Director, Head of HR for Barclays Bank, India
Archana Shiroor is the Head of HR at Barclays Bank, India managing the Corporate, Investment Banking & Wealth Business for India. As an active member of the Bank’s Operating Committee and the Risk and Control Committee, she provides strategic direction in partnership with business leaders on the people agenda at Barclays. She partners closely with HR leads in the Asia Pacific region as well as US and UK to drive people practices for the firm.
In a career spanning 24 years, Archana has spent 5 years with a leading business house in India, the TATA Group and over 11 years across three leading Private Sector Banks; HDFC Bank, Development Credit Bank and YES Bank. She has held country level responsibility for the HR function for a period of 12 years of which 5 years was as Head HR for two reputed Indian Private Sector Banks.
She is also an Independent Director on the Board of a leading healthcare company in India.
Archana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Human Resources from SIBM, Pune, India.
Beyond work, Archana enjoys cooking and is a movie buff.
