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Mukta Nakra takes charge as Crocs India’s new HR head
MUMBAI: Crocs India has appointed Mukta Nakra as its head of human resources, marking a significant leadership addition as the brand looks to deepen its talent capabilities and scale its India operations. She joins the company after an extensive career spent shaping people strategy across global retail, fashion, banking and technology organisations.
Nakra steps into the role from Marks and Spencer Reliance India, where she spent more than seven years as head of human resources and sustainability. There, she oversaw people strategy for more than 100 stores across 37 cities and played a key role in strengthening the employer brand, taking the company’s Great Place to Work ranking from 82nd to 13th. She worked closely with the leadership team to drive workforce planning, succession pipelines, digital capability building and frontline development while also steering the company’s sustainability mandate.
Before M&S, she led talent strategy at Wiley as talent director for the Asia Pacific region while also serving as the India HR head. She partnered global teams during Wiley’s shift toward digital learning, focusing on building leadership, strengthening skills and aligning HR priorities with new business models.
Nakra earlier spent more than three years at American Express as director – market HR, supporting the company’s consumer, commercial and merchant businesses. She led enterprise-wide talent and learning for 12,000 employees and drove several culture, inclusion and leadership programmes, including the multi-company women’s leadership initiative Reach Out.
Her longest stint was at Walmart India, where she held progressive roles across compensation, talent and corporate HR for nearly six years. She helped shape rewards architecture, leadership pipelines, capability frameworks and people operations during the company’s high-growth retail and cash-and-carry years.
Nakra began her HR journey at ABN AMRO and ACES, where she led compensation, performance management and HR transformation projects, including the setup of HR shared services and system transitions.
With more than two decades of experience spanning retail, financial services, publishing and global capability centres, Nakra is expected to play a central role in shaping Crocs India’s people strategy as the brand expands its footprint and strengthens its talent engine.
Brands
Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
