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Ganesh Subramanian

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Chief Human Resources Officer at More Retail Private Limited
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ganesh Subramanian is a seasoned HR leader with over two decades of experience at major corporations like Unilever, Ola, and his current role as CHRO at More Retail. He specializes in change management, business partnering, and industrial relations. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma from XLRI Jamshedpur and is described by colleagues as professional and humane.

His passion for professional development is evident through his INSEAD coaching certificate and his commitment to running an annual change management program at his alma mater, XLRI. In his view, the role of HR is to "make the business win" by enabling a stellar employee experience and focusing on problem-solving with leadership.

He believes in preventing issues rather than just solving them and emphasizes the importance of work-life balance for his teams.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Chief Human Resources Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Change Management
A core passion and area of expertise, demonstrated by his 20+ year career and the dedicated program he runs annually on the topic at XLRI Jamshedpur.
HR Tech Transformation
He led a major HR tech upgrade for 16, 000 employees at More Retail, partnering with Darwinbox to support aggressive growth and improve employee experience.
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Career

Work history

12-2019
Chief Human Resources Officer
More Retail Private Limited
7-2017 - 11-2019
Vice President Human Resources
Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd)
1-2015 - 7-2017
HR Director, Enterprise & Technology Solutions
Unilever
4-2012 - 12-2014
General Manager, HR, Enterprise Support
Unilever
11-2010 - 3-2012
HR Director, Service Delivery & HRBP, Enterprise Support, India Hub
Unilever
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Education
1996 - 1998
Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations
XLRI Jamshedpur
12-2022 - 6-2023
Insead Coaching Certificate
INSEAD
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