Caroline Wanga

CTL-E-3755 · Person · businessperson · 2020–present

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Former Target chief culture, diversity and inclusion officer; joined Essence as Chief Growth Officer in June 2020 and served as interim CEO of Essence Communications from July 2020.

Notes

RELP85 new supporting entity; identity re-check: no duplicate in graph.

Relationships

Essence Communications — affiliated with
Caroline Wanga, hired as Chief Growth Officer from Target in June 2020, was named interim CEO of Essence Communications in July 2020.

Sources

TheWrap - Essence names interim CEO Caroline Wanga (2020)
Black Enterprise - Essence responds to toxic-culture allegations (2020)

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