Debraj Sinha

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India24 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of corporate and advisory experience
Expert in organizational change and leadership interventions
Data-driven solutions for talent and performance challenges

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Talent Management and Organizational Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

ConsultingBusiness TransformationTalent ManagementChange ManagementOrganizational DevelopmentHuman ResourcesPerformance Management

Other Skills

Leadership DevelopmentAnalyticsBenchmarkingDeferred CompensationBusiness DevelopmentBudgetsManagementTotal Rewards StrategiesPeople metrics

About

With more than two decades of corporate and advisory experience, I specialize in the areas of business results and people transformation. As a certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centred Coach, I drive measurable and meaningful performance changes. I have been orchestrating large-scale organizational change and designing leadership interventions that create lasting impact. My approach goes beyond typical programs, focusing on aligning values, motives, and beliefs to foster sustainable culture transformation. I offer a pragmatic perspective on how Talent – Human Resources can evolve from a support function into a driver of organizational growth and competitive advantage. My solutions are data-driven and tackle critical challenges like sales productivity and leadership assessment. My goal is to simplify complexity and provide high-impact solutions, converting inertia into action through evidence-based insights. I partner with organizations to help them unlock the power of both people and performance, driving measurable growth and leadership depth.

Experience

Northward

Managing Partner & Co-CEO

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Gurugram · On-site

Building a talent advisory firm by India for the world. With a complete suite of talent solutions that span across the employee lifecycle, Northward is positioned to enable Frontier organisations succeed.
With a firm belief that solutions need to be contextual and relevant, we wish to accelerate frontier growth by aligning fearless leaders with ambitious organizations, powered by instinct and living culture.

ConsultingBusiness TransformationOrganizational DevelopmentChange ManagementLeadership Development

Salto dee fe

2 roles

Senior Partner

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Partnering with clients in addressing their key talent problems enabling business success. I have been working extensively with CEO/CXO units in appreciating their priorities and devising and executing solutions that address a need.

ConsultingTalent ManagementChange Management

Partner

Oct 2018 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

I work with leadership teams in organisations to solve their people problems. Focus is on driving change and performance through articulated solutions that are 'simple' and 'comprehensive' enabling ease of implementation.

ConsultingChange ManagementLeadership Development

Magma fincorp ltd.

Chief People Officer

Nov 2016 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bombay

As the Group HR Head, I was responsible for leading the function across three legal entities viz. Asset Finance, Affordable Housing & SME and General Insurance.

Talent ManagementOrganizational Development

Max bupa health insurance

Director & Chief Human Resource Officer

Jul 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Max life insurance company limited

Human Resources

Jan 2011 – Jul 2015 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Gurgaon

Complex, multi faceted role in which I head Human Resources for all Distribution channels and also manage Specialist functions of Rewards & Performance, H R Operations, H R Technology.
The role has large elements of thinking and strategy and also execution primarily from the field perspective.

Human ResourcesPerformance Management

Bharti axa investment managers

Head - Human Resources

Jun 2007 – Nov 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Max new york life insurance

Human Resources

Jul 2003 – May 2007 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Heading Rewards & Performance for the company along with Budgeting & HRIS with Business HR responsibility for Additional Distribution (third party distribution channel)