Home Credit India appoints Sandip Mallik as new CHRO

Taking over from Jindra Hachova, Mallik will be handling various critical HR responsibilities across the organisation, including talent acquisition and retention, organisational change management, employer branding, hiring, learning & development, and employee engagement. 

Home Credit India Finance has appointed Sandip Mallik as its new chief human resources officer. Mallik will be handling critical HR responsibilities including talent acquisition and retention, organisational change management, employer branding, hiring, learning & development, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, and rewards framework across the organisation. Mallik brings almost three decades of varied and multi-cultural work experience across India, South East Asia, and Europe, in sectors such as life insurance, manufacturing, energy, and diversified conglomerates.

Mallik has been an entrepreneur and founded a boutique alternate asset management firm specialising in fine art investment. In the past, he has held diverse portfolios in senior leadership positions in firms, such as Aviva, Emerson, GE and various Indian companies. From introducing strength-based recruitment practices to implementing organisation development and learning programmes across several Asian markets, Mallik’s experience has been quite diverse. He will take over from Jindra Hachova who completed a successful three-year assignment in May.

Pavel Maco, CEO, Home Credit India, said, “With the scale and size of our business in India growing significantly, strategic talent management will play an important role in building organisational agility. Mallik brings a unique combination of cross-sectoral expertise and well-honed strategic and business capabilities that will be an asset to our overall HR strategy.”

Mallik said, “I look forward to working with the senior management team and other stakeholders to attract, develop, and retain a talented and diverse workforce that will continue to drive the company’s priorities forward.”

Since its launch in 2012, Home Credit India has been consistently expanding operations with a customer base of over six million. The Company had a customer base of nearly two million in 2016, driven by pan-India expansion across major markets, and a range of diversified and innovative products backed by superior customer experience.