Shailaja Venkat Iyer is the EVP-CHRO and India Country Head at Incedo. She works closely with the CEO and the leadership team as a thought partner. 

As a senior executive in India, she is an enabler in strengthening people practices, an integrator, a coach and a mentor, sponsor of key initiatives, a champion of Incedo Values and someone who differentiates Incedo as an employer of choice. 

Shailaja is a seasoned HR leader with close to 25 years of rich experience across multiple industries. 

Prior to Incedo, she was the India HR leader and member of the Board at Gartner. Prior to Gartner, she was associated with firms like McKinsey and Whirlpool in key leadership roles. Shailaja has extensive experience building out and executing HR strategic road maps, leadership hiring and coaching programs and talent development practices to help organizations scale up. She has also worked on due diligence projects for mergers and driven post-acquisition integration programs, culture change initiatives, workforce planning and built out HR OPEX and statutory compliances framework for a growth company. 

Further, as a member of the NASSCOM NCR-GCC core group, Shailaja has partnered with several industry leaders to conceptualize and drive strategic interventions around leadership development. She is an alumnus of SIBM, Pune with a Master’s degree in Human Resources. 

Beyond work, Shailaja is an avid reader and news junkie. She is also passionate about cooking and trying out new recipes.