FIONA SPRATT

Fiona Spratt serves as Senior Vice President, People at NETGEAR. She has been with the company for more than 10 years, moving up through the ranks of HR positions in EMEA before being appointed to Managing Director NETGEAR International Limited in 2018 in addition to her role as EMEA HR Director. In 2021 she was promoted to Vice President of HR in EMEA. She drove the project to relocate our international headquarters in Cork, Ireland to accommodate a new software development centre of excellence. In doing so, she played a critical role in helping the company to accelerate its transformation towards becoming more software-centric by leveraging the pipeline of diverse talent in Ireland. Prior to joining NETGEAR, she held HR Manager roles at Black & Decker and subsequently Stanley Black & Decker following the merger of both companies. Fiona is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and she earned an honors degree in Social Science at University College Cork, followed by a diploma in Personnel Management at Munster Technical University, Ireland.