Fusion Micro Finance, India’s second largest NBFC-MFI, announces the joining of Pooja Mehta as Chief Human Resource Officer. She will be overseeing people operations across the 1031 branches pan India including approx. 9,262 employees.
Pooja comes with over 20 years of experience working extensively across multiple HR domains including Organization Design, M&A, Leadership Development, Performance, and Rewards Consulting. She has led global assignments and worked with multiple clients across industries.
A majority of her corporate experience has been with organizations like PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Mercer. She has been working as an independent Consultant since October 2015, partnering with clients across IT/ E-Commerce, Game Art, BFSI, and manufacturing industries.
Commenting on the appointment Devesh Sachdev, MD & CEO, Fusion Microfinance said, “The success and growth of Fusion Micro Finance rests on its people and culture. We are currently in a high growth phase and our people are most important to us.”
“Hiring, developing, and retaining talent is key to our continued success and with Ms. Mehta’s experience in scaling and building high-performance teams, I am confident we will grow our team with the best the industry has to offer. I wish her all the best in her new role”, Devesh Sachdev added.
Talking about the new role, Pooja Mehta, CHRO, Fusion Micro Finance said, “Extremely glad to be working with Fusion Micro Finance. One of the leading microfinance institutions in India, Fusion has been working extensively towards empowering women and driving financial inclusion across the country and it fills me with a sense of purpose and fulfillment as we are giving back to society in meaningful ways.”
“Fusion is doing extremely well in terms of business growth, and I hope to strengthen its foundation by getting more talent to increase the organization’s performance and capabilities”, Pooja Mehta added.
Pooja is a Graduate of Psychology from Delhi University and completed her post-graduation at XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Psychology remains her interest area and she has completed a specialization course in Positive Psychology from University of Pennsylvania, US. She is also a trained Life Coach and a certified Hogan Assessor.
