HR Movement: 20 Jan, 2023

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TIAA GBS India appoints Hema Priya Sukumar as Director, Employee Relations & Wellness

TIAA GBS India ropes in Hema Priya Sukumar as the Director of Employee Relations & Wellness. Sukumar brings 15+ years of diverse experience across fields like IT services and energy industry. Before joining TIAA GBS India, Sukumar was associated with many organisations like HCL, Accenture, General Electric, and Shell, in India. At TIAA GBS India, she will be in charge of managing TIAA India’s employee relations and wellness programmes, and will also be involved in employee engagement, ensuring HR compliance, and handling risk and governance issues. In her previous stint with Shell India, Sukumar served as the Employee Relation/Industrial Relation advisor for more than four years. Under her command, she led various activities like employee relations, people engagement portfolio and inclusion, diversity and equity function, supported by a cross functional team of 15 members. Her longest stint was with Accenture, where she served as the people advisor specialist. She joined the company in August 2011 and stayed there for a good five years. After her successful stint with Accenture, Sukumar moved to GE, serving as the lead HR manager for almost two years.

 

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Anushree Singh returns to Avery Dennison as HR Director-EMEA, apparel solutions

Singh moves from AkzoNobel, where she was global project manager – EVP. Anushree Singh, who had last served as director – HR, label & graphic materials, South Asia at Avery Dennison from 2017 to 2019, before joining AkzoNobel in July 2019, is now back at Avery Dennison. This time, she has joined as HR director – EMEA, apparel solutions. An alumna of Indian Institute of Planning and Management, Singh started her HR journey with Standard Chartered Bank as associate manager – HR back in 2005. In 2007, she joined Xerox as deputy manager and had moved up to senior manager level by 2010. Her next stop was Aircel, where she joined as manager – HR in 2010, to support talent acquisition at a national levelA year later, she joined Aditya Birla Group’s Pulp & Fibre Business, as assistant general manager – HR. After a successful stint of almost three years, she moved on to Avery Dennison, as HR business partner, commercial and & enabling functions, South Asia, in 2014. By 2017, she had become the director – HR, label & graphic materials, South Asia.

 

3. Pine Labs ropes in Srinivasan J as head – HR services

Srinivasan, who carries three decades of experience, has moved from Diageo, where he was VP-HR operations. After over six successful years with Diageo, as VP-HR operations, Diageo Business Services India, Srinivasan J has joined Pine Labs as head – HR services. With this new assignment, Srinivasan will continue to work out of Bengaluru, Karnataka, putting his skills in HR transformation, global HR operations, HR systems, change management and people management to good use. Having started his HR journey in 1992, as personnel officer, Elbee Express, Srinivasan joined Hutchison Max Telecom Orange in three years’ time. He worked with Hutchison Max as assistant manager – HR, for over five years. In 2000, he joined Concio as manager – HR, based out of Santa Clara, US, for a little over a year. He moved to Vodafone in 2001, as manager – resourcing, Mumbai circle and corporate HR. By 2003, he was elevated to head of HR (rewards and benefits + generalist HR ). Five years into this role, he was elevated to head of HR (rewards and benefits + generalist HR ). Five years into this role, he was again promoted to look after HR transformation, as head of HR shared services. By the time he moved on from Vodafone, he was AVP- human resources. His almost 15-year long tenure at Vodafone was probably the longest stint of his career. It was in 2016 that Srinivasan joined Diageo as senior general manager – HR operations, Diageo India. About two and a half years into this assignment, he was elevated to the position of head- HR operations, Budapest, Diageo Kft, based out of Hungary.