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Ola Electric names Balachandar N as Senior Vice President & CHRO

With Ola Electric foraying into new international markets, like that of France, Italy, Germany, Balachandar is expected to develop and lead the People Strategy globally. He will report to Bhavesh Agarwal, founder, Ola Group

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Balachandar N has been named as the Senior Vice President and CHRO by the electric scooter manufacturer, Ola Electric. Balachandar is a veteran HR Leader with over three decades of experience in diverse markets and sectors like hospitality, pharma, BFSI, manufacturing and healthcare. 

With Ola Electric foraying into new international markets like France, Italy, Germany, Balachandar is expected to develop and lead the people strategy globally. He will report to Bhavesh Agarwal, founder, Ola Group. 

Before joining Ola Electric, he held the role of the Group CHRO of Cafe Coffee Day Group where he worked for over 9 years. He led the HR function for Coffee, Logistics, Hospitality, financial services, technology, pharma, commercial real estate, timber and furniture businesses at the Group.

Starting his professional journey at ONGC as a labour officer in 1988, Balachandar diversified into different companies and industries such as Asian Paints, Standard Chartered bank, Hewitt Associate, eVentures before moving to the global markets of Tokyo, Japan, where he was served as the EVP-HR of GE Money in 2006 after moving from GE Healthcare. After three years in Japan, he then moved on to become the CHRO at Strides Acrolab before joining Cafe Coffee Day in 2012.

Balachandar holds a BA in Economics, an MA in Personnel Management and IR and an MS in Industrial Management from IIT Madras.


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