Sumer Datta

Sumer is the founder of Aamoksh Leisure Living, a company that is foraying into setting up retirement resorts in India to cater to the growing need for elder care.

Sumer quit from Hewitt Associates India Pvt. Ltd in July 2007, where he was heading the Outsourcing business for Hewitt in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prior to taking up the role above, Sumer was the Country Manager for Hewitt's India operations. He was also part of the Asia Pacific Leadership Team, with responsibility for driving the strategic business direction of Hewitt in the region.

Sumer has more than 19 years of experience in Consulting and Business Management.

Sumer is a postgraduate in business management, with a specialization in finance. After completing his management studies, he initially joined Escorts as a Management Accountant.

In 1988, he co-founded Noble House, an HR Consulting outfit, which facilitated Hewitt's entry to the India market through a joint venture. Noble House later became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewitt Associates.

His many areas of specialization include conducting consulting assignments on compensation strategy, Board of Directors' remuneration, equity-based incentives, implementation of business strategy, job evaluation, variable plan design, benefit design, organization restructuring, broad banding, HR strategy and top management search, among others.

He has personally partnered a number of organizations in the area of people consulting, including Heinz, BPCL, Motorola, DuPont Procter & Gamble and the banking industry, amongst others.

Sumer has served on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce, India Chapter. He is on the Board of VLCC Health Care Limited and Mynd Solutions and also the co-founder of Aspire Human Capital.