Chief People Officer

Florence Zheng is the Chief People Officer at Bentley Systems. In this role, she is responsible for driving business outcomes through advancing the company’s people strategy. Leading the global People organization, she focuses on building a high-performing organization and cultivating the unique Bentley culture through effective organization design, workforce planning, leadership development, talent acquisition, learning, and colleague engagement.

Florence started at Bentley in 2005 and held several leadership positions before joining the executive team as Chief Talent Officer in 2014. She took an advisory role in 2022 working with Bentley’s founders before taking on the global HR leadership role again. Prior to Bentley, Florence served in HR management roles at Shell and GE Energy in China.

Florence holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from Shanghai International Studies University.