Reliance Industries Appoints Ira Bindra As Group President Human Resources

A graduate of Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College in 1998, Bindra earned her MBA from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands in 1999

Mukesh Ambani said that Reliance Industries has appointed Ira Bindra as the new Group President, overseeing all aspects of people, leadership, and talent management. This move signals a shift in the company's approach to people policies.

Typically, senior functional heads make announcements regarding talent hires at the executive level, but Bindra's appointment was personally announced by Ambani, the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance—marking a significant moment for the company. Bindra has been brought on board to lead a comprehensive organisational transformation.

"Bindra joins us from Medtronic, USA, where she was the Head of Human Resources and Vice President - Global Regions," Ambani said in an internal organisation announcement, reported PTI.

Ira Bindra, 47, will become the first non-family woman and the youngest member to join Reliance Industries’ influential executive committee. As the group president for people and talent, she will collaborate closely with Mukesh Ambani, Isha, Akash, Anant, and the entire executive committee to spearhead organisational transformation across people, culture, and leadership, according to Ambani’s announcement.

Bindra will work in partnership with business and HR leaders to build upon Reliance’s existing foundation.

A graduate of Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College in 1998, Bindra earned her MBA from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands in 1999. Throughout her career, she has gained extensive experience with GE Capital, GE India, GE Healthcare, and GE Oil & Gas before joining Medtronic in May 2018.

"Bindra is a global HR and business leader with deep domain expertise across a range of industries, geographies and business cycle. She has deep business and functional H R expertise across industries such as med tech, financial services, large industrial and global delivery centre business," Ambani said.

These leadership roles span diverse and complex geographies worldwide, including developing and developed markets such as India, the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

"Bindra has led large HR teams in Fortune 100 companies, such as GE, and has led organisations through bold business transformations, from designing new operating models, creating new business lines to executing significant divestitures, resulting in better performance and outcome," he said.

With extensive experience across various leadership roles, including HR business partner, talent development, technology R&D, commercial, compliance, and business transformation, she brings a unique ability to integrate business, data, and people strategies to drive impactful results, Ambani added.