Parineeta Cecil Lakra

About
Program Manager : Transformation & Culture
Parineeta Cecil Lakra is a senior HR leader with over 20 years of experience in transformation, culture, and people strategy across India’s retail and service sectors. Currently, Parineeta is the Program Manager, Culture & Transformation at IKEA India, where she drives strategic initiatives that embed IKEA’s values and build future-ready capabilities. As IKEA India’s former CHRO, Parineeta played a key role in scaling the HR function to support the company’s expansion from a single store to a national omnichannel presence.. Parineeta has also led HR at Carrefour India and Genpact. An alumna of XLRI Jamshedpur and St. Stephen’s College, she is an ICF Associate Certified Coach and is part of the global coach pool in IKEA. globally. Her passion lies in building employer brand, growing human resources, supporting leadership capacity acceleration, and cultivating cultures where people and business grow together.

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10:45 - 11.30 AM
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