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Sanobar Havelivala

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Head HR for Corporate at L'Oréal
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sanobar Havelivala is the Head of HR for Corporate at LOréal and was named ETHR Leader of the Year for 2025. Her expertise spans talent management, organizational development, and creating strategic learning experiences to meet business goals. She is a graduate of the Welingkar Institute of Management and previously held HR roles at Bennett, Coleman & Co. and Wipro.

She is passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning and believes in moving away from orthodox training models to flexible, customized learning journeys for employees. Sanobar champions making Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) a core part of strategic business frameworks, not just an HR initiative, to drive meaningful recognition and results.

Her team has won the "Best Continuous Learning Culture in a Large Organisation" award two times in a row.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Head HR for Corporate
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Continuous Learning
Her team won an award for "Best Continuous Learning Culture" twice in a row, and she advocates for flexible learning models that empower employees.
Strategic DEI
Believes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion must be part of the core strategic framework, not just an HR function, to achieve genuine recognition and success.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Head HR for Corporate
L'Oréal
4-2019 - 3-2021
Talent Management and Organisation Development
L'Oréal
11-2017 - 4-2019
Senior Manager -Learning
L'Oréal
11-2012 - 11-2017
Human Resources for Research & Innovation
L'Oréal
11-2010 - 11-2012
Manager
Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd.
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Education
2005 - 2007
PGDBM
Welingkar Institute of Management
1987 - 1998
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