Soumitra (Shomi) Das is a senior global HR leader with extensive experience of leading HR and leadership programs in diverse organizations - Manufacturing, Engineering, Automobile, IT, Professional Services, Healthcare & IT Distribution. As an experienced HR leader in publicly traded Indian, US & European companies and several startups, he brings the knowledge, skills and maturity that is critical for a global CHRO in terms of content, context and culture needed to drive business outcomes and employee experience in complex, agile & highly matrixed organizations. His core strength lies in his ability to translate the organization’s strategy, objectives and mission into a compelling People Strategy that leverages a strong culture of performance, D&I and ethics to support transformative growth. As a CHRO, he is responsible for driving strategic and operational success across the entire spectrum of organizational HR - HRBPs, HR COEs, HR Ops, Talent Acquisition & global HR shared services. As an advisor to Boards and trusted partner to C-suite leaders, Shomi has continually helped the business to achieve aggressive revenue, profitability, cost and growth targets in agile, globally diverse workforce environments with a focus on increasing shareholder value & enhancing employee experiences. Shomi’s expertise is in managing complex, highly matrixed HR ecosystems and large-scale HR operations (<10000, Hybrid workforce) in multigenerational, geographically dispersed & culturally diverse organizations with complex reporting structures & disparate leadership styles. He has driven HR go-to-market models through aggressive growth and scaling phases in organizations and delivered complex HR projects on OD, competency frameworks, performance & productivity improvement, HR shared services, Leadership development, global talent strategy & digital HR initiatives. He has successfully managed M&A projects & led HR due diligence for outsourcing deals. His focus on culture realignment, change solutions, organization learning, performance & total rewards, D&IE and ethics, all anchored around the company’s core values has enabled him to successfully create, develop, build, transform, grow, architect change & expand organizations. Shomi’s global experience has shaped his situational leadership style. As a transformation leader, his respectful & ethical relationships have always endeared him to all organizational stakeholders as a trusted leader, confidante, coach & counselor. An MBA (HR) from XLRI, he is a motivational speaker, a certified Psychometric Assessor & an ICF Coach.