Malou Roth
People First
Principal
Downers Grove, IL United States
Malou Roth has spent her human resources career divided between the corporate and consulting worlds. Currently she is a consultant concentrating on human resources initiatives including, creating the right HR strategic plans, designing an effective organization, assessing executive and management training needs and delivering customized workshops, strengthening the human resources staff and implementing a workable performance management system.
Her clients include McDonald’s Corporation, Runzheimer International, The Nielsen Company, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, West Monroe Partners, Employee Relocation Council, Northern Illinois University, Fragomen LLP and Manifest Digital.
Malou served as Vice President, Human Resources, for Molex Incorporated, a $3 billion high tech company with over 18,000 employees in 21 countries worldwide. She established HR functions in many countries, developed a consistent global HR philosophy with implementation tailored to the local countries, created a comprehensive expatriate program, developed global communication programs and introduced management and supervisory training on a global basis.
In 1999 Molex received the Optimas Award for Global HR by Workforce magazine. In 2000 Malou was named one of the top 50 global HR leaders by HR Global magazine.
Prior to Molex, Malou was a partner in Boyle Kirkman Associates, a Human Resources consulting firm working with Fortune 100 corporations to help develop effective HR policies and programs.
Malou has been working with not-for-profit organizations for over fifteen years offering a variety of Human Resources services. She served on the Unicef Midwest Regional Board for four years and has worked with Wellness House, a cancer care organization, Orchard Village, an organization serving the developmentally disabled, and is currently very active with the Chicago Bar Foundation working with Legal Aid Agencies in Chicago.