Hema Ravichandar

Hema has deep expertise in Human Resources Development, Corporate Governance and Change Management. Her specific areas of interest include Succession Planning and Leadership Development, Executive Coaching and Diversity and Inclusion. She has worked extensively with both business and functional leaders, CEOs and Board Members in transforming their leadership styles for maximum impact and lasting change.

Hema’s experience of 37 years comprises corporate roles in Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Motor Industries Co. Ltd., and entrepreneurial stints as an HR Advisor, pan industry. In her last executive role as the Senior Vice President and Global Head of HR for the Infosys Group, she was responsible for all aspects of Human Resource Development as Infosys scaled from 250 employees to 40,000 from 1992 to 2005.

In her last executive role as the Senior Vice President and Global Head of HR for the Infosys Group, she was responsible for staffing & recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance management, immigration, learning & development and organizational effectiveness as Infosys scaled from about 250 employees to 40,000 employees.

Hema provides Strategic HR Advisory to multinational and Indian organizations and sits on several Statutory and Advisory Boards. Hema has held key industry positions as the Chairperson for The Conference Board's HR Council of India and Board Member as well as Regional President - South of the National HRD Network of India. She has worked closely with industry bodies such as CII, NASSCOM, NHRDN and SHRM on some of their key initiatives. She is a regular speaker at several international and national conferences and leading business schools.

As an HR Thought Leader, Hema regularly opines on several aspects in her longstanding (since 2010) column, ‘HR Matters’, in the Mint, a business newspaper from HT Media Ltd, in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal.

Hema Ravichandar is a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of Chennai and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Company since July 26, 2005.