Hero MotoCorp appoints Vivek Anand as CFO; Rachna Kumar as CHRO

The world’s largest manufacturer of two-wheelers, Hero MotoCorp, has further strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of two senior executives. Vivek Anand as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Rachna Kumar as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), have been taken on by the company.
Both, Vivek and Rachna will report to Niranjan Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Hero MotoCorp.
Vivek Anand, a Chartered Accountant by profession with almost three decades of diverse industry experience across FMCG, Telecom, Consumer Healthcare, and Real Estate, held the position of CFO at DLF Limited for the past four years. Having vast global experience with strong acumen in Finance, Treasury, M&A, Corporate Planning, Investor Relations, Tax Planning, Risk Management, and Information Technology, he had earlier worked with Telenor, GSK, and FMCG major Unilever in India, Singapore, and Bangladesh.
Rachna Kumar, a seasoned HR leader across diverse industries, including consumer goods, food and beverages, oil and gas, and retail, joins Hero MotoCorp from Whirlpool Asia where she held the position of CHRO.
Her extensive background includes roles at Tata Trent, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Castrol Lubricants, and Philips. In addition to the core HR roles, her experience has spanned specific themes such as building agile and optimal organization structures, driving talent strategy, performance management, learning and development, and enabling progressive industrial and employee relations.