GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - India
Neena Gupta of InterGlobe Enterprises Limited.
Neena Gupta currently serves as Group General Counsel at InterGlobe, having joined the company in 2008. A Delhi University graduate, Neena holds both a bachelor's degree in law, and a post-graduate degree in Marketing and Human Resources Management obtained from the Fore School of Management in New Delhi. She has also spent time in private practice, having practised as a partner at J. Sagar Associates between 2000 and 2007.
Praised by interviewees for her skilful oversight of InterGlobe’s M&A and strategic development, she is considered to have played a “very important role” in the group’s growth and diversification, which has seen the company expand across multiple areas in the last decade, including hotels, retail outlets, and delivery centres as well as budget airline IndiGo. One source reports: “The company has got a lot of streams and different areas of business. She is a very good lawyer who acts as both a GC and in a leadership role within the company, handling very complex transactions.” She is praised for her well-rounded ability to ably tackle both the legal and commercial aspects of her job: “She plays a much broader role than general counsel, executing important strategic mandates but also sourcing opportunities, and is central to the way the group is evolving. She has a very important role, and is increasingly working on business growth. She is very influential within the group.”
In addition, Neena stands out for her commitment to diversity issues, including leading the Diversity & Inclusion Committee at InterGlobe, which regularly brainstorms with employees from various regions and departments in order to formulate new strategies and policies.