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Chief People Officer Perspective: An Inside View of Talent’s Role in Value Creation

By Julie Catalano | April 24, 2023

In Bespoke’s Private Equity Talent Benchmark report, we discuss the rise of the Chief People Officer (CPO) role as a key industry trend.

Women in Leadership: Let’s Share Our Journeys on International Women’s Day

By Julie Catalano | March 8, 2023

In honor of International Women’s Day (IWD), I wanted to take this opportunity to share some insights on my role as Chief People Officer at Bespoke Partners, my journey as a working mother, and the enormous passion I feel for supporting women in leadership everywhere.

How Our Culture Enables Our Exceptional Team to Build Exceptional Teams

By Julie Catalano | February 28, 2023

At Bespoke Partners, we are in the business of building exceptional teams for our clients. Leadership talent is the primary factor in value creation for the private equity backed companies we work with. We believe that it takes and exceptional team to build those exceptional teams.

Julie Catalano

Julie Catalano

Julie Catalano brings to Bespoke more than 20 years of senior leadership in human resources, organizational culture, and business strategy. Immediately prior to joining the company, Ms. Catalano served as Vice President, Global Human Resources at Vertex Inc. During her time at Vertex, Julie served as a strategic human capital thought partner to the enterprise, enabling business solutions through proactive consultation leveraging her deep Human Resources expertise. Prior to that role, Julie held multiple key leadership roles across the HR disciplines at Vanguard.

Julie’s breadth and depth of experience make her extraordinarily well-suited to help us scale out a world-class team, deepen our high-performance culture, and do so in a way that creates an inclusive, driven, and highly collaborative work environment.

“Bespoke Partners already has a purpose driven culture, and a strong foundation of benefits and programs supporting our employees. I am thrilled to partner with the team to enhance our people-first culture, supporting our growing teams as they deliver transformative services to our clients.” ~ Julie Catalano