GURUGRAM, INDIA — June 2026 — Salesloft has appointed Mahi Rath as Head of People – India, reinforcing its commitment to building a high-performance culture and strengthening leadership capability as the company continues its growth journey.
Mahi joins Salesloft as a seasoned People & Culture leader with over 15 years of experience designing and scaling people strategies for technology-driven organizations. Throughout her career, she has successfully partnered with founders, executive teams, and business leaders to build high-performing organizations, drive culture transformation, develop leadership capability, and create employee experiences that support sustainable growth.
Prior to joining Salesloft, Mahi served as an Advisor at Carlson Hall Solutions, where she was entrusted with building the global People & Culture function from the ground up. In this role, she partnered closely with leadership teams and portfolio companies to establish enterprise-wide people strategies covering organizational design, talent acquisition, leadership development, performance management, employee experience, HR systems integration, governance, and workforce planning.
Earlier, Mahi played a pivotal role in establishing and scaling the India operations of AHEAD, where she joined as one of the earliest employees in the country. As Senior Director, People & Culture, she built the entire People & Culture function from scratch, enabling rapid business expansion while creating scalable HR frameworks, talent acquisition strategies, leadership development programs, and employee engagement initiatives that helped position India as a strategic growth hub for the organization.
Before AHEAD, Mahi spent more than five years with Rackspace Technology, leading human resources, talent development, workforce transformation, and learning initiatives across India and the Asia-Pacific region. During her tenure, she supported large-scale workforce growth, spearheaded leadership development programs, drove culture transformation efforts, and contributed to the organization’s recognition as a Great Place to Work. Her responsibilities spanned India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, providing her with significant cross-cultural leadership experience.
Mahi’s earlier career included HR leadership roles with Centrient Pharmaceuticals, International SOS, PAL Group Operations, and NCR Corporation, where she developed expertise across HR business partnering, talent management, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, learning and development, and HR operations.
Academically, Mahi holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resources Development from ASBM University, completed in 2012. Her educational foundation, combined with extensive experience in scaling high-growth organizations, has enabled her to build people-centric cultures that align business objectives with workforce excellence.
In her new role at Salesloft, Mahi will lead the company’s people strategy across India, focusing on talent growth, organizational capability, leadership development, employee engagement, and culture building. She will play a key role in creating a strong foundation to support Salesloft’s continued expansion while ensuring employees thrive in an innovative and high-performance environment.
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