Melissa Gangen has been nominated for the 2026 CHRO Awards for her role as HR director at Digital Planet and HP Store.
She joins a cohort of HR leaders competing across nine award categories, including the headline CHRO of the Year title.
Melissa has served as HR director at Digital Planet and HP Store since 2013. Before this, she was group HR manager at Fulham Investments.
Academically, she holds a bachelor of social science in industrial, organisational and labour studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a postgraduate diploma in management from the Wits Business School and an MBA Essentials qualification from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Dubbed the “Oscars of HR”, the CHRO Awards continues to celebrate leaders who raise the bar for people leadership in South Africa across listed companies, large corporates and government institutions.
