Kate Keene

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

As Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Kate leads the company’s talent strategy and its global Human Resources (HR) function, including workforce and organization effectiveness, total rewards, talent acquisition, people and leadership development, communications, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and global HR operations. 

Kate’s strategic vision is focused on aligning the HR function with business objectives, ensuring that Ingersoll Rand not only attracts top talent but also nurtures and develops it.

She joined Ingersoll Rand in 2016. Prior to becoming CHRO, Kate held various HR leadership positions to lead people strategies for corporate functions and served as the HR business partner for the Precision and Science Technologies and Power Tools and Lifting businesses.

Kate came to Ingersoll Rand with nearly 20 years of operations and HR leadership experience from her time with General Electric and SABIC. She received her bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Pennsylvania State University.