Kylie Vitale

Background

About Kylie Vitale

As a commercially astute and solution-focused leader, I bring a track record of partnering with Founders, CEOs, and Boards to launch and scale successful Financial Services and Technology start-ups.My recent roles with Volt Bank and Alex Bank have blurred the lines of Chief People Officer/Chief of Staff as I have navigated governance and licensing issues, managed organisational performance frameworks, supported investor relations activity, and executed agile, strategically aligned People, Culture, and Capability programs to enable scaling at pace.As Head of People & Culture at Volt Bank, through rapid growth, I worked as a trusted business partner to the Founders and liaised with regulators to secure licensing and establish good governance. I implemented an agile operating model and workforce plan to facilitate the growth agenda, scaling the workforce to 130 FTEs in the first 2 years.I have subsequently worked as a Strategy Consultant for Alex Bank through early-stage start-up, before joining the executive team to facilitate the growth and scale-up agenda.Through my early career in People & Culture, I gained a breadth and depth of generalist experience mobilising and leading lean, high-performing HR Operations and Business Partnering teams within large, complex, and dynamically evolving organisations. This included leading the People function of Fortis Bank through divestment/demerger from global parent companies and rebranding to ABN AMRO; managed complex change and business restructuring to streamline costs and drive operational excellence across the APAC region, following the impact of the GFC.I thrive in navigating uncertainty and leading change – engaging disparate stakeholders (internally and externally) with a shared vision and enabling strategic execution through effective program governance and high-touch communications.