BASF India has brought Pooja Venkatram on board as Director and Head of HR. She will join the local senior leadership group and drive the full human resources strategy for the Indian market.

Venkatram most recently held the Regional HR Head for South Asia position at Mattel Asia Pacific, overseeing human resources work covering India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore over six plus years. Her prior career includes HR leadership at General Mills India and Mondelēz International.

In her new role, Venkatram will draw on her extensive regional and domestic HR expertise to advance talent building, organisational development, workplace culture and business partnership priorities for BASF India.