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Meet an HR professional who is driving global growth.Marlene Higgins oversees HR operations of more than 5,400 Kal Tire employees in over 250 Canadian stores, as well as those who are part of Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group, in 17 countries.

A privately-owned company, Kal Tire is a BC success story. Its global expansion strategy is based on careful acquisitions, which includes Marlene’s assessment of executive and operational team capital. She views her role of integrating existing companies with different languages, cultures and business practices as a unique combination of business anthropologist and HR architect. “Leadership capital isn’t refl ected on a balance sheet, yet it’s essential to quantifying the opportunity in new markets,” says Marlene. “When an acquisition becomes part of the Kal Tire family, we provide HR infrastructure so each local company is empowered to grow in their markets, their way.”

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“Empowering operational leaders is key to our success.

”Marlene Higgins, MBA, CHRPGlobal Head and Director of HRKal Tire