Sudhanshu Tripathi is a member of Hinduja Group’s apex Global Leadership Team. Apart from collective leadership responsibilities, he oversees: i) Board Governance, effectiveness and assessment process ii) Group Human Capital Strategy & Execution iii) Group leadership lifecycle. He is a Director on Boards of Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd. and Ashley Aviation Ltd.

He is a seasoned HR professional with over 35 years work experience; 22 of them at leadership level. He has had direct exposure of Telecom, IT, Engineering, Metal, Power, Financial Sources, Media and other diversified domains and brings a strong business perspective to his work.

He has worked as a shop floor Engineer, IT Specialist, Management Development Professional before choosing HR as career. He specialises in very large and diversified multi location conglomerates. Prior to joining Hinduja Group in 2008, he has worked with (a) Essar Group – Leading HR function as Chairman of Group HR Council, (b) Reliance Communications as a member of the top leadership team responsible for design, build up and HR process institutionalisation, (c) Usha Martin Group as Head – Corporate HR, and (d) Tata Steel, at various levels.

He has received several awards, the most recent one being Business World Award for outstanding contribution to the field of HR. He has been a Member of Eastern Regional Council, All India Mgmt. Association and has also been associated with FICCI, EFJ and Rotary Club. He has taught at XLRI, Indian Institute of Coal Management and other Management Schools as Visiting Faculty.