Obra Capital, an asset management firm with a specialized approach to alternative investing, added Melissa Randall as chief human resources officer and senior managing director. In this role, she will lead Obra’s human resources operations, providing talent management and organizational support to Obra’s management team as the firm continues to grow. She will be based in New York and report to Obra CEO Blair Wallace.
Randall brings over 20 years of human resources experience and a deep track record of building scalable, high-impact human resources functions across asset management and private equity organizations. She joins from Waterfall Asset Management, where she served as global chief human resources officer and formalized internal HR processes for the specialty finance-focused alternative investment manager.
Prior to Waterfall, Randall was head of talent at Siris Capital Group, where she oversaw all human resources and administrative functions across the private equity firm and provided support to portfolio company teams on HR issues as needed. Earlier in her career, she held senior roles at Cognizant, including director of global talent and transformation and head of onboarding and engagement for the Americas, where she supported multiple M&A integrations and workforce transformation initiatives. She later served as the lead human resource business partner for the North America Consulting practice.
“Melissa brings a wealth of experience in human capital strategy and organizational development that will be instrumental as we continue to build our business and invest in the firm’s long-term success,” Wallace said. “We are pleased to welcome her to the Obra team.”
Randall added, “Obra is in a period of dynamic growth, with a rapidly expanding team. I look forward to collaborating with Blair and the Obra leadership team to support this momentum and cultivate talent in service of a firmwide culture of excellence.”
Randall holds a B.S. in family studies from the University of Maryland, an M.A. in organizational behavior from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.S.W. from Fordham University. She also holds multiple professional assessment certifications, enabling her to apply data-driven insights to leadership development, talent selection and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
