; DEI; total rewards as well as HR systems, insights and analytics - to enable a best-in-class employee experience. Thiruvengadam succeeds Tobin Cookman, who led the HR team since 2012 and contributed over 25 years of outstanding service to onsemi.

As the new CHRO, Thiruvengadam is also a steward of onsemi's culture and values, which are shaping and supporting the company's growth and bottom line. She will direct people strategy, drive innovation and ensure the right talent is in place to deliver exceptional people and customer experience. Through her impressive career, Thiruvengadam has excelled at aligning strategy and execution, business and people, to positively impact corporate success.

In her most recent role as CHRO at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, she transformed the organization to deliver on a new strategy and played an important role in refreshing corporate philosophy and purpose. During this time, she led the company to achieve Global Top Employer certification for three years in a row and through the integration of the larger acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to that, Thiruvengadam served as the CPO for The LEGO Group, CHRO and CVP of Strategic Initiatives and Operational Excellence for Integra Life Sciences.

She held several other executive roles in human resources and general management at global companies.