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Chetan Y.

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Head of HR at Cashfree Payments
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chetan is a strategic HR leader with over two decades of experience across diverse sectors including Tech, Robotics, and E-commerce. As Head of HR at Cashfree Payments, he leverages his MBA from IIM Lucknow to drive business growth. Colleagues often describe him as calm, strategic, and results-oriented.

Outside of his primary HR roles, Chetan is an active Angel Investor with Inflection Point Ventures. His interests in publications like Harvard Business Review and The Economic Times reflect a deep engagement with business strategy and financial markets, complementing his investment activities.

He has led global HR functions across an unusually wide range of industries, from technology and robotics to e-commerce and hospitality.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Head of HR
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Priorities

Topics Chetan cares about

HR as a Business Catalyst
His profile emphasizes making HR a catalyst for business growth and profits, viewing the function as a strategic business partner rather than a support role.
Rapid Organizational Scaling
He has direct experience managing rapid scale-ups in high-growth environments like the Ed-Tech firm Skill-Lync and robotics company GreyOrange.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Head of HR
Cashfree Payments
7-2022 - 7-2023
Chief Human Resources Officer
Skill-Lync
9-2018 - 7-2022
Chief People Officer
Tally Solutions Pvt Ltd
1-2018
Angel Investor
Inflection Point Ventures
6-2017 - 9-2018
Vice President, Head of Human Resources
GreyOrange Pte Ltd
In the press

Media appearances

Cashfree Payments appoints Chetan Yadav as senior VP of HR. Featured in Economic Times
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Cashfree Payments onboards Chetan Yadav as Senior VP - HR. Featured in Cashfree Payments (Newsroom)
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Education
2009 - 2010
MBA
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
2009 - 2009
Global Strategy & Markets
McGill University
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