Udemy Appoints Sarah Healy to Lead a New Chapter in Skills, Learning, and AI Empowerment for the Company

Former Meta and Mastercard Leader Brings Extensive Experience in Creating Comprehensive Skilling Strategies and Talent Development Programs

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), a leading AI-powered skills acceleration platform, today announced the appointment of Sarah Healy as Chief Skills and Learning Officer. This key appointment supports Udemy’s efforts to lead the transformation to a global skills-based economy in an era of unprecedented AI-driven technology advancement and opportunity.

As Chief Skills and Learning Officer, Healy will lead Udemy’s global strategy for building and scaling critical skills across the organization and nurturing talent. Healy will implement comprehensive talent development programs to support the needs of the global workforce and business transformation. By applying data-driven insights and leveraging emerging technologies like AI and adaptive learning, Healy will help accelerate the effectiveness and reach of Udemy’s internal upskilling efforts. Additionally, Healy will partner with Udemy’s go-to-market teams to support their enterprise customer engagements by providing tested transformation best practices and playbooks around building a continuous learning culture.

“We are thrilled to welcome Sarah to the team as she brings a rare combination of strategic vision, deep experience working with large multinational corporations and hands-on expertise in developing workforce skilling programs that drive impact,” said Hugo Sarrazin, President and CEO of Udemy. “As AI continues to reshape every industry, Sarah’s leadership will be instrumental in helping our customers embrace skills-based strategies and build cultures of continuous development to thrive in the future of work.”

“The pace of AI innovation is redefining how we work and learn, creating significant challenges and unprecedented opportunities,” said Healy. “I’m thrilled to join Udemy at this pivotal moment when the need for continuous skills development has never been more critical. I look forward to working with our internal teams and customers to develop innovative approaches that ensure organizations and individuals can navigate this transformation successfully.”

Healy joins Udemy from ESW, a global DTC ecommerce company, where she served as Vice President of Leadership, Talent & Organizational Development, leading a global team responsible for executing comprehensive talent and leadership strategies that foster a culture of continuous learning. Previously, she served as Global Director of Leadership Development at Mastercard, where she led wide-scale global projects to enhance organizational culture and equip People leaders to cultivate high-performing teams. Before that, she was at Meta (formerly Facebook) serving as Global Organizational Capability & Learning Program Manager, where she designed and implemented scalable learning programs across multiple regions for the company’s sales team. Earlier in her career, Healy held L&D and sales effectiveness roles at companies including Optus, Deloitte Australia, Ericom and KPMG.

About Udemy

Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY) is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Today, thousands of companies, including Ericsson, Samsung SDS America, On24, Tata Consultancy Services, The World Bank, and Volkswagen, rely on Udemy Business for its enterprise solutions to build agile, future-ready teams. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco, with hubs across the United States, Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico and Türkiye.