Ira Bindra

Take Risks on People

Ira Bindra leads People & Talent at Reliance Industries, a $125 billion group spanning energy, telecom and retail. She made CHRO of GE India and South Asia in her late twenties, spent two decades at GE, moved to Medtronic, then came full circle to Mumbai in December 2024: four countries and eight cities in all. She walks through the path to the Chief Officer seat, including the president who put her on the slate for a role she was helping interview other candidates for, and the week she started at Reliance, which was also the week her father had spinal surgery.