Gurugram, Haryana, India, January 2026 – Salil Raheja has started a new role as Director – Total Rewards and Performance at Schneider Electric, taking charge of strengthening performance architecture, rewards governance and people performance systems for one of the world’s most respected sustainability-driven energy and digital automation leaders.
In his new leadership mandate, Salil will drive Schneider Electric’s total rewards strategy, performance management frameworks and long-term workforce value architecture aligned to business growth, digital transformation and sustainability commitments across India and regional operations.
Salil brings over sixteen years of progressive HR leadership experience. Most recently, he served as Director – HR at Schneider Electric, where he anchored the people agenda across Power Systems, Services, Global Customer Projects and led complex people integration initiatives for Zenatix and Planon while ramping the Digital Buildings Hub in India. He also championed multiple countrywide HR programs including freelancing workforce scale-up, senior talent programs and external employer branding initiatives.
Earlier, he served as Senior General Manager – HR, driving organisational transformation, talent strategy and external brand recognition programs across Schneider Electric’s Greater India Zone. Before that, as General Manager – HR, he partnered with Industrial Automation and Finance verticals, strengthening HRBP architecture and performance systems.
Prior to Schneider Electric, Salil spent over eight years with Essar, where he progressively built expertise in HR business partnering, performance & rewards governance, talent management, organisation development and change leadership across corporate, sales, manufacturing and plant HR operations.
His early career stints at Tata Capital and Tata Consultancy Services provided him with foundational exposure to enterprise systems, mentoring frameworks and organisational process design.
Salil holds an MBA in Human Resources from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, and has completed an executive leadership program in Leadership and Business Strategy in Turbulent Times from INSEAD, strengthening his expertise in global HR strategy and enterprise transformation leadership.
Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy management and automation, delivering digital, AI-powered, and sustainability-driven solutions across buildings, data centres, infrastructure and industries worldwide. With more than 160,000 employees in over 100 countries, Schneider Electric is consistently ranked among the world’s most sustainable and responsible corporations.
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