UKG, a HR, payroll, workforce management, and culture solutions provider, has appointed Nitin Chandel as Group Vice President and India Country Manager.
In his role, Chandel will oversee key operations in India, with a focus on hiring top talent. Chandel has extensive experience in the technology sector, most recently he served as Head of BNY Mellon Technology, India.
With a background in software engineering, Chandel spent the last 27 years honing his expertise in leading large-scale transformations and building high-performance engineering teams at companies like Visa Inc., where he led a global team from India as senior vice president for its developer platform and as India Site Head. He was also instrumental in building out Visa’s India Technology Centre in Bengaluru. Chandel formerly was a Partner at Microsoft, leading Bing Ads development teams in India and the US.
Chandel will partner closely with Sumeet Doshi, India Regional Director for UKG, and will succeed Ashok Saxena, vice president of engineering, who is retiring after 23 years of service.
“Nitin’s technical leadership and strategic vision will help us accelerate innovation for our customers and better serve businesses around the world who will benefit from our unmatched set of workforce data and culture-building solutions,” said Jennifer Morgan, CEO at UKG.
“I’m thrilled to lead the talented UKG team in India as we set out to further scale our award-winning business to additional regions and deliver exceptional value to our clients in India and beyond,” said Nitin.