Exscientia plc announced that Caroline Rowland has joined Exscientia as Chief People Officer. In this newly created role, she will lead Exscientia's People (human resources) and Places functions and build on the Company's talent, training and employee experience strategies. Caroline reports to CEO and Founder, Andrew Hopkins, DPhil.

Most recently, Caroline served as Arm's Vice President of Talent, where she held multiple roles of increasing responsibility and led the firm's talent, business partnering, shared services, global integration and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Prior to Arm, Caroline spent eight years leading executive performance strategy, global mobility and talent management at Diageo; and five years as a Management Consultant advising corporate clients with Human Capital, Deloitte, where she was seconded to Hyderabad, India as well as New York, NY. Caroline currently serves as a board member at the Cambridge Network, a not-for-profit organisation focused on bridging the vibrant technology and education sectors of Cambridge, England.

Caroline holds a BS.c. in Business Studies and Human Resource Management from the University of Salford.