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Padma Thiruvengadam

Controller · DISC type CI
Executive Partner, HR Practice at Gartner
📍 United States

Padma Thiruvengadam is an Executive Partner in Gartners HR Practice and a seasoned board advisor. Drawing on her extensive experience as a Chief Human Resources Officer for global companies like Takeda and The Lego Group, she specializes in shaping people strategies that drive business transformation and performance. She holds an MS from the University of Madras.

Outside of her corporate roles, Padma is passionate about creating opportunities for young girls from economically challenged backgrounds. She advises foundations that support this cause and personally helps educate several girls in different parts of the world, hoping to scale her impact later in life.

She emphasizes that for any organizational change to be successful and sustainable, the human element must always be the top priority.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Executive Partner, HR Practice
Job Level
Junior
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Padma shows up

Persuasive & Assertive
Informal Yet Blunt
Challenger

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.

Priorities

Topics Padma cares about

Strategic HR Leadership
Advises CHROs at Gartner and speaks on transforming HR's role to be a central driver of business strategy and value, with a focus on organizational performance.
Transformational Change
Believes in putting the "human element first" for change to be sustainable and has led organizations through major transformations, including large-scale acquisitions.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Executive Partner, HR Practice
Gartner
2-2022
Advisor - GLG Institute
GLG
6-2021 - 4-2025
Member Of The Board Of Advisors
SucceedSmart
2-2022 - 10-2024
Member Of The Board Of Advisors
Althea.ai
4-2023 - 7-2024
Strategic Advisor
PeakSpan Capital
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Media appearances

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Education
MS
University of Madras
BA
Osmania University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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