Mahalakshmi R
Global CHRO Apollo Tyres @ Apollo Tyres Ltd
About
𝐀𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐓𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚 $3.1𝐁 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒. 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. With nearly three decades of experience across industries including Telecom, Pharma, FMCG, and Manufacturing—spanning India, Africa, the UK, and Southeast Asia—I have crafted and executed people strategies that deliver tangible business impact at scale. Early career roles at Arthur Andersen and EY shaped my strategic mindset, enabling me to view HR not just as a function, but as a key driver of value creation, organizational capability, and competitive advantage. As a certified life coach and recognized thought leader, I enjoy partnering with leaders and teams to unlock growth potential and drive meaningful change. My insights have been featured in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 and 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, and I have been honored as Economic Times Woman Leader of the Year (2021) and HR Influencer SEA (twice). I find deep energy in shaping organizations where people flourish, leadership thrives, and business outcomes accelerate.
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India
Automotive
Organizational Development, Change Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Talent Management, Personnel Management, Strategy, Leadership, Employee Engagement, Succession Planning, Organizational Design, Mergers & Acquisitions, Start-ups, Management, Management Consulting, HR Consulting, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Team Management, Recruiting, Job Evaluation
Experience
Global CHRO Apollo Tyres
Apollo Tyres Ltd
Leading the HR agenda to shape a future-ready org. Currently $3.1B org 17,000+ employees across Asia, Europe & North America.
Head HR South East Asia
Mondelēz International
Singapore
Leading HR end to end for a 1.3bn heterogeneous cluster of 6 markets including supply chain HR across 10 factories in the cluster
Head HR India
Mondelēz International
Mumbai Area, India
Lead the people strategy & transformation agenda to get the business to strong growth trajectory- Embedding a Future Fit Organisation Structure, Talent Strategy and a winning Growth Culture. Won many internal and external awards for impact delivered - including top 5% engagement, strong improvements in retention and a deep diverse talent bench.
Senior Vice President & Global Head of Talent
airtel
Gurgaon, India
Lead Learning and Talent Management - across 20 countries of Africa, India and South Asia
Global Head Rewards and Organisation Effectiveness
airtel
Vice President & Head Group OD (Including M&A)
airtel
Kenya
Leading Org Design + Talent Management for the diversified Group - across businesses in retail, towerco, foods, distribution, telecom and education sectors Closely involved in the M&A journey of the Group - including the forays of Airtel into Africa :: due diligence + extensive post-merger integration experience. Extensive org design redesign and change management experience at a global level
GM HR - R&D
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
Gurgaon, India
Head HR Global R&D: Responsible for all HR strategy and operations aspects for Ranbaxy's Global R&D – across Generics, API and NDDR units.
General Manager HR
BILT
Leading the HR strategy and implementation across Head Office, 5 Manufacturing locations and 4 sales regions (Over 12000 employees).
Sr Consultant
EY
New Delhi Area, India
Sr Consultant
Arthur Andersen
Specialization: Human Capital: People Strategy. Successful track record developing and successfully implementing large, complex client projects across functional areas like Organization structuring , Performance pay plan design , balanced scorecard, HR audits etc. Also worked on assignments across well beyond the classical HR realm – on aspects including : - • Business process review and • Establishing entity structures and Review of DoA • Review of optimal levels of automation & productivity etc
Associate
Aon
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