Veronica van Egmond is the Chief People Officer of Veyra. She is an accomplished global Human Resources executive with more than 20 years of experience partnering with CEOs, executive leadership teams, and private equity stakeholders to drive organizational transformation, accelerate growth, and create enterprise value. Her expertise spans global manufacturing, aerospace and defense, food production, supply chain, distribution, and complex multi-site operations.

As Global Chief People Officer for Finlays Solutions, Veronica served on the Executive Leadership Team and led enterprise people strategy across global manufacturing, commercial, supply chain, and corporate operations. A trusted advisor to the CEO and senior leadership, she directed organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, executive succession, leadership development, digital transformation, and M&A integration. Her leadership delivered significant measurable results, including more than $1 million in recurring annual operating savings, a 12% improvement in operational efficiency, retention of more than 90% of critical talent during M&A integration, and an 18% reduction in global voluntary turnover.

Previously, as Global Vice President of Human Resources for Ultra Electronics, Veronica led HR strategy across North America and Europe within the highly regulated aerospace and defense sector. She advised executive leadership on organizational effectiveness, executive talent, succession planning, workforce strategy, and transformation while leading the successful global implementation of Workday and strengthening leadership capabilities across multiple countries.

Her earlier leadership experience includes executive HR roles with Martin Preferred Foods, BrightView Landscape Services, and Sysco Corporation, where she spent more than a decade in progressive leadership positions. Throughout her career, Veronica has been selected to guide organizations through mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, executive succession, cultural transformation, workforce optimization, and enterprise technology modernization.

Her record of business impact includes identifying more than $19 million in workforce optimization opportunities, improving employee retention from 63% to 89% within a 4,500-employee operation, and contributing to a 3–4% EBITDA improvement through workforce analytics and labor optimization. She has also led major HR technology transformations involving Workday, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, ADP, and Paycor.

Veronica is recognized for combining enterprise-level strategic vision with disciplined operational execution. She builds high-performing leadership teams, strengthens organizational cultures, and positions human capital strategy as a driver of business performance rather than simply a support function. Her leadership philosophy centers on aligning talent, culture, organizational capability, and business strategy to improve performance, retain critical talent, and generate sustainable long-term enterprise value.

Veronica holds a Bachelor of Business Management from LeTourneau University and has completed advanced leadership studies through Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and human resources studies through Rice University. She holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation and additional certifications in internal investigations, executive assessment, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.