Bata India Limited announced the appointment of Gunjan Shah as Managing Director and CEO of the company for a term of five consecutive years, effective from October 1, 2021. Kanchan Chehal named as an Additional Director (Whole-time Director designated as Director HR and CHRO) of the Company, w.e.f August 16, 2021.
Gunjan Shah has worked across geographies in various industries – Consumer durables, Telecom & FMCG. Prior to joining Bata, he was the Chief Commercial Officer at Britannia Industries. At Britannia, he has led various functions – Commercial, Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain helping Britannia deliver outstanding business results and a substantial growth & transformation agenda.
He has extensive experience in leading Country wide GTMs and driving all key levers from designing the strategy, execution on ground and conversion to results. Shah’s experience as Head – Britannia International where he led the complete business P&L for the International Business lines and opened new opportunities for future revenue growth adds to his experience set. He spent his early professional years with Asian Paints and Motorola across sales and marketing functions, the statement said.
In 2007, Shah moved to Britannia and has been with them since. He holds a Bachelor of Technology (Computers) from VJTI, Mumbai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
Kanchan Chehal joined Bata India Limited as Head – Human Resources in December 2019 from Xerox India Pvt. Ltd. where she was working as Executive Director – Human Resources, leading HR Operation for the Asia Pacific Region.
Her career spans over 2 decades in Human Resource Management across business sectors including Technology, IT&ITES, Sourcing, FMCG, Telecom and Service industries with 25+ years of experience in the HR domain.
Prior to Bata, at Xerox she was part of the management team as the HR Operation Leader – Asia Pacific responsible for all Xerox Entities in the Region covering GoTo-Market Operations, Global Business Shared Services centres, Delivery and Procurement organizations. Prior to that, she worked with GAP Sourcing, as Senior Director Human Resources covering South East Asia under her remit.
In her earlier career journey, she has worked with other organizations of repute such as PepsiCo International, Bharti Airtel, InterGlobe and Usha India in various roles wherein she led Leadership Development, Careers and Succession Planning, designing, and delivering HR policy frameworks, robust Talent Management, and key HR interventions.
Her expertise in conceptualizing and delivering HR strategy frameworks, Organization Design, driving reward and recognition programs and training and development span many years. She believes in strong HR Business Partnering, building careers, driving transformation projects and on continuous learning.
She holds a PGDBM in Human Resources from the Indian Institute of Planning & Management, New Delhi and BA History (Hons) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.
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