Jaquar & Company appoints Utsav Khandelwal as Group CHRO

Jaquar & Company has named Utsav Khandelwal Group Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), aligning human capital with the brand’s premium positioning across bath fittings, lighting, and allied categories. The Group CHRO remit spans multiple businesses and geographies, bringing coherence to talent practices while respecting local operating realities. Khandelwal’s near-term priorities are foundational: standardize capability maps for sales, retail, manufacturing, and corporate roles; strengthen frontline hiring engines; and roll out learning pathways that blend product mastery with service excellence. Performance systems will shift toward clarity and cadence, goal setting tied to growth levers, mid-cycle check-ins that unblock execution, and recognition that is timely and tied to outcomes. For manufacturing and supply chain, the focus is safety, multi-skilling, and productivity, supported by transparent rewards and internal mobility. For retail and projects, it is consultative selling and partner experience. Culture programs will foreground inclusion and leadership behaviors, with managers trained to coach, not just supervise. Data will anchor people decisions, attrition heat maps, hiring funnels, and skill inventories that inform planning. As Jaquar continues to invest in brand, product, and footprint, Khandelwal’s appointment ensures the people engine keeps pace, reliable, scalable, and unmistakably aligned to the company’s premium promise.