Hollie Castro

Hollie Castro, Founder of HC Advice, has led an illustrious career as a human resource strategy and business transformation expert. With over 25 years of experience in helping Fortune 500 companies strategically grow their businesses, Hollie is best known for her ability to transform leadership, drive performance outcomes and create environments where employees thrive. As a keynote speaker, Hollie speaks about embedding generative AI to human resource operations, future of work, talent acquisition and innovation.

Hollie is a Stanford University certified Corporate Director and possesses an International MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Her resume is rife with prominent positions held at numerous globally renowned organisations. After serving as HR Executive at GE, Hollie assumed responsibility as VP of Human Resources at Cisco Systems. Here, she led the HR strategy and teams across 90 countries and nearly 50,000 employees. She has also been CEO of Global Rainmakers Coaching & Consulting and Founder & CEO of Castro Consulting Group.

As Chief Human Resources Officer & SVP of ESG at YETI, Hollie established the Public Company Compensation Committee and worked on matters related to human capital, retention, attrition, diversity and ESG matters. She has also been the Chief People Officer at Miro, leading the business transformation for the 2000 employee strong organisation. In addition to sharing her expertise on global human capital and business strategy as a lecturer, she is also an Advisory Board Member of the Texas A&M University. In her capacity as Founder of HC Advice, Hollie advises on matters related to ROI, governance of talent investments and business expansion. Since 2012, Hollie has been Co-Chair & Advisory Board Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Recently she explored the intersection of governance, AI and the multigenerational workforce at the NACD Annual Director's Summit, highlighting the need for ethics in the adoption of GenAI in business. 

Hollie has been recognised for her work and was named as one of the Top 100 Board Candidates by the Financial Times Group in 2014. She was nominated for the Women Profiles in Power for the Austin American-Statesman and won the HR Transformation award at the High Tech Symposium of Silicon Valley. A highly sought after authority on human resources, Hollie has been invited to speak on podcasts such as Revenue Builders and has been invited to speak at the HR Retail 2025 event. If you are looking for a seasoned speaker on human resources, strategy and business transformation, look no further than Hollie Castro!