Mumbai: Ira Bindra, Human Resources chief at Reliance Industries Ltd, has been recognised among the world’s top Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs), making Reliance the only Indian company on the prestigious 2025 Leaders40 list.
Global recognition
The announcement was made on November 14, 2025, by N2Growth, a global leader in executive search and leadership advisory. The list features CHROs from some of the world’s most influential companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Caterpillar Inc., Walmart, and Apollo Global Management. Bindra is the first Indian woman executive of an Indian company to be featured and has been ranked 28th.
Career highlights of Ira Bindra
Ira Bindra has over two decades of experience in driving growth, innovation, and organisational transformation across Fortune 100 companies and high-growth enterprises. Before joining Reliance, she held senior global HR leadership roles at Medtronic and spent 19 years with General Electric across diverse sectors, including Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Technology Infrastructure, Corporate, and GE Capital.
She holds an MBA from Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands, and a BA (Hons.) in History from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University.
Role at Reliance
As President – People & Talent at Reliance Industries, Bindra leads enterprise-wide talent and culture transformation for the company’s 360,000-strong workforce across energy, retail, telecommunications, media, and green technologies. She partners with the Chairman, Executive Committee, and business leadership to shape the company’s people and culture agenda.
Her citation highlighted her ability to implement integrated business, people, and culture strategies that drive high performance and sustainable transformation across multiple industries and geographies.
About the Leaders40 Top CHRO Award
First launched in 2015 by N2Growth founder Mike Myatt and later formalised in collaboration with Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2020, the Leaders40 Top CHRO Award recognises global leaders in human capital management.
According to Tony Morales, Co-Chairman of N2Growth, CHROs today are strategic partners to CEOs and boards, driving performance, culture, and transformation at the highest level. The selection committee evaluates thousands of nominations, conducts in-depth interviews, and names 40 CHROs who set benchmarks in excellence globally.
Conclusion
Bindra’s recognition underscores the growing prominence of Indian executives on the global leadership stage and highlights Reliance Industries’ commitment to organisational excellence and human capital development.