Forbes India presents Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2023

Talent leaders today play a more significant role than ever. They are critical to revitalising enterprises by putting a greater emphasis on personnel. Forbes India, in partnership with Indeed, developed a list of the ‘Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2023’, wherein they recognised talent leaders for their unwavering commitment to fostering a talent-first strategy within their organisations. These leaders were commemorated at the Forbes India presents Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2023 powered by Indeed,

The winners of the list were announced at a grand event held on 22 February at Leela Palace, Bengaluru. The list includes prominent talent leaders from various sectors, who constantly raise the bar with innovative ideas when it comes to people management. The winners were felicitated by eminent personalities like Harichandan Arakali, Editor – Tech & Innovation, Forbes India; Rohan Sylvester, Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed; Kanchan Mukherjee, Professor & Chairperson, OBHR Management & Chairperson; R. Swaminathan, Chief People Officer, WNS Global Services; Krishna Raghavan, Chief People Officer, Flipkart; Naini Thaker, Forbes India; Anil Kumble, former Indian cricketer and coach; Vinita Bali, Independent Director on Global and Indian Boards; and Sashi Kumar, Indeed India. 

Below are the winners of “Forbes India presents Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2023 powered by Indeed” 

Name 

Designation 

Company

Artee Puri

Head Talent -India & SEA

Girnarsoft - Cardekho group

Deepti Vij

Director Talent Acquisition and Diversity

Honeywell

Farhat Umar

President Global Human Resources

Mankind Pharma Limited

Gautam Shetty

Regional Head, Talent Attraction & Acquisition - APAC

A.P. MOLLER MAERSK

Harpreet Kaur

Senior Vice President & Head, Personnel & Administration Department

Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd

Madhu Menon

National Head – Talent Acquisition

Deloitte

Manav Chhabra

Head of Talent Acquisition

Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd

Mastanrao Gatram

Vice-president HR

Servion Global

Meera Narayanan

Director, Stores TA APAC S MENA

Amazon Development Centre India Private Ltd

Munish Vasudeva

Vice President, People & Organization Country Head Talent Acquisition, Head HR 

Siemens Energy & Siemens Limited

Nikhil Rajaram Natekar

Senior Vice President - Talent & Transformation

Publicis Groupe

Pooja Bhardwaj

Sr. Manager Global Talent Sourcing

Autodesk

Rajeev Menon

Vice President – Global Head of TA

Wipro

Rajiv Khatri

Vice President - Recruitment

Genpact

Rambabu Srinivas

SVP Global head TA & RMG

TATA Technologies

Rohit Pratap Singh

Head of Talent Acquisition & AP Operations Leader

Lenovo

Sabeena Ladak

Head HR - Corporate, Talent Acquisition & Employer Brand

Cipla

Salil Mathew

Vice President

Capgemini India Pvt Ltd

Satej Mehta

General Manager - HR

Wockhardt Limited

Satish Rajarathnam

SVP HR & Global Head Talent Transformation

Mphasis

Satyen Subhash Kulkarni

Vice President, Global Head of Talent Solutions (RMG and TA) 

LTIMindtree

Shyamakant Mishra

Head Talent Acquisition India and APAC

Amdocs Development Center India LLP

Siji Kuruvath

Associate Director – Talent Acquisition

EY

Simon Avinash

VP, Employee Recruiting

Salesforce

Sonal Singh

Vice President- Country lead for Talent Sourcing

Deutsche Bank

Subir Verma

Head HR (T&D Cluster companies)

Tata Power

Varadharaj Venkataram

SVP and Global Head - Talent Acquisition

Infosys Limited

Vijaya Priyadarshini

Vice President - HR

JSW Steel Limited

Vipin Sharma

Head HR – Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding

Tata Steel

Vivek Thukral

Senior Director and Global, Head of Talent Attraction

Pega