Headline

Business Strategy → People Capability | HR Strategy & Organization Development | Leadership Coach (ACC) | AI & Workforce Transformation

About

Translating business strategy into people capability. For over 24 years, I've partnered with organizations—from established enterprises to high-growth startups—to build the leadership, culture, and organizational capability needed to achieve business goals. My approach begins with understanding the business, then aligning people practices enabling growth, transformation, and long-term success. My work spans HR Strategy, Organization Development, Leadership Capability, AI-enabled Workforce Transformation, and Executive Coaching (ACC). I'm particularly passionate about developing young professionals into future leaders and preparing organizations for the future of work. Having worked across both large corporates and agile startups, I bring the discipline of structured organizations together with the agility needed to scale emerging businesses. I believe business transformation succeeds when people, leadership, and technology evolve together.

Location

Gurgaon

Work experience

Advisor | People, Capability & AI Transformation at Independent Consulting Engagements, Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos, • Partnering with organizations and institutions to design and deploy AI-led capability and workforce transformation frameworks • Building structured learning and capability architectures integrating GenAI tools into decision-making • Contributed to a large-scale statewide learning initiative impacting 1200+ schools, driving capability building across students and educators • Operating as a builder–advisor, setting up frameworks and execution models

Lead, Human Resource Practices at 1Buy.AI, May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

Lead, Human Resource Practices at BillCut, May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

Vice President and Head, People & Culture at KNNX Corp, Jul 2021 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos, In my role as Vice President and Head, People & Culture at KNNX Corp, I focussed on driving organizational development and workforce planning to achieve measurable impact. • Aligned people strategy with business growth priorities, enabling capability readiness for evolving product and client demands • Spearheaded talent management initiatives, driving workforce planning and organizational development for measurable impact. • Implemented data-driven HR OKRs to align talent strategies with business objectives. • Designed and implemented innovative policies for hybrid work environments. • Built frameworks for talent acquisition, succession planning, and performance assessment. • Developed scalable learning strategies leveraging digital tools to drive growth and employee development.

Assistant Vice President _ Learning & Development; SBI Cards; GE-SBI JV at GE Capital, Oct 2017 - Jul 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Gurgaon, India, • Established a self-regulating L&D infrastructure for SBI Cards post GE exit. • Built leadership capability frameworks aligned to business performance, strengthening manager effectiveness and pipeline readiness. • Drove digital learning transformation to scale capability building across the organization while optimizing cost and delivery efficiency. • Responsible for creating and managing a learning and development strategy, in tandem with systems and programs to support the People First strategic goals of the company. • Provided leadership, best practices, research, support and strategic guidance related to digital learning to build a high performing Learning and Development function across the business.

Senior Manager _ Learning and Development at GE Capital, Aug 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Education

Transforming HR with Analytics & AI (Executive Education), Indian School of Business

Master, Business Administration; Global Marketing Strategy and Human Resource Management, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd