Vandita Saran

Vandita is a Strategic HR leader with over 25 years cross-industry experience across consulting, financial services, and global capability centres. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at Client Associates, Vandita is instrumental in driving the firm’s people strategy, embedding a culture of performance and trust, and building a robust leadership pipeline aligned to business priorities.

With a deep focus on talent development, executive coaching, and organizational effectiveness, Vandita brings a unique ability to connect people strategy with business outcomes. Her interventions are designed to enhance productivity, improve retention, and strengthen leadership alignment—resulting in measurable top- and bottom-line impact. Her approach combines data-driven insights, psychometric tools, and leveraging HR technology and analytics to create high-performing, future-ready teams that fuel business momentum.

She has held strategic HR leadership roles—including as CHRO at AON—and consulted across multiple sectors and geographies, helping businesses navigate transformation while maximizing human capital ROI. A passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Vandita ensures leadership initiatives go beyond intent to deliver inclusive growth and meaningful business impact. She is also passionate about social causes and brings a people-first philosophy to everything she does.

Vandita holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and Communication, and is a certified Executive Coach with additional credentials in leadership psychometrics.

Known for her collaborative style, strategic foresight, and business-driven HR leadership, Vandita continues to be a trusted advisor in enabling organizations to scale sustainably and lead with impact.