Anil Santhapuri is a values-based and results-oriented HR, Talent and Learning leader with 24+ years of experience across talent management, learning and leadership development. He currently heads the Academy for Management & Leadership Excellence at TVS Motor Company, where he works on developing people, culture, strategy and organizational capabilities for sustained global leadership. His current role is also independently listed by SHRM and GlobalCCU.
He brings a distinctive combination of strategic talent management, corporate learning, leadership development, coaching and future-of-work expertise, with experience across TVS Motor, FIS, CGI, Altisource, Western Union, HCL Technologies, Mahindra Satyam and earlier technology consulting roles. His work has focused on digital reskilling, skills-based workforce planning, leadership pipelines, organizational transformation, career frameworks and enterprise learning ecosystems.
Areas of Expertise
- Talent Management & Leadership Development
- Learning & Organizational Development
- Future of Work & Workforce Transformation
- Strategic Workforce Planning & Skills Architecture
- Executive Coaching & Managerial Development
- Digital Reskilling & Capability Building
- Performance Management & Career Development
- Organizational Culture & Change Management
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Corporate Universities & Learning Ecosystems
Career & Professional Highlights
- Currently heads the Academy for Management & Leadership Excellence at TVS Motor Company, as part of the TVS Institute of Quality and Leadership (IQL), the company’s corporate university.
- Has 24+ years of experience spanning talent management, learning and leadership development, with a strong focus on transforming people, culture, strategy and processes.
- At TVS Motor, leads an academy focused on evolving people, culture, strategy, processes and ecosystem toward sustained global leadership.
- Previously served as Director – Skills Solutions, Global Talent Management at FIS, leading global skills solutions around talent management, performance management, digital talent, career growth and mobility.
- Co-led FIS’s strategic initiatives around Career Experience Framework and Skills of the Future, combining skills architecture, workforce planning, talent management, technology and enterprise-wide change management.
- As Director of Learning & Development at CGI, led enterprise learning strategy for APAC, digital reskilling, graduate development, DE&I, learning governance and learning analytics, while leading a Learning Centre of Excellence.
- At CGI, spearheaded initiatives around digital capability development, reskilling career paths, business agility, manager enablement, graduate integration, women leadership and top-talent development.
- At Altisource, established a centralized Learning Centre of Excellence and led global learning across onboarding, technical capability, behavioural skills, career advancement and leadership development.
- At Western Union, led talent management initiatives across APAC, MEA and Eastern Europe/CIS covering performance management, employee engagement, culture and organizational development, as well as global leadership development.
- Earlier at HCL Technologies, developed role-based competency learning maps, managerial excellence programs, graduate skilling and reskilling initiatives, and leadership transition programs.
- Began his career in technology, working as an SAP Techno-Functional Consultant, including SAP CRM, R/3 and Management of Internal Controls, before transitioning into learning and leadership development.
- Holds an MBA in Marketing Management from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and has completed executive programs at The Wharton School in Strategic Thinking & Leadership and Future of Work. He is also an ICF Associate Certified Coach.
- Recognized with multiple professional honours, including 2012 Top Young Trainer Award, CLO Magazine’s Learning in Practice recognition, and multiple Brandon Hall/CLO-related awards.
- An active HR industry speaker, panelist and thought leader focusing on Future of Work, large-scale reskilling, employee value proposition and leadership.
- His recent work continues to focus on future-ready leadership, learning innovation and workforce transformation, including establishing TVS Motor’s Academy for Management & Leadership Excellence.