HR Movement: 27 Jan, 2023

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Aparna Dhingra gets regional role at BMW

Aparna Dhingra takes on global role as head of region for BMW Group in Asia Pacific, Africa, and Middle East. Aparna Dhingra has been promoted to head of region (HR) – Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, BMW Group after spending six years at BMW India as its head of HR and administration. Dhingra has been an HR professional for over two decades. Before joining BMW she had worked predominantly in the tech industry, working in professional services, management services and other tech services. After completing her post graduation at the Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune, she joined CSC as its PCMM (people capability maturity model) lead and HR generalist. Her longest tenure, 10 years, was spent at Genpact where she oversaw the company’s consumer goods, retail, and life sciences vertical as its HR lead in India.

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Tarun NP Varma moves from Shell to TCP, as global CHRO

With over two decades of experience, Varma has worked with big names such as Vodafone, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages and Nestle. Tarun NP Varma, who was vice president – HR, global technology division, Shell, has now joined Tata Consumer Products (TCP) as global CHRO. This alumnus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, started his corporate journey with Nestle, as manager – corporate HR. Two years later, he moved to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages as associate HR manager. Three years into this role, he was elevated to area human resources manager (sales & factory HR). He kept climbing up the ladder till he became associate vice president – HR (commercial, strategic HR projects). The year 2012 saw him taking up the role of associate vice president – performance, rewards and recognition, Vodafone. By the time he moved on from the telecommunications provider in 2015, he was VP – performance, rewards and recognition. It was in 2015 that he joined Shell as vice president – HR, Shell Group of Companies, India. By the time he completed seven years at the energy company, he was vice president- HR, global technology division. He had the opportunity to be part of a 3,000-strong workforce comprising members from 70 nationalities, working out of 90 locations. Varma calls his assignment at Shell “THE front row ticket to the future of energy systems”.

3. Geetika Mehta is Ananta Capital’s new group CHRO

With about 17 years of experience backing her, Mehta has been associated with ZebPay, OYO, Urban Ladder and Mondelez International in her professional journey. Ananta Capital has roped in Geetika Mehta as group chief human resource officer. An alumna of XLRI, Jamshedpur, Mehta began her HR journey with Mondelez International in 2006, as HRBP – corporate functions. Less than a year and a half later, she took on the role of head – HR at Puma Group, where she spent almost seven years. Her next stop was Urban Ladder, where she joined as vice president and head – HR, in 2015. After a two-year long tenure, based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka, she moved on to OYO. Her stint there as vice president and head – business HR, lasted less than two years.