SARNJIT KAUR

CPO & Business Partner to the president, Sarnjit’s key accountabilities include the implementation and delivery of a people centric strategy, which ultimately enables the delivery of the strategic business plan across Cox Automotive International markets covering c3000 team members.

As part of her International remit, Sarnjt’s remit is to also share best practice people strategies across all international markets, to ensure we continue to attract, recruit and retain the best and top talent across all the markets and communities in which we operate. With a tenure of 7 years with CA, Sarnjit started her career as Head of HR for Manheim, then moved into a HRD role for Europe, following the transition to her and current role as CPO, reporting globally to the Exec team in the US.

Sarnjit has a passion for all things people development and coaching and partners with a number of external organisations and professional bodies from a mentoring capacity, including the CIPD (Chartered Institute for personnel and Development) Global BT mentoring programmes and supports a number of external companies. Her passion to support the next generation of HR talent has been recognized through external accolade received by her recent Inspiring Women, Automotive 30% club award, and Northern Power Women’s awards UK.

Prior to joining CA, Sarnjit has spent over 20 years’ experience in financial services (Santander) where she has conducted multiple operational roles across retail and the branch network, coupled with HR leadership roles across all the 5 key divisions of Santander UK, including Global business markets and the CEO office.

Residing in Lincolnshire, Sarnjit enjoys running, travel and reading and spending time with her two teenage boys, Aran and Kam and family.