Kumar Krishnaswamy

Kumar S. Krishnaswamy is an HRD expert with over 33 years of experience, gleaned across geographies and business verticals.

After completing his PG Diploma from XLRI, he started his career with the Murugappa Group and moved to Swedish Match as the Deputy Personnel Manager at their Chennai plant. Accelerating on the career path, he tested his skills at a business conglomerate at the Sultanate of Oman. Kumar joined the TAJ group of Hotels in 1989 and was the Head of HRD at their marquee properties – the Connemara at Chennai and the West End at Bangalore.

In 1995, he became the Country Head – HRD for Littlewoods International, a UK Sterling 4 billion company, and opened the first 100 ?I retail outlet in Bangalore, India, in 1997.

Kumar’s cross-industry experience includes leading the HRD operations at Sonata Software. He was the Group Head – HRD at Wockhardt Hospitals, when it was bought over by Fortis. Kumar moved to Fortis in 2010 and managed the key HR activities for a year before the final integration. Since then, he has been handling two departments, Global Shared Services and Clinician Engagement, at Fortis.