Q Hamirani

Advisor

A trusted advisor to founders, boards, and global accelerator programs like Techstars and PeopleTech Partners, Q is a seasoned innovator in the HR space.

A mission driven leader, speaker and executive coach with a focus on people strategy and business operations, Q drives sustainable change from his extensive first hand experience across his own startups, venture growth, private equity, management consulting, and Fortune 100 companies.

Q currently serves as Chief People, PR & Communications Officer at Paper—an industry leading series D+ EdTech company on a mission to ensure every student has equal access to academic support from K-12.

From 2018 to 2023, Q joined Airbnb as its first global people ops leader, where he played a key role in designing and implementing Airbnb's people and talent operations function, guiding the company through significant milestones such as hyper growth, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring, IPO, and the future of work. One of Q's notable achievements was the ideation and incubation of Airbnb's Digital Nomad program in 2020, which eventually evolved into Airbnb's formal Live & Work Anywhere program in 2022. 

Passionate about personal growth, Q is an avid traveller and supports emerging artists and filmmakers. With a focus on shaping the future of work, he advises and invests in tech companies worldwide, ranging from early-stage startups to established ventures. Additionally, he's an active angel investor in 10+ companies and Limited Partner in a prominent venture capital fund.

Q Hamirani

Advisor

A trusted advisor to founders, boards, and global accelerator programs like Techstars and PeopleTech Partners, Q is a seasoned innovator in the HR space.

A mission driven leader, speaker and executive coach with a focus on people strategy and business operations, Q drives sustainable change from his extensive first hand experience across his own startups, venture growth, private equity, management consulting, and Fortune 100 companies.

Q currently serves as Chief People, PR & Communications Officer at Paper—an industry leading series D+ EdTech company on a mission to ensure every student has equal access to academic support from K-12.

From 2018 to 2023, Q joined Airbnb as its first global people ops leader, where he played a key role in designing and implementing Airbnb's people and talent operations function, guiding the company through significant milestones such as hyper growth, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring, IPO, and the future of work. One of Q's notable achievements was the ideation and incubation of Airbnb's Digital Nomad program in 2020, which eventually evolved into Airbnb's formal Live & Work Anywhere program in 2022. 

Passionate about personal growth, Q is an avid traveller and supports emerging artists and filmmakers. With a focus on shaping the future of work, he advises and invests in tech companies worldwide, ranging from early-stage startups to established ventures. Additionally, he's an active angel investor in 10+ companies and Limited Partner in a prominent venture capital fund.

Q Hamirani

Advisor

A trusted advisor to founders, boards, and global accelerator programs like Techstars and PeopleTech Partners, Q is a seasoned innovator in the HR space.

A mission driven leader, speaker and executive coach with a focus on people strategy and business operations, Q drives sustainable change from his extensive first hand experience across his own startups, venture growth, private equity, management consulting, and Fortune 100 companies.

Q currently serves as Chief People, PR & Communications Officer at Paper—an industry leading series D+ EdTech company on a mission to ensure every student has equal access to academic support from K-12.

From 2018 to 2023, Q joined Airbnb as its first global people ops leader, where he played a key role in designing and implementing Airbnb's people and talent operations function, guiding the company through significant milestones such as hyper growth, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring, IPO, and the future of work. One of Q's notable achievements was the ideation and incubation of Airbnb's Digital Nomad program in 2020, which eventually evolved into Airbnb's formal Live & Work Anywhere program in 2022. 

Passionate about personal growth, Q is an avid traveller and supports emerging artists and filmmakers. With a focus on shaping the future of work, he advises and invests in tech companies worldwide, ranging from early-stage startups to established ventures. Additionally, he's an active angel investor in 10+ companies and Limited Partner in a prominent venture capital fund.

Q Hamirani

Advisor

A trusted advisor to founders, boards, and global accelerator programs like Techstars and PeopleTech Partners, Q is a seasoned innovator in the HR space.

A mission driven leader, speaker and executive coach with a focus on people strategy and business operations, Q drives sustainable change from his extensive first hand experience across his own startups, venture growth, private equity, management consulting, and Fortune 100 companies.

Q currently serves as Chief People, PR & Communications Officer at Paper—an industry leading series D+ EdTech company on a mission to ensure every student has equal access to academic support from K-12.

From 2018 to 2023, Q joined Airbnb as its first global people ops leader, where he played a key role in designing and implementing Airbnb's people and talent operations function, guiding the company through significant milestones such as hyper growth, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring, IPO, and the future of work. One of Q's notable achievements was the ideation and incubation of Airbnb's Digital Nomad program in 2020, which eventually evolved into Airbnb's formal Live & Work Anywhere program in 2022. 

Passionate about personal growth, Q is an avid traveller and supports emerging artists and filmmakers. With a focus on shaping the future of work, he advises and invests in tech companies worldwide, ranging from early-stage startups to established ventures. Additionally, he's an active angel investor in 10+ companies and Limited Partner in a prominent venture capital fund.