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Akshay Wadhwa

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AVP, Head-HR, R&D-II & Head-Total Rewards (C&B) & Performance Mgmt.- India, EM & Japan at SUN PHARMA
📍 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Akshay is an accomplished HR leader at Sun Pharma with over 16 years of experience in HR transformation, consulting, and business management. He heads HR for Global R&D and leads the Total Rewards and Performance Management functions for India and Emerging Markets, covering over 40 countries.

He is a Gold Medalist from XLRI Jamshedpur, one of Indias premier business schools.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
AVP, Head-HR, R&D-II & Head-Total Rewards (C&B) & Performance Mgmt.- India, EM & Japan
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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Total Rewards Strategy
Leads Compensation & Benefits for Sun Pharma across India, Japan, and Emerging Markets. He has driven large-scale post-merger integrations of compensation structures.
HR Transformation
His background includes HR Transformation consulting at Ernst & Young, focused on organizational structuring, manpower planning, and performance management systems.
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Career

Work history

11-2019
AVP, Head-HR, R&D-II & Head-Total Rewards (C&B) & Performance Mgmt.- India, EM & Japan
SUN PHARMA
1-2016 - 11-2019
Head - CoE Rewards (C&B) & Performance Management, India & Emerging Markets
SUN PHARMA
4-2014 - 1-2016
General Manager - Total Rewards
Philips India Limited
6-2012 - 3-2014
Senior Manager - Compensation & Benefits
Philips India Limited
6-2009 - 6-2012
Senior Consultant - People & Organization
Ernst & Young
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Education
2007 - 2009
PM&IR
XLRI Jamshedpur
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