Jan 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Led the multi-country people agenda across ASEAN, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and India — serving as a trusted advisor to CEOs and senior leadership to drive scalable HR strategy, leadership growth, and organizational transformation.
• Key Achievements:
• Advised senior leadership and board-level stakeholders on succession planning, organizational risks, and people strategy for sustainable growth.
• Coached country leaders and senior executives to strengthen leadership presence, resilience, and influence across diverse markets.
• Built and strengthened leadership pipelines and succession frameworks, mentoring next-generation HR leaders across APAC.
• Elevated employee experience through culture and engagement initiatives that improved retention and employer brand visibility.
• Championed diversity and inclusion programs across the region, creating growth pathways for underrepresented talent and embedding inclusive practices in leadership teams.
• Embedded enterprise-wide HR strategies aligned with global transformation initiatives, standardizing frameworks that became models for global adoption.
• Led a regional HR leadership team across multiple countries, developing local HR leaders into strategic business partners.

Jul 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Led the people agenda for Adecco India during a high-growth phase, serving as a trusted advisor to the Country CEO and leadership team — driving organizational stability, leadership effectiveness, and alignment with global priorities.
• Key Achievements:
• Advised the India CEO and leadership team on people strategy, organizational structure, and succession planning during a period of rapid growth.
• Coached senior executives and high-potential leaders, strengthening leadership presence, adaptability, and influence.
• Anchored organizational stability through transformation, ensuring business continuity while scaling operations.
• Advanced diversity and inclusion initiatives, creating pathways for underrepresented talent and strengthening organizational agility.
• Modernized HR architecture and people processes, improving retention, acquisition, and engagement across the India workforce.
• Aligned India’s people strategy with regional and global transformation initiatives, reinforcing consistency and scalability.
• Led a team of senior HR leaders and specialists, building capability and succession within the India HR function.

Jan 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Led APAC-wide HR transformation initiatives, partnering with regional and global leadership to modernize people practices, embed digital HR, and strengthen organizational agility.
• Key Achievements:
• Advised regional leaders on transformation priorities, balancing global standards with local business needs.
• Led the migration to a new HRIS, driving adoption, change management, and a seamless workforce transition.
• Ensured the success of the HR Shared Services Center (SSC) pilot, centralizing processes, strengthening compliance, and laying the foundation for scalable delivery models.
• Coached business and HR leaders to adapt to new systems and ways of working, strengthening leadership influence during transformation.
• Delivered employee experience improvements through streamlined processes, digital access, and more transparent HR service delivery.
• Standardized regional HR frameworks that became benchmarks for global adoption.

Jun 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Built an independent practice to help organizations and leaders thrive during transformation, with a focus on leadership development, organizational change, and executive coaching.
• Key Achievements:
• Guided large-scale organizational redesigns and transformations, strengthening structures and culture.
• Coached executives and high-potential leaders to expand impact, credibility, and adaptability.
• Designed bespoke leadership and people strategies to enable sustainable business growth.
• Delivered enterprise-wide change management initiatives to strengthen adaptability during complex transitions.
• Launched women’s leadership development programs to build visibility, confidence, and growth pathways for emerging female leaders.
• Advised organizations on talent strategy and organizational development, aligning people outcomes with business priorities.

Jan 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · India

• Led people and culture agenda at Hindustan Zinc, advancing engagement, capability, and safety while embedding HR excellence and inclusive practices in a complex industrial environment.
• Key Achievements:
• Enabled recognition as a certified Great Place to Work through culture and people-first practices.
• Advanced a foundation of HR excellence, aligning people outcomes with business growth.
• Championed a zero-tolerance culture for workplace safety and harassment, ensuring compliance across mining operations.
• Mentored and integrated women leaders into mining culture, driving inclusion in a traditionally male-dominated sector.
• Advised and coached senior leaders to strengthen leadership presence and credibility in managing large-scale industrial teams.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs

• Led global reward strategy and delivery for 140,000 employees across 100+ countries, shaping ABB’s compensation philosophy while ensuring scalability, accuracy, and consistency at scale.
• Key Achievements:
• Partnered with global business leaders to align reward strategy with workforce priorities and business imperatives.
• Built a centralized delivery model, managing 4,500+ performance scorecards for 100,000 employees.
• Standardized global compensation & benefits frameworks, achieving 100% accuracy and improved turnaround times.
• Established resilient delivery frameworks adopted as global best practice.
• Coached HR and business managers on applying pay-for-performance and reward transparency to strengthen credibility and leadership impact.

Nov 2013 – Apr 2014 · 5 mos

• Partnered with CXOs to integrate country-level business strategy with talent, leadership, and organizational initiatives.
• Key Achievements:
• Executed leadership succession planning and built strong talent pipelines for critical roles.
• Coached and developed senior leaders to strengthen leadership effectiveness and readiness.
• Partnered on cultural transformation initiatives to enhance organizational agility.
• Enhanced staffing of emerging capabilities to accelerate growth in priority areas.

Jan 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Championed HR business partnering, people strategy, and rewards across ABB India’s Process Automation division, aligning workforce priorities with business transformation.
• Key Achievements:
• Restructured leadership team, driving agility and sharper business alignment.
• Coached and advised business leaders to expand impact, adaptability, and leadership effectiveness.
• Increased diversity representation, boosted workforce productivity, and reduced attrition from 12% to 9%.
• Integrated ABB India’s people strategy with global transformation initiatives.
• Led Compensation & Benefits for India and Pan-Asia, introducing frameworks that improved consistency and strengthened alignment with business goals.
• Increased awareness and adoption of ABB’s compensation philosophy, reinforcing transparency, fairness, and retention impact.

Jun 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Led the redesign of grading frameworks for 8,000+ employees, transforming organizational structure, role clarity, and sustainability processes.
• Key Achievements:
• Implemented a Hay-based grading system at scale, driving consistency and transparency across roles.
• Conceptualized and deployed a sustainability process embedded on a global technology platform.
• Drove change adoption initiatives, reshaping organizational hierarchy and enhancing role clarity.

May 2010 – May 2011 · 1 yr · India

• Led HR strategy during the integration of Biocon and Bristol Myers Squibb’s research functions, shaping the foundation of a unified R&D culture.
• Key Achievements:
• Built a cohesive BBRC culture, successfully integrating two diverse organizations.
• Delivered people processes that supported achievement of the 100% growth plan.
• Introduced HR strategies aligning R&D culture with innovation, collaboration, and long-term scalability.
• Strengthened talent planning to build capability in emerging scientific and research areas.

Dec 2008 – May 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Supported the establishment of AstraZeneca’s R&D setup in India through HR business partnering across multiple critical dimensions.
• Key Achievements:
• Developed succession planning frameworks for key technical and leadership roles.
• Streamlined the annual salary review process, enhancing transparency and employee engagement.
• Strengthened the diversity & inclusion agenda while building workforce capability in R&D.
• Partnered with business leaders to drive talent management and performance practices aligned with global standards.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

• Partnered with multiple business units and channel sales teams to deliver integrated HR support aligned with business growth priorities.
• Key Achievements:
• Supported business leaders in developing people strategies to match growth objectives.
• Conducted assessment centers to strengthen succession pipelines and leadership readiness.
• Implemented the Hay global grading system in critical business units, driving role clarity and consistency.
• Enhanced HR partnering for sales organizations, aligning talent priorities with market expansion.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs

• Partnered with leaders to build HR capability while embedding Six Sigma-driven improvements in people processes — laying the foundation for future HR transformation work.
• Key Achievements:
• Cleared Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and applied methodology to streamline HR processes with measurable efficiency gains.
• Designed and facilitated internal training programs, enhancing workforce capability and confidence.
• Built and standardized HR processes that improved operational effectiveness and service delivery.
• Provided hands-on HR advisory and coaching support to managers and employees across functions.