Srikanth Balachandran

Srikanth Balachandran is an Indian business executive. He is the current Global CHRO of Bharti Airtel, an Indian multinational telecommunications services company with operations in 18 countries.

Srikanth has an undergraduate degree in commerce from Madras University. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant securing All India second rank in the process.

Srikanth joined Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), a FMCG company in 1985. He worked in Unilever for 23 years taking positions including vice president, finance & commercial and head, global finance transformation at Unilever's head office in London.

In 2008, he joined Bharti Airtel as the CFO. In 2011, he took over the role of global CFO overseeing the financials of Airtel's operations in more than 18 countries across the globe. In August 2015, he became the Global Chief Human Resources Officer of Airtel.

In June 2014, Srikanth was recognized as the Best Telecom CFO by CNBC-TV18. Srikanth was listed as a Power Profile in India by LinkedIn in 2015 and 2016, being amongst the most viewed professionals.

Publications :

1. Airtel is turning employees into true brand ambassadors. https://www.peoplematters.in/article/employee-engagement/airtel-turning-employees-true-talent-brand-ambassadors-12746.

2. Board's eye view of Total Rewards https://www.peoplematters.in/article/benefits-and-rewards/bharti-airtel-boards-eye-view-total-rewards-13208.

3.Why the future will be different for the Telecom sector. http://www.hrkatha.com/news/554-why-the-future-will-be-different-for-telecom-sector.

4. One year in a new avatar of corporate life. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-year-new-avatar-corporate-life-srikanth-balachandran

5. Before you take a seat at the table. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/before-you-take-seat-table-srikanth-balachandran

6. How to sustain leadership in a fiercely competitive market ? We say.... Lead Right. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-sustain-leadership-fiercely-competitive-market-we-balachandran

7. Building future-ready leaders at Airtel. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-future-ready-leaders-airtel-srikanth-balachandran.

8. Digital Careers @ Airtel. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-careers-airtel-srikanth-balachandran