Assetz Property Group has appointed Richa Verma Agrawal as its Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), strengthening its leadership team as the company enters its next phase of growth. A Great Place To Work® Certified organisation for 2025–2026, Assetz continues to reinforce its commitment to building a high-performance, people-first culture.
In her new role, Richa will lead the company’s overall human resources function, overseeing people strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, leadership development, organisational development, performance management, learning and capability building, employee experience, rewards, culture transformation, HR digital transformation, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), governance, compliance, and board-level people initiatives.
Richa joins Assetz Property Group with nearly 20 years of HR leadership experience across technology, banking, financial services, manufacturing, and global business services.
Most recently, she served as Head of People Experience – Senior Director at Flipkart, where she led enterprise-wide people experience, HR operations, payroll, ethics and compliance, HR transformation, HR technology, and HR business partnering. She played a key role in improving employee lifecycle processes, driving operational excellence, and advancing digital HR transformation.
Before joining Flipkart, Richa spent nearly 3 years at Honeywell as Human Resources Director and Head of APAC & EMEA Payroll, while also leading the company’s Bengaluru HR Services site. She drove HR service transformation across multiple regions, accelerated automation initiatives, led payroll excellence programmes, championed DEI initiatives, and supported employee wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, she served as Regional Head – HR Enablement Functions (Vice President) at Deutsche Bank, leading onboarding, capability enablement, learning, background screening, and HR shared services across APAC while supporting global operations.
She also held leadership roles as Vice President at ANZ, overseeing global HR shared services and employee lifecycle operations, and as Assistant Vice President at JPMorgan Chase, where she led payroll operations, HR data integrity, accounting, and strategic HR operations.
Earlier in her career, Richa held management positions with Hewitt Associates, Convergys, Wipro Spectramind, Dundee Bancorp India, and the Academy for Information Technology and Management (AITM), building expertise in HR operations, technology, service delivery, and people management.
With a career spanning HR transformation, shared services, payroll, employee experience, HR technology, organisational development, talent management, and culture transformation, Richa brings extensive leadership expertise to Assetz Property Group as it continues to strengthen its people strategy and organisational capability.
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