Apple S Vp Of Diversity Denise Young Smith Leaving Deloitte S Christie Smith Joining Company

Denise Young Smith is leaving Apple at the end of the year, TechCrunch has reported. Young Smith currently serves as Apple’s first VP of Inclusion and Diversity, a position created for her after Deidre O’Brien took over general HR duties.

Denise Young Smith started her role as head of human resources back in 2014, then Deirdre O’Brien took HR responsibilities as part of her new role of VP of People in September.

Replacing Denise Young Smith as head of inclusion and diversity efforts at Apple will be Christie Smith, TechCrunch reports, who will report to O’Brien. TechCrunch says Apple announced the shift internally today and offered this statement:

Christie Smith, who can be seen speaking below, will be joining Apple from Deloitte:

Apple released its latest diversity report earlier this month which tracks changes year to year since 2014.