Job Title: Chief People Experience Officer
Company: Discovery
Steven Teasdale is the chief people experience officer at Discovery, a role he has held since 2022.
Before being appointed chief people experience officer, Steven served as group head of organisational development, change and transformation at Discovery.
He previously served as organisational development and change director at Tiger Brands.
Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership and organisational effectiveness roles at Eskom, Hymans Robertson, Aon, Mercer and Deloitte.
Steven holds an MBA in strategic finance, creativity, innovation and change from The Open University and a BCom in economics and finance from the University of South Africa.
Work:
2022 – Present Chief people experience officer, Discovery
2018 – 2022 Group head of organisational development, Change & Transformation, Discovery
2017 – 2018 Organisational development & change director, Tiger Brands
2017 – 2017 Organisational development & change executive, Tiger Brands
2016 – 2017 Senior manager learning strategy & enablement, Eskom
2011 – 2017 Senior manager leadership strategy & executive talent management, Eskom
2008 – 2011 Head of organisational effectiveness, Eskom
2007 – 2008 Chief advisor organisational effectiveness, Eskom
2002 – 2007 Senior strategy manager, Hymans Robertson
2002 – 2005 Senior manager, Hymans Robertson
2002 – 2002 External consultant, Aon
2000 – 2002 External consultant, Mercer Human Resources
2000 – 2000 External consultant, Aon
1997 – 1999 Consultant, Deloitte London
Education:
2005 – 2006 MBA in strategic finance, creativity, innovation & change, The Open University
2004 – 2005 Postgraduate diploma in general management, project & change management, The Open University
1994 – 1996 BCom in economics and finance, University of South Africa
About company: Discovery is a South African financial services group offering health insurance, life insurance, investment, banking and wellness solutions. The company operates in multiple international markets and is known for its shared-value business model focused on incentivising healthier and financially responsible behaviour.
