Bhrigu Joshi will lead SAP’s people and culture agenda in India, working with the leadership team and People & Culture colleagues to support the market that plays a pivotal role in the enterprise software major’s global innovation, research and business growth, after his appointment as Head of People & Culture for India.
The move marks Joshi’s return to India after leading SAP’s People & Culture function for the UK and Ireland. Joshi described the move as the beginning of a new professional chapter, noting that India plays a central role in SAP’s global innovation and growth agenda.
Most recently, Joshi served as Market HR Leader for India at Google. Before Google, he spent nearly two years as Vice President and Head of People & Culture for SAP in the UK and Ireland, from December 2023 to November 2025. His earlier responsibilities at SAP included leading global people initiatives and managing HR business partnering for its Technology & Innovation board area in India and Singapore.
Before his first SAP stint, Joshi served as Director of Human Resources at MakeMyTrip from April 2015 to August 2019, where he led HR business partnering, compensation, learning, performance management and talent acquisition for the online business.
Prior to MakeMyTrip, Joshi held HR roles at HSBC as VP-HR and at KPMG India in HR consulting. He began his career with Thermax in 2005 as part of its project management group, before pivoting to HR with an MA in HRM and labour management. Joshi is an alumnus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
