CIBC India has appointed Sreekanth Samudrala as Director – HR Business Partner, strengthening its people leadership team as the organization continues to expand its technology and operations capabilities in India.
With more than 18 years of experience, Sreekanth brings expertise in strategic human resources, HR business partnering, organizational transformation, leadership development, talent management, and people strategy across banking, technology, engineering, and global capability centers. In his new role, he will work closely with business leaders to align people strategies with organizational priorities, build a high-performance culture, and support the bank’s continued growth and innovation from its Hyderabad technology and operations hub.
Before joining CIBC India, Sreekanth served as Assistant Vice President – Human Resources at HSBC, where he spent nearly 5 years leading strategic HR initiatives across the bank’s global operations. He played an important role in HR business partnering, talent management, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and workforce planning to support business transformation.
Earlier, he was Manager – Human Resources (Head HR, India) at Bullhorn, where he led the India HR function. His responsibilities included people strategy, employee engagement, talent acquisition, performance management, and organizational development during the company’s expansion in India.
Prior to Bullhorn, Sreekanth spent more than 6 years at IGT as Manager – People Partner (Head HR, India). He managed the end-to-end HR function for the India operations, partnering with business leaders to strengthen talent management, employee engagement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and HR operations.
His earlier experience includes HR leadership roles at Mentor Graphics as Senior Human Resources Generalist and at Collins Aerospace, where he began his corporate HR career as Human Resources Generalist. During this period, he built strong expertise in HR operations, employee relations, talent management, and HR business partnering within global engineering and technology organizations.
Over the course of his career, Sreekanth has developed expertise in strategic HR business partnering, organizational development, leadership coaching, talent strategy, workforce planning, employee engagement, and change management, positioning him well to support CIBC India’s next phase of growth.
Sreekanth holds an MBA in Human Resources from Osmania University. He has also completed the Leadership & Change Management Management Development Program at XLRI Jamshedpur and a specialized program in HR Analytics at the Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, further strengthening his expertise in strategic HR leadership and data-driven decision-making.
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