Shaveta Kapoor has joined Leonardo DRS as chief human resources officer. She will work with the company’s leadership team, including CEO John Baylouny, to support its business priorities and continued growth.
Kapoor moves to Leonardo DRS after serving as CHRO at ASRC Federal from January 2021 to October 2026. In that role, she led the enterprise-wide HR strategy and operations for a workforce of approximately 9,000 employees across the federal contracting business.
Her responsibilities covered HR business operations, total rewards, talent acquisition and development, employee experience, corporate giving, HR compliance and HR business partnering. She also led a team overseeing these functions.
Kapoor brings more than 15 years of experience in human resources, mergers and acquisitions, and operational transformation. Her work has focused on aligning people strategy with business priorities, improving organisational effectiveness and supporting growth through workforce and organisational initiatives.
Before joining ASRC Federal, Kapoor spent nearly nine years at Serco, where she held several leadership positions. She served as interim CHRO from October to December 2020.
Between June 2018 and July 2020, she served as vice president – human resources and corporate strategy/M&A.
At Serco, her responsibilities spanned human resources, corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, total rewards, HR systems and compliance, alongside operational transformation.
Earlier in her career, Kapoor worked as a graduate strategy consultant at Philips in South Korea in 2016. She also held benefits-related roles at Engility Corporation and L-3 Communications, and began her career in reporting and analysis at Wachovia.
Kapoor holds an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Finance from George Mason University’s Costello College of Business.
