Schneider Electric appoints Bhavna Verma as VP for strategy and M&A in India

DELHI: Schneider Electric has tapped Bhavna Verma as vice president for strategy and M&A in the Greater India zone, marking her return to the energy-tech major as it sharpens its growth playbook. She succeeds Damini Chaudhari, who recently moved to head services for the zone.

This is Verma’s second innings at the company. During her earlier stint, she worked across the M&A integration office, strategy and sales excellence. The firm is now banking on that experience to energise its next phase of expansion.

Zone president for Greater India and chief executive of Schneider Electric India, Deepak Sharma, said Verma’s strength lies in hard-nosed problem-solving and turning strategy into scale. Her blend of business acumen and sector depth, he added, will help the company “chart new frontiers of growth.”

Verma called her return a homecoming, saying India remains a strategic priority for Schneider Electric’s global operations. She aims to steer software-led value creation, sharpen sales excellence and push for purpose-driven community initiatives with measurable outcomes.

She will lead corporate strategy, software strategy, sales excellence and CSR for the zone, shaping the mid- to long-term roadmap. With more than 17 years across consulting, strategy, M&A and marketing at Cargill, Honeywell, EY and Schneider Electric, she brings a track record in driving both organic and inorganic growth and building high-performance teams. At Cargill, she headed strategy, category marketing and product management for the food solutions division.

The appointment underscores Schneider Electric’s focus on leadership depth and smooth succession in one of its most critical markets. And with Verma back in the cockpit, the company is clearly gearing up to hit the accelerator.