Diane Neville, formerly SVP of People Resources at Shake Shack, has been promoted to the role of Chief People Officer. As Chief People Officer, Neville will continue to own the development and oversight of all People Resources strategies and functions.
“Since joining Shake Shack in 2019, Diane has had a tremendous impact – from hiring strong teams and leaders to see Shake Shack through its robust growth ahead, to spearheading numerous DE&I initiatives to ensure Shake Shack is a welcoming and inclusive workplace,” the company says. “Investment in our teams and developing future leaders from within has always been extremely important at Shake Shack and we’re thrilled to have Diane at the helm.”
Neville brings over twenty years of human resources experience scaling teams to build foundational practices to enhance corporate brands. Most recently, she served as the Chief People Officer for The Piada Group, LLC. Prior to that, Neville was employed as the Director of Human Resources, Compliance and Employee Relations for P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. and Pei Wei Asian Diner. In her position, she was responsible for working with the management team in creating and implementing training and development, recruitment strategies, employee relations and engagement, as well as compliance initiatives.
Prior to P.F. Chang’s, she held various human resources leadership roles at Grimaldi’s Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria, Inc., McKesson Corporation, Fender Musical Instruments and AON Hewitt. Throughout her career Neville has been responsible for leading the creation and implementation of training, development, and recruitment strategies, employee relations and engagement, performance management, HR compliance initiatives and compensation.
Neville has a B.S in Business Administration from Providence College, in Rhode Island. She is also a Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and holds a Human Resource Certificate from the Corporate Executive Council.
