Rahul Pinjarkar appointed as Managing Partner & Head – Enterprise Growth at Native

Rahul Pinjarkar has been appointed as Managing Partner & Head – Enterprise Growth at Native for the group companies Native, AlterNatives, Northward, Woven and QUNBA. In his new role, he will focus on enterprise growth while bringing nearly 25 years of experience in building organisations that can perform, scale and remain resilient through change.

Prior to this appointment, Rahul served as Chief Human Resource Officer at Tata Chemicals, where he was responsible for driving people and organisational priorities at a senior leadership level. His career also includes a tenure as Director of Human Resources for Trent Hypermarket at Trent Ltd, where he contributed to HR leadership within the retail business.

Earlier, Rahul held the position of Vice President – Human Resources at Saint-Gobain, following leadership roles at Novartis India as Head HR, Vaccines & Diagnostics, and at ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd as Senior Manager – HR, Sales & Operations. These roles gave him experience across diverse sectors and business environments, spanning people strategy, organisational development and operations.

His earlier career includes HR leadership and management responsibilities at Philips and Wockhardt Ltd, building a strong foundation across corporate HR, learning and organisational development, business HR and employee-facing functions. Across these roles, Rahul has developed broad experience in supporting organisations through growth, transformation and evolving business needs.

In his new mandate across Native, AlterNatives, Northward, Woven and QUNBA, Rahul brings together his extensive experience in people, organisational leadership and business growth. His appointment marks a new chapter as the group continues to build and scale its enterprise-focused businesses.