Steven Baert serves as Chief People Officer at GE Vernova Inc., where he leads the global people strategy, fostering a high-performance culture and driving talent development across the company's energy transition businesses. With over 25 years of human resources leadership experience, Baert has built his career championing organizational transformation and employee engagement in fast-paced, multinational environments. Prior to GE Vernova, he held senior HR roles at leading global firms, including Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Avery Dennison and earlier stints at Unilever and Diageo, where he spearheaded talent acquisition, diversity initiatives, and leadership development programs. Throughout his career, Baert has earned recognition for his innovative approaches to people strategies that align with business growth. At Avery Dennison, he led a comprehensive HR transformation that improved employee retention by 20% and enhanced operational agility during periods of rapid expansion. His expertise in change management and inclusive leadership has been instrumental in navigating complex mergers, cultural integrations, and digital HR implementations, consistently delivering measurable impacts on productivity and innovation. At GE Vernova, Baert plays a pivotal role in empowering a workforce of over 75,000 employees to accelerate the world's energy transition. He oversees compensation, benefits, learning and development, and employee relations, emphasizing sustainability-aligned values and agile talent practices to support the company's mission of electrifying and decarbonizing the world. Under his guidance, GE Vernova has advanced DEI efforts and launched cutting-edge programs to attract top engineering and technical talent.