Anupama Vaidya

Dr. Anupama Vaidya is a business and people strategist, reflective speaker, independent director, board advisor, and organisation transformation specialist with more than 30 years of experience across corporate leadership, human capital management, behavioural sciences, and entrepreneurship.

She is the founder of Los Aurigas, a boutique strategy and transformation firm established in 2017. The firm supports organisations, leaders, and teams in building future-ready capabilities through integrated business and people strategies. Los Aurigas works with founders, CEOs, and leadership groups to align vision, organisation design, culture, talent, and processes, using a structured approach based on neuroscience, behavioural science, and practical management frameworks.

Dr. Anupama has contributed to organisation development, business transformation, and people strategy across several Indian and global companies, including Saint-Gobain Group (Grindwell Norton Ltd.), Lodha Group, Colgate-Palmolive, Hinduja Group, Geometric Software, and Mafatlal Industries. Her work covers HR leadership, succession planning, capability building, performance systems, talent development, shared services, corporate marketing, culture building, and general management.

She has developed and delivered mentoring, leadership development, and organisational restructuring programmes that support agility, change management, workforce capability, and enterprise-wide growth. Her focus areas include designing scalable organisations, strengthening leadership pipelines, enabling culture change, improving employee experience, and coaching senior leaders.

She serves as an Independent Director at John Cockerill India Ltd., Wanbury Ltd., and PlatinumOne Business Services Ltd., and sits on advisory boards for Axis Electricals, Ronak Optik, and Neptunus Power Plant Services. She is also Co-Founder of The Innovative Learners Brigade, a learning initiative that promotes shared learning through books, films, discussions, and travel.

Dr. Anupama holds a degree in Computer Science and an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. Her recognitions include the National Business Excellence Award 2023, Global Woman Leader 2023, Women Mentor of the Year 2023, Top Coaching Minds 2022, and Top HR Minds 2018.

Dr. Anupama Vaidya’s professional journey began after completing her Computer Science degree and MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. She entered the industry in 1994 with Mafatlal Industries as a Management Trainee, where she worked in recruitment, induction, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and general personnel administration. She later supported group-level HR initiatives as Assistant to the Group Senior Vice President (HRD), working closely with senior leadership across the organisation.

In 1996, she joined Geometric Software Solutions and spent almost nine years in various roles. She first worked as an HR Consultant managing recruitment, training, appraisals, HR policies, employee relations, and welfare processes. She then led Corporate Marketing, handling the company’s IPO-related activities, external communication, PR, exhibitions, internal communication, marketing material development, and early organisational learning initiatives. She later moved into capability building and organisational development, where she developed career models, leadership programmes, succession planning systems, competency frameworks, and supported restructuring initiatives. In 2006, she became Director – Corporate Support Group, responsible for workplace management, facilities, administration, expansion planning, and technology integration. She was part of the Global Management Team and the Global Executive Team.

Between 2001 and 2005, she also worked as a freelance organisational facilitator, supporting medium-sized companies in leadership development, coaching, communication, team building, performance systems, and change management.

In 2007, she joined Colgate-Palmolive as Head of HR for Global and Asia Pacific Shared Services Operations, leading recruitment, talent development, performance management, succession processes, training, compensation, and HR administration.

In 2008, she moved to the Hinduja Group as Group General Manager – HR, where she led group-wide organisation development, succession planning, leadership programmes, HR support for new ventures, and talent systems for group companies.

In 2011, she joined Lodha Group as Senior General Manager and later Vice President for Organisation Development, working on capability building, leadership development, performance and competency systems, culture strengthening, organisation design, employer branding, and productivity improvement.

In 2012, she joined Grindwell Norton (Saint-Gobain Group) as Vice President – Human Resources, overseeing HR operations, policy development, rewards, talent and succession management, capability programmes, employee engagement, digital HR initiatives, CSR, compliance, and employer branding.

In 2017, she founded Los Aurigas, a boutique business and people strategy firm that helps organisations become scalable and future-ready. Through organisation assessment, design, leadership development, change management, capability building, and neuroscience-based learning, she guides founders, CEOs, and leadership teams in aligning business goals with people strategy. She also co-founded The Innovative Learners Brigade, a learning initiative that encourages shared learning through books, films, discussions, and travel.

She currently serves as an Independent Director at John Cockerill India Ltd., Wanbury Ltd., and PlatinumOne Business Services Ltd., and is an advisor to Axis Electricals, Ronak Optik, and Neptunus Power Plant Services.

Over the years, she has received several recognitions, including the National Business Excellence Award 2023 by ABCKP, Global Woman Leader 2023, Women Mentor of the Year 2023, Topmost Coaching Minds 2022, Super Women Achiever 2021, 100 Top Coaching Minds 2020, and Top HR Minds 2018 by the World HRD Congress.

Dr. Anupama Vaidya’s vision is to enable organisations and individuals to grow in a structured, sustainable, and future-ready way by aligning business goals with people strategies. She aims to create workplaces where leaders, teams, and systems develop together through practical learning, behavioural science, and clear organisational frameworks. Her vision is to support founders, CEOs, and professionals in building capable, agile, and responsible organisations that can manage change, nurture talent, and achieve long-term growth. Through Los Aurigas and her advisory roles, she seeks to guide the development of high-performing organisations that combine strategic clarity with human potential.

Dr. Anupama Vaidya has been honoured for her contributions to business transformation, leadership development, and people strategy. She received the National Business Excellence Award 2023 by ABCKP and was recognised as a Global Woman Leader 2023. Her commitment to mentoring earned her the Women Mentor of the Year 2023 title. She has previously featured among the Topmost Coaching Minds 2022, Super Women Achievers 2021, 100 Top Coaching Minds 2020, and Top HR Minds 2018 by the World HRD Congress. These accolades reflect her long-standing impact on leaders, organisations, and the wider professional ecosystem.