The most forward-thinking organizations are aligning human and machine intelligence not as parallel tracks, but as a coordinated system. That system is increasingly being designed by a new partnership between the Chief HR Officer and the Chief AI Officer. Where the CHRO brings deep insight into workforce dynamics, leadership, and culture, the CAIO delivers the architecture and tools that activate workforce potential at speed and scale.

Together, they are building intelligent organizations—ones that are grounded in trust, shaped by data, and structured to learn and adapt continuously. From AI governance and skills readiness to org design and talent development, this partnership is not only accelerating transformation, it is redefining what leadership looks like in a world of constant change.

Discussion points

How to partner with AI and technology leaders to align workforce strategy with enterprise AI goals
How to operationalize AI adoption through talent systems, leadership development, and change readiness
How to co-design structures and workflows that build trust in AI while unlocking human capability at scale

Panelists

Maryjo Charbonnier, Chief Human Resources Officer at Kyndryl
Kimberly Basile, Chief Information Officer at Kyndryl
Maral Kazanjian, Chief People Officer at Moody's Corporation
Ketaki Sodhi, Head of AI Enablement at Moody’s Corporation
[Moderated by]: Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the 2nd Annual Global AI HR Summit 2025. It brought together 100+ world-class speakers across 16 different panels who shared actionable insights, practical takeaways and how they are using AI in HR. View all Sessions:

Panel #1 Watch here: Workforce Innovation in the Age of AI: The CHRO’s New Role
Panel #2 Watch here: Work Re-Architected: Redesigning Jobs, Roles, and Skills in the Age of AI
Panel #3 Watch here: How to Turn Skills into Strategy: Orchestrating Talent, Tech & Marketplaces for Enterprise Impact
Panel #4 Watch here: Reimagining the HR Tech Stack to Power People, Performance, and AI at Scale
Panel #5 Watch here: The Workforce Intelligence Advantage: How to Predict, Plan, and Perform Using People Analytics
Panel #6 Watch here: How Future of Work Executives are Connecting the Dots: Data, Technology and People
Panel #7 Watch here: Re‑Imagining, Re‑Building, Re‑Doing: How to Design Work for Human and AI
Panel #8 Watch here: The Perfect Pair: How Chief HR Officers and Chief AI Officers are Shaping the Future of Work
Panel #9 Watch here: From Transactional to Transformational: The Future of Employee Experience in the AI Era
Panel #10 Watch here: Reimagining Workforce Design: Aligning Human Strengths with AI at Scale
Panel #11 Watch here: Human + Machine: Inside the C-Suite Alliance Re-Architecting Work for the AI Age
Panel #12 Watch here: Intuition vs Intelligence: Preserving Culture and the Human Touch in an Algorithmic & Agentic AI World
Panel #13 Watch here: Driving AI Adoption Cross-Functionally Across the Workforce: The AI-Coached Enterprise
Panel #14 Watch here: Humans + AI Agents: The Strategic Transformation of Talent Acquisition
Panel #15 Watch here: Re-Architecting Work at Scale: Redesigning Jobs, Skills, and Organizations for the AI Age
Panel #16 Watch here: The Chief People Officer's Role in Enterprise AI Transformation