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Priya Thaman

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CHRO at Clariant
📍 Pratteln, Basel-Country, Switzerland

Priya Thaman is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Clariant, where she aligns global people strategy with business objectives to drive performance. Her expertise spans organizational transformation, talent management, and building inclusive, high-performance cultures. She holds an MBA and has pursued executive education at the London Business School.

While specific personal hobbies are not public, Priya’s professional philosophy is deeply rooted in personal values. She leads with integrity, accountability, fairness, empathy, and inclusion, bringing these principles into complex business decisions and organizational change initiatives to foster a strong, values-led corporate environment.

Unique fact: Under her leadership, Clariant reached top-quartile employee engagement for the first time in the companys history.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
CHRO
Location
Pratteln, Basel-Country, Switzerland
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Company Culture
She is passionate about building a strong company culture, recently highlighting a milestone achievement in top-quartile employee engagement and initiatives like "Chemistry of Clariant Days".
Values-Led Leadership
Her leadership style is grounded in clear values like integrity, accountability, and empathy, which she incorporates into all major business and governance decisions.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
CHRO
Clariant
6-2025 - 1-2026
Interim CHRO
Clariant
9-2022 - 6-2025
Global Head - Talent and Culture
Clariant
9-2019 - 9-2022
Director - Global Talent Management and HRBP Group Commercial and Operations
Perfetti Van Melle
8-2016 - 9-2019
Director Global Talent Management and HR Director Europe
Perfetti Van Melle
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Clariant elevates Priya Thaman as CHRO. Featured in HRKatha
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Education
3-2022 - 11-2022
Executive Education
London Business School
HR Strategy in Transforming Organisation
London Business School
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