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Deepa Zacharias

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CHRO at PayU
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Deepa Zacharias is the Chief Human Resources Officer at PayU, bringing over two decades of leadership experience. She notably architected the HR function for Amazon Web Services (AWS) across Asia Pacific, Japan, and China from scratch, guiding the organization through 10x growth. She is an ICF-accredited leadership coach.

Deepa is passionate about leadership development and coaching, a field she chose to focus on after a decade with AWS. She is an advocate for diversity and inclusion, emphasizing the importance of creating space for different points of view and actively working to break internal and external biases in the workplace.

She built and scaled the entire HR function for AWS across the APAC, Japan, and Greater China regions.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
CHRO
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Leadership Coaching
An ICF-accredited coach who left a senior role at AWS to focus on her passion for partnering with leaders and organizations through periods of growth and change.
Scaling HR Functions
Architected the AWS HR function from the ground up across the APAC, Japan, and China regions, enabling significant revenue and headcount growth.
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Career

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1-2024
CHRO
PayU
10-2022 - 12-2023
Leadership Coach & Strategic HR Consultant
Self-employed
1-2020 - 9-2022
Director, Talent and Development; APAC, Japan and China
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
12-2013 - 12-2019
Regional HR Director for Amazon Web Services, Asia Pacific Japan and Greater China
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
7-2011 - 11-2013
Organization & Talent Development Manager at GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare
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Education
1999 - 2001
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Xavier Institute of Management(XIM Bhubaneswar)
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