Fortis Healthcare Limited (Fortis) announced the appointment of Sanjay Sinha as its new Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO) effective June 17, 2019.

He will lead the Human Resource (HR) function at a group level based out of the Corporate Office of Fortis in Gurugram, Haryana.  

Sinha is a seasoned HR professional with an illustrious career spanning over 29 years. He has a successful and well-recognized HR leadership profile spreading across industries like Telecom, IT, Services and infrastructure. While he has a strong HR generalist profile where role calls for solid strategic support to businesses, he has done some world-class work in Learning & Development, Organizational Development and Organizational change, Merger & Acquisition, Integration, and Talent Management including large scale restructuring and change management in a complex, multi-cultural, multi-location and highly matrix environment.  He has been a SME in various HR domains at various stages of his career.

Prior to joining Fortis, Sinha was associated with the Hinduja group companies HGS and HTL, Nortel Networks, Polaris, Siemens and NTPC. He has an extensive global experience with reputed MNCs in Asia Pacific & Greater China, US, Canada, Latin America, Middle East, and Europe. He has held Global roles and is a well-respected senior leader in the industry who has been conferred with many coveted industry awards.

Speaking on the appointment, Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, MD & CEO, Fortis, said, “We are delighted to welcome Mr Sanjay Sinha, as our new CHRO. With a proven track record as a successful leader in HR, he has consistently delivered results over the years. Mr Sinha has a deep understanding of the talent management & engagement. I have tremendous confidence in Mr Sinha’s capability to align Fortis's world-class patient care with global best HR strategies to drive and extend the next phase of Fortis's market leadership.” 

Sanjay Sinha, CHRO, Fortis, said, “This is a tremendous opportunity for employee engagement as well as nurturing industry talent to strengthen our talent pool. The values and culture at Fortis’s are already well in line with those of global leaders, and with some innovation and planning, I am certain that we can reach — and exceed — our goals.”

He holds a post-graduate degree in Management (MBA) from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi. He is also certified Executive Coach and holds certification on psychometric instruments related to Personality profiling by Thomas International and Association of Psychological Types (APT) on DISC and MBTI. He has many research reports to his credit.