Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, June 2026 — Advent, one of the world’s leading global private equity investors, has announced the appointment of Rachita Marwaha as Head of Human Resources, Asia Pacific (APAC). An accomplished HR leader with nearly two decades of experience spanning financial services, payments, banking, automotive, technology, talent management, organizational effectiveness, and culture transformation, Rachita will lead the people agenda across the Asia-Pacific region as Advent continues to support growth and value creation across its portfolio.
In her new role, Rachita will be responsible for shaping talent strategy, leadership development, organizational culture, workforce effectiveness, and people initiatives across Advent’s APAC operations. Her appointment comes at a time when private equity firms are increasingly focused on talent and culture as critical drivers of business transformation and long-term value creation.
Prior to joining Advent, Rachita spent more than six years with Visa, where she served as Head of People, India & South Asia. As a member of the regional leadership team, she led the people function for Visa’s business and corporate operations across India and South Asia. During her tenure, she played a key role in advancing talent strategies, leadership development, employee experience, workforce growth, and organizational effectiveness across one of the world’s leading payments technology companies.
Before Visa, Rachita served as Head of HR – Wholesale & Commercial Banking and CoE Lead – Campus Recruitment, Employer Branding & Diversity and Inclusion at Axis Bank. As part of the bank’s HR leadership team, she led the people agenda for more than 4,000 employees across Wholesale Banking, Commercial Banking, Treasury, and International Banking functions. She also drove the organization’s campus recruitment, employer branding, and diversity and inclusion initiatives, helping strengthen the bank’s talent pipeline and leadership capabilities.
Earlier, she spent nearly five years with Tata Motors as Talent & Organisation Effectiveness Specialist, where she gained extensive experience in talent management, organizational effectiveness, performance management, rewards, and HR communications. During her tenure, she led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives focused on performance management and organizational effectiveness, contributing to the company’s people transformation agenda.
Prior to moving into human resources leadership, Rachita worked with Tata Communications as a Product Management & Marketing Specialist, managing product strategy, new product development, and marketing initiatives within a fast-paced technology environment. She began her professional journey as a TAS (Tata Administrative Services) Management Trainee, working on strategic and marketing assignments across multiple Tata Group companies, including Tata Consultancy Services, Indian Hotels Company, Tata Global Beverages, and Tata Chemicals.
Rachita holds an MBA in Human Resources from XLRI Jamshedpur, one of India’s premier management institutions. Throughout her career, she has built a strong reputation for aligning people strategies with business priorities, driving organizational transformation, strengthening leadership capability, and creating high-performance cultures.
At Advent, she is expected to play a key role in supporting talent and culture initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region while helping portfolio companies and leadership teams build capabilities that enable sustainable growth and transformation.
About Advent
Advent is one of the world’s leading global private equity investors, partnering with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses and accelerate growth.
Founded in 1984, Advent has developed deep expertise across five core sectors: business and financial services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and technology. The firm operates through a global network of more than 600 professionals across five continents, leveraging extensive operational expertise, industry knowledge, and strategic resources to support portfolio companies in achieving their growth ambitions.
As one of the largest privately owned private equity partnerships globally, Advent continues to invest in businesses with strong growth potential while helping management teams create long-term value through strategic transformation and operational excellence.
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