33 years ago, he started with the Tatas and his career has now come full circle. Before joining them, Shankar was Senior Partner and Leader of the HR Transformation at Deloitte for three years. Prior to Deloitte, he was with AON Hewitt for over 8 years. He joined AON in 2009 as a Chief Commercial Officer, APAC, and rose to become Global Chief Commercial Officer – HR consulting. Anand was based in Singapore for over 20 years before moving back to India to start his assignment at Deloitte. Prior to that, he has worked in the Taj Group of Hotels, Littlewoods PLC UK, Hewitt Associates, and Talent2 International in a career spanning almost 2 decades.

Anand, an alumnus of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has more than 32 years of experience in multiple leadership positions across the human resource industry. He is highly skilled in HR consulting and transformation, leadership development and succession planning, learning management and corporate universities, culture change & innovation, and is well versed in helping manage and transform businesses and accelerate business performance. It is this deep expertise he brings to his new role at the Tata Group.