HR | CFO | New Leadership Team at Titan

 Swadesh Behera, Chief People Officer, Titan Company Limited

Swadesh Behera is a seasoned HR leader with rich experience focused on driving business results through the conceptualization, design and implementation of winning HR strategies. His areas of expertise include building a robust a leadership pipeline, developing top talent, cogent succession planning and helping organizations grow and thrive. His erstwhile experience includes spearheading the Human Resources function in large

 

Multinational and Indian organizations like Boston Scientific Corporation, Merck, Ranbaxy, Coke and Tata Steel. He has joined Titan from Boston Scientific Corporation. Swadesh has completed his Post Graduate Degree in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (T.I.S.S), Mumbai and Post Graduate Degree in Sociology from the Central University of Hyderabad.

 

CONNECT ON LINKEDIN:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/swade shbehera/?originalSubdomain=in

 

COMPANY WEBSITE:

 

https://www.titancompany.in/

 

 

Swadesh Behera, has taken charge as Chief People Officer, Titan Company Limited with effect from 1st July 2021. Prior to this, Swadesh was Senior Director–HR at Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC). His previous stints include Ranbaxy, Coca Cola, MSD and Tata Steel. He has extensive change management experience which encompasses setting up Greenfield operations, building capability, talent acquisition during high growth phases of business, implementing appropriate HR interventions, Employee Transition Management during business closures and many other initiatives and programmes. Analytical skills, Business Acumen, Process Orientation, and Strong Inter-Personal skills are some of his key strengths.

 

 

FROM MR. SWADESH BEHERA

 

 

“Delighted to join Titan and be a part of a leadership team which truly believes in putting people first in everything they do, where employee care and happiness is valued as much as the business growth. Looking forward to working with the team whose continuous endeavour has been to build a strong leadership pipeline, future capabilities, an inclusive culture to propel the growth aspirations and making Titan as an employer of choice.”

 

 

ABOUT TITAN COMPANY LIMITED

 

Titan Company Limited, a joint venture between the Tata Group and the Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), commenced its operations in 1987 under the name Titan Watches Limited. In 1994, Titan diversified into Jewellery and subsequently into Eyewear. Over the last three decades, Titan has expanded into underpenetrated markets and created lifestyle brands across different product categories including fragrances (SKINN), accessories and Indian dress wear (TANEIRA). Titan is widely known for transforming the watch and jewellery industry in India and for shaping India's retail market by

pioneering experiential retail. The Company recorded a revenue of Rs. 21,644 crore for the year ended 31st March 2021.

ASHOK SONTHALIA

CFO, TITAN COMPANY LIMITED

 

 

Ashok Sonthalia, is the Chief Financial O fficer at Titan Com pany Ltd, w here he is responsible for the com pany’s overall Finance and Accounts functions. H e is a Chartered Accountant, has done one-year

 

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Fontainebleau, France. H e has close to 30 years of extensive and rich globalexperience in the areas of Strategic Business Planning, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Taxation, Treasury, Investor Relations and M ergers & Acquisitions. Previously, he has served in several finance leadership roles in Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., L& T Pow er, Greaves Cotton Lim ited and Tata Group Com panies – Tata Steel Lim ited, Tata Inc. (U SA), and Tata Chem icals Lim ited. H e has

 

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Inform ation Technology Sector for year 2016. H e w as also recognized as one of the Best CFO for Technology / IT Services & Softw are Sector for the last tw o consecutive years in the institutionalInvestor’s 2020 and 2021 All-Asia Executive Team Survey by the Sell Side categor

CONNECT ON LINKEDIN

https://w w w .linkedin.com /in/ashok-sonthalia/? originalSubdom ain= in

COMPANY WEBSITE

https://w w w .titancom pany.in/

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FROM MR. ASHOK SONTHALIA

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Titan Com pany Lim ited, a joint venture betw een the Tata Group and the Tam ilnadu Industrial D evelopm ent Corporation (TID CO ), com m enced its operations in 1987 under the nam e Titan W atches Lim ited. In 1994, Titan diversified into Jew ellery and subsequently into Eyew ear. O ver the last three decades, Titan has expanded into underpenetrated m arkets and created lifestyle brands across different product categories including fragrances (SKIN N ), accessories and Indian dress w ear (TAN EIRA). Titan is w idely know n for transform ing the w atch and jew ellery industry in India and for shaping India's retail m arket by pioneering experiential retail. The Com pany recorded a revenue of Rs. 21,644 crore for the year ended 31st M arch 2021.