Luke Anderton

VP, People & Talent

Skylo

Oct 2025 - Current (11 months)

Building the "Standardized Sky", our vision for global satellite connectivity. Joined to lead our People function. Growing from ~90 to 200+ in 2026 across US, Finland, India & UK. Our global People team of around ~15 is currently focused on: - VP-level executive hiring across multiple functions, alongside scale-up hiring - Compensation re-benchmarking exercise & equity refresh program - Org design, succession planning and leadership development - Infrastructure (career frameworks, Rippling, Ashby etc) to get Skylo ready for serious scale - Upgrading internal tech stack to strengthen talent attraction and operational efficiency - Compliance and localized services across all jurisdictions

Member

CPOHQ Knoetic AI

Aug 2025 - Current (1 year 1 month)

Advisor

Emicus Consulting

Jul 2023 - Oct 2025 (2 years 4 months)

Set up shop to advise early stage companies on their people strategies and growth plans

Advisor

Stealth Startup

Jul 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years 3 months)

With short-term focus pivoting from employee growth to partnerships & joint ventures, have since moved into an advisory role.

Chief People Officer

Stealth Startup

May 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Left Google to move home & work on something brand new and exciting. Automotive industry - incredible new EVs. Stealth until future launch but spent year with the ~10 person founding team setting up people processes & frameworks for a 500-1000 person company, ready for that "press-play" moment (aka $$$$).

Head of People - Next Bets (Venture, M&A, Incubator etc)

Google

Jun 2018 - May 2022 (4 years)

Everything HR & Talent for: - Area 120 (Google's in-house incubator) - Google For Startups (spaces for external entrepreneurs to learn and work) - Corp Dev (Mergers & Acquisitions) - Gradient Ventures (early-stage AI investment fund) - A couple of stealth tech projects (🤐) Most interesting HR/Talent job at Google (in my humble opinion!)

People Partner Manager

Google

Jun 2017 - Jun 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Led a team of 6 (brilliant!) People Partners, supporting ~5000 Googlers, partnering with SVP.

Head of Talent - Verily Life Sciences

Google

Nov 2015 - Jun 2017 (1 year 8 months)

Alongside below role, moved to Verily (first of the Alphabet companies to spin out of Google) to build Staffing team & create hiring process. Hired replacement before spending time advising on Talent & HR strategies to Alphabet companies, fresh from plenty of learnings at Verily. Access, Calico, CapitalG, DeepMind, Google Ventures, Nest, Sidewalk Labs, Waymo, Verily & [x]. Companies at various stages of growth and independence from Google, with strategies to match. Fascinating insight into new startups within various industries.

Staffing Manager

Google

Jun 2012 - Jun 2017 (5 years 1 month)

Returned to Google and moved to the Bay Area. Proudly managed a team of ~30 great Recruiters, successfully filling a variety of niche positions across Tech. Pro tip: always leave on good terms!

EMEA Staffing Lead

Twitter

Feb 2012 - Jun 2012 (5 months)

Brief hiatus (!) as Twitter's Lead (only!) Recruiter in Europe. Hires across all functions, plus Country Managers. Manic: 52 hires in 4 months. Great fun, good people & lots of stories.

Engineering Staffing

Google

Oct 2009 - Feb 2012 (2 years 5 months)

Perm role. Hiring the very best Engineers on the planet; those who keep Google up and running (SREs).

Internal Mobility Lead

Credit Suisse

Oct 2007 - Oct 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Dealt with all talent management initiatives, to promote career development.

Recruitment Manager

Carbon formerly SCom

Apr 2005 - Oct 2007 (2 years 7 months)

Led a team of Recruiters, as well as maintaining a hands-on approach to clients' requirements. Tried to instill integrity in a 'gritty' industry.

Recruiter

Premier Group Recruitment

Dec 2003 - Apr 2005 (1 year 5 months)

Get on the phone! A great training ground for dealing with adversity...

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Director

Allsports Direct Australia

Oct 2002 - Aug 2003 (11 months)

With pay based 100% on commission, this was described by most as The Worst Job In The World. I absolutely loved it. Worked for various sports organisations carrying out promo activities & sales: - AFL (Aussie Rules) teams in Melbourne - NFL (Rugby League) teams in Sydney - Cricket Australia - National Basketball League

Intern

European Parliament

Apr 2001 - Aug 2001 (5 months)

Internship, working as a British MEP's assistant. Eye-opening stuff; kicked off my interest in politics.

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