Wal-Mart Names New Human Resources Head

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive who suggested last year that the world’s largest retailer should avoid hiring unhealthy workers has been promoted to head its human-resources division.

Susan Chambers was named executive vice president of the unit that oversees human resources and diversity. She succeeds Lawrence Jackson, 52, who was promoted to president and chief executive of global procurement, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart said.