Bengaluru, October 07, 2026: Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) today announced the appointment of Pooja Ranjan as the Head of Human Resources for Capital One India. In this role, Ranjan will steer leadership planning, talent strategy, strategic workforce planning, and organizational transformation.
With over 25 years of global experience, Pooja Ranjan has established herself as a distinguished leader in HR transformation, operating model redesign, and digital workplace innovation. Joining Capital One from AntWorks, where she served as Vice President of Business Transformation & Human Resources, Pooja brings a deep track record of guiding complex organizations through strategic evolution. Her career is highlighted by a tenure of over two decades at IBM India leading the Change Management and HR Reinvention practices, where she consistently modernized end-to-end HR systems and processes to drive organizational success.
Beyond her strategic execution, Pooja’s strength lies in her ability to navigate diverse matrixed environments and align stakeholders around a shared vision. At Capital One, she plays a vital role in building a world-class management team while fostering a winning culture anchored in diversity, equity, and collaboration. Her career remains a benchmark for transformative leadership, showcasing how strategic alignment can consistently yield impactful results, even in the most complex, multi-cultural environments.
“Capital One has set the standard for leveraging data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to transform financial services ,” said Pooja Ranjan. “I am thrilled to join the team in Bengaluru at such an exciting juncture and look forward to fostering a vibrant culture where top data scientists,software engineers, and technology leaders can solve some of the most complex challenges in modern finance.”
As a technology-first financial services enterprise, Capital One leverages proprietary data science, AI, and modern software engineering to democratize financial tools across its primary markets. Serving as an integral global technology centre since 2004, Capital One India powers this vision by combining deep expertise in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, software engineering, and analytics to design and deploy modern financial solutions for millions of customers worldwide. Ranjan’s appointment reinforces the firm’s ongoing commitment to investing in top-tier technology and leadership talent.