Best Buy names human resources chief

Minneapolis Best Buy Co. Thursday announced that Carol A. Surface, Ph.D., has been named executive VP and chief human resources officer, effective March 1.

Surface, age 44, will report to Brian Dunn, Best Buy’s CEO, and will be responsible for developing and directing Best Buy’s global human resources organization. She will lead Best Buy’s overall human resources strategy, including global talent attraction, staffing and retention, leadership development, diversity, organizational design and cultural development, employee education and development, compensation and benefits and employee relations. She also will have oversight of Best Buy’s legal department.

Surface is joining Best Buy from PepsiCo where she served as senior VP, human resources, and chief personnel officer for PepsiCo International, based in New York. In her most recent Dubai-based role, Surface was responsible for all aspects of human resources across the Asia Pacific region, Middle East and Africa.