Anita Ramachandran

Anita Ramachandran, a well-known HR expert in the country having over 40 years of experience as a management consultant joined Blue Star as an Independent Director with effect from June 13, 2022.

Commencing her career in the Management Consultancy division of AF Ferguson & Co at Mumbai in 1976 as the first woman consultant in the firm, Ms Ramachandran worked across a wide range of areas such as industrial market research, strategy, and human resources, amongst others. After a successful stint of 19 years with the firm, she founded Cerebrus Consultants in 1995 to focus on HR advisory services. Her reputation and innovative work helped her build Cerebrus into a national presence along with a large portfolio of work in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Cerebrus over the course of the last 26 years, has worked with over 800 companies in South Asia on a wide variety of HR projects. Ms Ramachandran is known as an authority in Rewards Management in the country and her work in the compensation and rewards area is well recognized. Apart from being a strategic advisor to many family groups, she works with several PE firms and start-ups to mentor them through their growth journey.

Ms Ramachandran has been an Independent Director on the Boards of several companies from across sectors for the last 20 years. She is currently on the Board of several reputed companies such as Grasim, Metropolis Healthcare, Happiest Minds, FSN E-commerce, amongst others.