Bio
Anjali Byce is the Group Chief Human Resource Officer at Suzlon Energy Limited. Her thrust across her career has been in driving change through multiple Business transformation programs, fostering high-performing culture and teams, Business aligned people Strategy, strong talent succession, next generation capabilities and diversity initiatives to name only a few.
Her experience in HR spans across manufacturing, insurance and R&D companies, as well as start-up, acquisition and turn-around companies. She has worked with Tata Motors, Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance Co, Cummins, Thermax, SKF and STL – Sterlite Technologies Limited. In her role, she has handled multiple functional excellence areas including sales, strategic HR, industrial relations, organizational development, learning and development, corporate social responsibility, health, safety and environment and administration.
She spearheaded transformation programs that earned the prestigious Brandon Hall Award for three consecutive years, while also securing Great Place to Work certification three years in a row—establishing a legacy of excellence in people development, employee experience, and workplace culture.
Anjali Byce was named as CHRO of the Year 2020 by BW-Business World, and as one of the 100 Most talented Global HR Leaders by CHRO Asia, Most Influential HR Leader in India and Women Super Achiever by World HRD Congress. She was awarded the SymRatna Award by Symbiosis Chancellor Padma Shri Dr S B Mujumdar for her contribution in HR Excellence in Culture based strategies, promoting interdisciplinary skilling and innovation to produce a skilled and resilient future workforce for the nation. She was named as Top 20 Women HR leaders shaping the future of tech by People Matters during IWD23.
She is currently a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Committee on Industrial Relations, National Committee on Leadership & HR and Employers’ Federation of India National Committee on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. She is the former Chairperson of HR and IR Committee of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), convener of CII HR & IR Council in Pune and former President of National Human Resource Development (NHRD) Network Pune chapter. During her tenure as President NHRD Pune, the chapter won the Emerging Chapter Award. She is a Corporate Advisory Board member with Chandigarh University. Beyond work, Anjali actively mentors and coaches professionals and students.
Anjali is an Erickson Accredited Coach and a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered certified Coach. She has completed the Masterclass for Directors from Institute of Directors and has a Design Thinking Certification from MIT (US). She was conferred alumnus status of IMD (Lausanne) on completion of the course – ‘Orchestrating Winning Performance’. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College (Delhi), Master degree in Applied Psychology from Delhi University (with a thesis on Psychological Contracting), PGDHRD from Symbiosis Centre for HRD – Pune and an Advanced Certificate in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
Anjali in collaboration with SuccessBooks®, has joined an exceptional group of authors, including the esteemed Jack Canfield (co-author of the popular series – Chicken Soup for the Soul), to co-author the highly anticipated book, "Unlocking Success”. Launched on January 9th, 2025, the book has achieved Amazon Best-Seller status, marking a significant milestone in its journey. She has also contributed a number of articles in print and media and has been a speaker at multiple Conferences including being a panelist on ‘Women Leadership’ at Harvard Business School (Boston, USA) and TEDx.
Anjali enjoys driving, photography and travelling whenever an opportunity arises to places of cultural and historical importance.