Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the appointment of Inga Masjule as Chief Talent Officer of Dentons US. Masjule will join the Firm’s global talent leadership team, and her appointment into this role underscores the Firm’s core priority to invest in its people to continue building a positive culture grounded in integrity, trust and inclusion.

As Chief Talent Officer, Masjule will ensure Dentons in the US continues to deliver an innovative, impactful and leading people experience.

“Inga’s expertise and vision fully aligns with where we are taking Dentons in the US, and we are excited to have Inga join our leadership team, said Mike McNamara, Chief Executive Office of Dentons US. “Our business is all about people and ensuring that talented individuals and teams are optimally positioned, supported and energized for the benefit of our client service. Inga will be guiding our people efforts to move us forward together.”

Dentons’ launch of NextTalent recognized the need to reimagine talent development in an ever changing world and legal sector, and support the career goals of people at Dentons by focusing on the capabilities needed to be successful in the law firm of the future. In addition to how Dentons develops talent, the Firm is implementing innovative approaches to driving inclusion and its focus on resilience and well-being in order to transform how Dentons operates, both to enhance the experience for our people and the client service received from the Firm.

“The recognition by Dentons of the capabilities needed to be successful in the law firm of the future is a significant differentiator,” said Masjule. “Dentons’ leading work in the field impressed me, as innovation in talent leadership and management are essential for professional services firms to remain competitive with the best talent in order to provide the highest quality client service. I am delighted to be joining a firm leading the way.”

Masjule joins Dentons with more than twenty years of domestic and international experience developing and leading innovative people programs that support a strategic talent agenda in professional services firms. She led and guided a full-range of human resources, recruitment, professional development, engagement, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. In her most recent position she spearheaded key efforts around recruitment and talent acquisition, and implemented new policies that strengthened her prior firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Masjule enjoys a successful track record of driving change across a global law firm.

Masjule will be resident in the Firm’s New York office.