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Jyoti Chopra is the Chief People Officer for MGM Resorts International, based in Las Vegas. She is responsible for leading Human Resources and Corporate Responsibility for a workforce spanning over 60,000 people. She serves as liaison to the Board of Directors’ corporate responsibility and human capital and compensation committees. She oversees the MGM Resorts Foundation and community relations.
Ms. Chopra is an award-winning human development leader. Prior to her role at MGM Resorts, she was Senior Vice President, head of HR Operations and Transformation at Pearson Plc., an education technology and UK FTSE 100 company, where she was a member of the senior and human resources leadership teams.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Chopra served as Managing Director of Global Citizenship and Sustainability for BNY Mellon as well as the global leader for communications and public relations at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and as a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co.
Ms. Chopra began her career covering human development and issues affecting women and children at the United Nations. She was born and raised in London, England. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Journalism from New York University. She completed the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She holds an MBA with distinction from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Ms. Chopra is presently a member of the Advisory Board for Toyota. She serves on the Board of Directors at Schneider National and is a member of the company’s Compensation Committee. She is a member of the Executive Council for the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM).