Aparna Dhingra
Head of HR, Region Asia-Pacific, Africa, Middle East
BMW Group

As the Regional HR Head for Asia Pacific, Africa and Middle East based in Singapore, Ms. Aparna Dhingra designs, defines and develops talent management concepts, guidelines, initiatives, in collaboration with BMW Group HR.
Ms. Dhingra joined BMW in 2016 as the Head of HR for BMW Group India where she led Human Resources and Facilities. She successfully implemented the framework of One-HR for the India market, bringing together all entities in the country, including the National Sales Company, BMW Plant Chennai and BMW Financial Services. She was instrumental in driving people and culture transformation to align the business with the organisation’s HR strategy before taking on her current role in April 2023. She is a thought leader with versatile experience in driving change, leadership enablement and organization effectiveness. She is adept in aligning HR strategy to business priorities in global operating environments and has had a variety of roles in diverse sectors such as IT/ ITES and healthcare services prior to joining BMW.
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