eBay has named Beth Axelrod Senior Vice President of Human Resources and has promoted Henry Gomez to Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Government Relations. Both Axelrod and Gomez will join the company's Executive Staff.

Axelrod will report to eBay COO Maynard Webb and will be responsible for all areas of the company's global human resources including recruiting, training, compensation, benefits and, according to the eBay announcement, "the continuing evolution of the company's unique corporate culture." Axelrod's move to eBay was first reported in early January by Adweek.

Before joining eBay, Axelrod had been chief talent officer at WPP, the global communications services group, since 2002. At WPP she was responsible for recruitment, development, compensation, performance management and retention. Prior to WPP, she was a partner at McKinsey & Company where she co-led the consultancy's organization and leadership practice and led the consultancy's talent management research and client service efforts. Prior to McKinsey, she worked on mergers and acquisitions for First Boston, Inc. in New York and London.

Axelrod is co-author of "The War for Talent," a book published in 2001 by Harvard Business School Press.

Henry Gomez will report to eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Gomez joined eBay in 2000 and is responsible for public relations, community development, internal communications and government relations around the world. He is also chairman of the eBay Foundation.

Prior to joining eBay, Gomez worked at HBO, the premium television network, from 1993 to 2000, most recently as vice president of corporate affairs. Before working at HBO, Gomez held a number of communications positions at NYNEX (now Verizon), Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart and Hill and Knowlton.

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