Reliance Industries Ltd’s Human Resources chief, Ira Bindra, has been recognised as one of the world’s leading CHROs, making Reliance the only Indian organisation featured in the global ranking. N2Growth, a global executive search and leadership advisory firm, announced the 2025 Leaders40 Top Chief Human Resources Officers (CHRO) Award on Friday, November 14, 2025.
The 2025 list features top CHROs from some of the world’s most prominent and influential organisations, including Lisa Buckingham (Vialto Partners), Matthew Breitfelder (Apollo Global Management), Robin Leopold (JPMorgan Chase), Christy Pambianchi (Caterpillar Inc.), Trisha Conley (LyondellBasell), Maral Kazanjian (Moody’s), and Donna Morris (Walmart), the statement added.
Ira secured the 28th spot on the list. Her citation read, “Ira is a global Human Resources and business transformation leader with over two decades of experience driving growth, innovation, and organizational excellence across Fortune 100 companies and high-growth enterprises. Her career spans multiple industries, geographies, and business lifecycles, where she has led integrated business, people, and culture strategies that enable high performance and sustainable transformation.”
Before joining Reliance, Bindra served in several senior global HR leadership positions at Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device company. Prior to that, she spent 19 years at General Electric, taking on varied HR leadership roles across Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Technology Infrastructure, Corporate, and GE Capital, working in both developed and emerging markets. She holds an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands and a BA (Hons) in History from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University.
