Benton McTaggart, chief people officer at Meritize, has over a decade of experience across employee engagement, talent development, coaching and internal communication. He has a Bachelor of Arts in media and communications from the University of the West Indies and a Master of Business Administration from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester. He is a certified professional coach through the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching. He holds a SHRM-SCP Certification from Society for Human Resource Management and a SPHR Certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute.