OpenAI has appointed Shruti Nishchal as HR business partner (HRBP), Asia-Pacific (APAC), based in Singapore. She announced her move in October 2026, following a six-year stint at Netflix.
Nishchal brings over 14 years of experience across human resources, with expertise in HR business partnering, diversity and inclusion, performance management, talent development, succession planning, leadership development, organisational design and mergers and acquisitions.
Before joining OpenAI, Nishchal served as director-HRBP for ads, marketing and partnerships across APAC at Netflix from January to October 2026. Prior to that, she was senior manager – HRBP for product, legal and finance across APAC from August 2023 to December 2025. She initially joined Netflix in June 2020 as a human resources business partner in Mumbai, before moving to Singapore.
Earlier, Nishchal spent over five years at Qualcomm, where she held several HR leadership roles. She served as lead HR business partner for Qualcomm India’s business teams and Noida Technology Centre from November 2014 to April 2020. Alongside this role, she worked as talent-development partner for the software technology and business organisations and served as diversity and inclusion (D&I) lead for India.
Before Qualcomm, Nishchal was senior manager – talent and organisational development at Axis Bank from January 2013 to October 2014. She began her professional career with a management trainee stint at Tata Sons, followed by roles in learning and development at Titan Industries, where she managed retail learning and development for its watches business.
Nishchal holds an MBA in Human Resources from the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communication from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
Her appointment comes as OpenAI continues to expand its people capabilities across regions, with Nishchal bringing experience in supporting business teams, developing talent and aligning HR strategy with organisational priorities.
