Kristyl Pais Bhesania

Ms. Kristyl Pais Bhesania is the President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Tata AIA Life Insurance. In her current role, she oversees the entire HR vertical of the company. Kristyl has joined Tata AIA Life Insurance in December 2011.

Kristyl started her career with Johnson & Johnson and thereafter headed HR for Tata NYK, where she set up the HR department. She has also had a stint with Euro RSCG as Head of HR.

Prior to Tata AIA Life, she was with Taj Group of Hotels, where she worked as Director Human Resources. She worked with the iconic hospitality brand for 12 years, having handled more than 40 of the group's international as well as the Premium hotels. She was part of the team that launched Vivanta by Taj brand in 2010. As a strategic business partner at Vivanta by Taj, HR focused on working on solutions to develop and train associates on the "Vivanta way of life".

Kristyl am certified in MBTI Assessments. She is a certified external assessor for the Tata Business Excellence Model and a certified IRIS trainer and assessor.

She is a graduate in Economics from Mumbai University and also done her MMS from Mumbai. Kristyl loves travelling and reading.