New Delhi, India, January 2026 — Vedanta Group has announced the appointment of Neha Sharma as Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO), effective February 10, 2026. She succeeds Madhu Srivastava, who has resigned from the role effective January 31, 2026.
With over 20 years of global HR experience, Neha Sharma brings strong expertise in large-scale people transformation, retention enhancement, and building high-performing, reliable, and profitable workforces. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, and is known for leading complex, multi-country people strategies at scale, including shaping HR approaches for 40,000+ employees at Unifi Aviation.
Prior to joining Vedanta Group, Neha Sharma has been associated with Unifi, where she has been driving leadership across key HR functions. She currently serves as Head of HR, and has also held the role of Senior Vice President, Human Resources, helping shape workforce strategy and organisational capability in a highly dynamic operating environment.
Before Unifi, Neha served as Head of HR at Rippling, where her work aligned strongly with modern HR technology and systems-driven transformation. She has also demonstrated strong entrepreneurial capability as the Founder of Easel, a venture supported through the MIT ecosystem, and participated in the MIT Delta V Accelerator (2019 cohort).
Earlier in her career, Neha built strong foundations in HR and enterprise people operations through roles at TSYS as an HR Business Partner, and spent nearly seven years at Infosys and Infosys BPM, across multiple HR leadership roles including Lead – HR, Associate Lead – HR, and HR Specialist, gaining hands-on expertise in HR shared services, analytics, and workforce support across multiple geographies.
With her blend of strategic HR leadership, HR technology expertise, and entrepreneurial mindset, Neha’s appointment strengthens Vedanta Group’s leadership team at an important point in its global growth journey.
About Vedanta Group
Vedanta Group operates with a strong belief that its people are its core assets and consistently endeavours to develop their potential to become future leaders and key employees. The group currently operates across India, South Africa, Liberia, and Namibia, through its various subsidiaries, and focuses on attracting talent across specialist domains such as mining, metallurgy, geology, smelting, sustainability, and other critical operational areas.
Vedanta’s philosophy is built around a shared destiny approach, driving empowerment of communities through sustainable development initiatives and stakeholder engagement. With a business model focused on growth, value creation, and operational improvement, the group’s vision remains centred on sustainably satisfying the needs of all stakeholders while strengthening prosperity across the communities it operates in.
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