Qlik Appoints Anna Sharkey as Chief People Officer

Global people leade will alig tale t a d leade ship developme t with Qlik’s g owth p io ities

Key takeaways:

• Appoi tme t effective Novembe 23: A a Sha key will epo t to CEO Saugata Saha a d joi Qlik’s Executive Leade ship Team.
• Global people emit: Sha key will lead Qlik’s Cultu e & Tale t o ga izatio , i cludi g tale t developme t, ec uiti g, ewa ds a d cha ge ma ageme t.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qlik^®, a global leade i data i teg atio , data quality, a alytics a d AI, today a ou ced the appoi tme t of A a Sha key as Chief People Office , effective Novembe 23, 2026. Sha key will epo t to Saugata Saha, P eside t a d Chief Executive Office , a d joi Qlik’s Executive Leade ship Team.

Sha key will succeed Rutha W y, who is steppi g dow as Chief People Office afte 12 yea s at Qlik. W y will emai with the compa y th ough the e d of 2026 to suppo t the t a sitio .

Sha key will lead Qlik’s global Cultu e & Tale t o ga izatio , ove seei g huma esou ces, tale t developme t, ewa ds, ec uiti g a d cha ge ma ageme t. He focus will be o co ecti g Qlik’s g owth p io ities with how the compa y hi es, develops a d leads its people.

“Qlik’s g owth depe ds o ou people’s ability to tu the oppo tu ities i data a d AI i to esults fo custome s,” said Saugata Saha, P eside t a d Chief Executive Office of Qlik. “A a u de sta ds how to co ect busi ess st ategy with the skills a d leade ship eeded to delive it. She b i gs expe ie ce guidi g o ga izatio s th ough cha ge, with eal atte tio to how people expe ie ce that cha ge.”

Sha key b i gs mo e tha 25 yea s of HR a d leade ship expe ie ce. She p eviously se ved as Chief People Office at Capsto e I vestme t Adviso s a d held se io HR oles at Blacksto e, S&P Global, Ba clays a d Citi. He expe ie ce i cludes tale t acquisitio , successio pla i g, leade ship a d ca ee developme t, a d the people aspects of me ge s a d acquisitio s. She has lived a d wo ked ac oss Eu ope, Af ica a d No th Ame ica.

Sha key holds a BSc i Social Scie ce/Social Wo k f om Lu d U ive sity i Swede a d a MBA f om the U ive sity of Wales, College of Ca diff i the U ited Ki gdom.

“The most successful o ga izatio s a e those that co ect thei people st ategy a d cultu e di ectly to the busi ess outcomes,” said Sha key. “I look fo wa d to wo ki g with the team to co ti ue to st e gthe that co ectio , build leade ship capabilities a d foste a cultu e that e ables both ou people a d Qlik to succeed.“

“Rutha has built a st o g Cultu e & Tale t team a d helped ou people th ough a g eat deal of cha ge,” Saha added. “We a e g ateful fo he leade ship, he ca e fo ou colleagues a d he suppo t du i g this t a sitio .”

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