Raj Verma

Trustee at Barnardo's

Raj is a global people leader and has been in the field of change, transformation and HR for almost 25 years. He is currently Chief Diversity + Ex Officer at Sanofi, a global pharmaceutical company.

Prior to joining Sanofi, Raj was Senior Vice President, HR at Sodexo, one of the world’s largest services company for over a decade. He is passionate and purposeful about understanding the changing workplace and the global trends that affect it, and the enabling role HR must take to make this happen. Enhancing the employee experience, innovating through digital transformation, and engaging diverse talent where a sense of belonging and inclusion makes a real difference, are all key to creating competitive advantage in the future of work.

Before Sodexo, Raj was a member of the HR leadership at Santander in the UK. His early career started in general management in financial services before moving to Ford Motor Company where he specialised in HR across different brands and geographies. He has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development since 2007.

Raj became a Trustee in 2019.


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