Grey group India Appoints Shilpa Chitre as Head of Human Resources

GREY group India, has announced a senior level appointment for its department of Human Resources. A well-known name, Shilpa Chitre, is been hired as the new Head of Human Resources. Shilpa reports Sunil Lulla, Chairman and Managing Director, GREY group India. Her mandate at GREY group is to grow its talent strength and accelerate its Human Processes to deliver Famous and Effective work for its clients.

Shilpa is an HR generalist with over 18 years of work experience across key Human Resource (HR) areas including competency systems, talent acquisition & retention, performance management, strategic organizational policies and training. She has worked in the Human Resources Department of several advertising agencies and corporate houses, actively partnering senior management. Until recently she was with Reliance Industries Ltd, as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to which she has worked in Human Resources with KPIT Cummins Infosytems Limited, Everest Brand Solutions, Percept H, Leo Burnett India and Rediffusion-DY&R.

On welcoming Shilpa Chitre, Sunil Lulla - Chairman and Managing Director, GREY group India stated,” I am deeply delighted to have Shilpa on board. She will partner me in driving new age processes to enhance our professional services and capabilities, across all our services, of advertising, activation, retail design and digital. I find Shilpa to be a very skilled, competent and articulate HR Professional, up to date with new HR trends including digital. She joins GREY group as it accelerates its growth in creating an integrated offering for its clients, poised to make brands of its clients brands truly Famous and Effective”.

Shilpa is very adaptable, social and flexible with different work cultures and people. This personality of hers makes her like to learn new things continuously. “I am delighted to return to the communications business at a time, when GREY group India is transforming itself. With all the growth ahead of us, I will leverage all my experiences, to help create an agency with a huge, competitive difference; via talent, skilling, processes, leadership and enormous passion”, said Shilpa on her new role at the agency. 
Shilpa holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Mumbai in Labour Studies, Organizational behavior, Human Resources and Psychology at work. Shilpa is passionate about writing, movies, and is a voracious reader.