The RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, the Indian conglomerate with a substantial global footprint, has roped in Subir Verma to be executive director & chief human resources officer (CHRO) for its power business. In this role, Verma will manage the company’s generation plants, distribution companies, mines and renewables business.
Prior to joining the Sanjiv Goenka Group, Verma served as the head-HR for Tata Power’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) cluster companies.
Verma’s association with the Tata Group goes way back to the year 2011, when he joined its Communications vertical as director-HR. In this role, he managed the company’s Global Talent Excellence Centre (GTEC) for all regions (India, the Americas, Europe, MENA, APAC), while also handling talent acquisition for India and Sri Lanka. After serving in this role for over three years, he then moved to Tata Power as its head-HR & IR, in the year 2015.
In the year 2020, Verma moved to Tata DDL (A joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of NCT of Delhi) as it chief HR, IR, HS.
Bringing with him 25 years of seasoned HR expertise, Verma, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, has previously held leadership positions at renowned entities such as Reliance, Augere India and Aptech.
Expressing his enthusiasm at this new assognment, Verma shared on LinkedIn, “Happy and humbled to have the opportunity to embark on a fresh journey as executive director & CHRO – Power Business at RP Sanjiv Goenka Group.”
Armed with an engineering degree, Verma also holds a management diploma from the Xavier Institute of Management (XIM Bhubaneswar).