Swapna Allapur is the Chief People Officer for Everest Group. In this role, she is responsible for the human resources strategy and operations across talent development, total rewards, talent acquisition, employee engagement, and HR operations for the firm. She is a global HR professional with over 25 years of multinational experience. Before Everest Group, Swapna was with Deloitte Consulting for a decade in multiple senior roles. Her previous international stints have included roles with Sun Life Financial and Hexaware Technologies in the US, as well as Satyam Computers, Mascon, Parke-Davis, and HMT. She was instrumental in driving large-scale HR transformation in talent management, organizational development, global mobility, and talent acquisition. She also has extensive enabling organizational capabilities through leadership development, succession planning, and brand building initiatives. Swapna is a certified Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) and holds a master’s degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and an HR certification from Carnegie Mellon University.