Ankur Poddar

HR Head - Consumer Business, Lead Culture & Ops at Lenovo, Lenovo

Leadership and Management | Employee Engagement, Emotional Intelligence, Future of Work

Ankur Poddar

Biography

Ankur is a seasoned HR leader with over 16 years of diverse experience across four industries, holding various strategic and leadership roles. Currently, he serves as Head HR for India Consumer Business at Lenovo, where he leads culture transformation and HR operations. Prior to this, Ankur held pivotal positions at Airtel, including HR Head for DTH & Broadband and GM HR for the retail business, contributing to organizational design, talent strategy, and employee engagement.

His career also includes impactful tenures at Marico Limited, where he managed national talent acquisition and regional HR, and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a business HR leader. Ankur’s expertise spans organizational development, culture building, and leadership enablement. With a proven ability to drive business results through people-centric strategies, he is passionate about fostering dynamic workplace environments and unlocking the full potential of teams.

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