Debjani Roy has joined Valeur Fabtex as the skill building and leadership-development firm’s chief human resource officer. She has moved from Mind Your Fleet (Kromozones Software), where she was CHRO/advisor since September 2019.
An alumna of the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Roy completed her postgraduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
She started out as a management trainee with National Aluminium Company, going on to be junior manager-HR in her two and a half year tenure there.
In 1996, she joined Bharti Telecom as corporate manager-HR. By the time she moved on from there after a successful stint of over seven years, she had become head-HR.
From 2004 to 2006, she was first senior manager (HR-Corp.) and later head(HR)-retail, at HCL Technologies. She effectively lead the implementation of competency assessment for software engineers and managers. During this period, she herself was a soft-skills trainer. As head (HR) for retail (Gurugram), she was responsible for all start-to-end functionalities of HR.
In 2006, she moved to Bentley Systems, where she was head(HR), India and South-East Asia. For three years, she was responsible for complete HR functionality from recruitment to separation.
Her next stop was Piccadily Group of Industries, in 2011. This was a very short stint that saw her essaying the role of director-human resources.
In September 2011, she moved yet again to HRG-Sita (Kuoni Business Travel India), as HRBP (head-HR). There, she looked after strategic HR, and was also a core member of Kuoni’s Global eHRM project team. For almost two years she was based out of NCR. The year 2013 saw her move to Mumbai, to join Kuoni Travel Group, as head-HR. For the next one year she divided her time between Mumbai and NCR.
From February 2015 to April 2019, she was chief people officer,India for SRL Diagnostics, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Fortis Group.
She founded Wind Beneath the Wings Venture in May 2019 and was chief consultant for over five years.
Known for her leadership quality, she is also admired for her writing skills and vocabulary. HRKatha wishes her all the best in her latest assignment at Valeur Fabtex.
