Uber’s Carrol Chang Takes Over Andela as CEO Jeremy Johnson Steps Down

Andela Inc., one of the largest private marketplaces for technical talent, has revealed Carrol Chang will take over as Chief Executive Officer. She will join the company’s Board of Directors on September 17, 2024.

Chang, a previous employee of Uber, will succeed Jeremy Johnson, Andela’s co-founder, who will still remain on the Andela Board. Chang served as the Global Head of Driver and Courier Operations at Uber before her change.

Andela Appoints Carrol Chang As New CEO

The company revealed Chang brings with her a demonstrated history of successfully scaling a marketplace business through hyper-growth into a mature public company.  

Her pedigree is also expected to complement Andela, who has grown from an innovative African start-up to the first talent marketplace to become a unicorn.

Chang, in gratitude, said, “I am deeply grateful for the privilege to lead Andela. It’s rare to find a mission-driven company that also has the potential to create a category-defining business. I’m inspired by the way Jeremy has led Andela to this point, and I appreciate the trust he and the Board now put in me to carry forward its mission.” 

“The global talent market is an $8.5 trillion-dollar opportunity, and Andela has a decade of experience connecting brilliant talent with opportunity on a global scale. I look forward to writing the next great chapter with the Andela team.”

About Andela

Andela operates one of the world’s largest private marketplaces of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technical talent where it is most needed. 

The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform enables clients to select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more.

Chang’s Achievements Before Andela

Chang exceeded expectations at Uber; she was tasked to lead efforts to grow its driver base, this was one of the company’s top priorities post-Covid. 

Those efforts grew the marketplace of flexible workers to nearly 7 million people in over 70 countries, powering the company’s $130B ridesharing and delivery businesses. 

In addition to her expertise scaling tech-enabled marketplaces, she brings leadership experience from McKinsey & Company, the Department of Homeland Security, and global organizations working in education and economic development. 

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Jeremy Johnson, the former CEO, said, “After ten years, I’m deeply proud of the change we’ve helped catalyze. That said, it’s clear that global hiring is at the beginning of a complete digital transformation, and Carrol is the perfect leader both for Andela’s next stage of growth and to help usher in the era of talent marketplaces.” 

He further said, “Carrol is a strategic leader and culture builder who has lived the Andela mission of connecting brilliance with opportunity.”

“That said, Andela is part of my soul. Also, I’m excited to support Carrol as a member of our board of directors.”

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