About

With over 20 years of professional experience, Arpita Mukherjee has extensive experience of negotiating contracts for financial services, information technology, telecoms and retail companies. Before taking her first head of legal position in 2010, Mukherjee spent time at companies including ICICI Bank, IL&FS Financial Services, Genpact India, Accenture and Nokia. During this period of her career, between 1993 and 2010, she gained recognition for successfully leading and managing multimillion dollar contracts and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams in both legal and non-legal roles. At Nokia, between 2008 and 2010, Mukherjee assisted and advised accounting and financial executives regarding credit matters, corporate structures and loans in addition to her legal role there. In 2010 she joined US design and engineering company Aricent as head of legal for the Indian region. Covering legal and compliance matters for Aricent in India, the Asia Pacific, Ukraine and Vietnam, she handled high-stakes real estate litigations involving multiple government entities, landowners and developers. In recognition of her sterling work, global denim retailer Levi Strauss & Co. hired her between 2011 and 2015 as assistant general counsel – Asia Pacific and India head. A member of the senior management team of in South Asia, Mukherjee was responsible for legal, regulatory, secretarial and compliance functions for the organisation’s operation across the region. In 2015 she was appointed to the position of country head of legal for India at Metro Cash & Carry, part of Metro Group the world’s fourth largest supermarket retailer. Holding the role of legal, data protection and anti-trust compliance for its India businesses, she is a member of the leadership team and has been participating with business operations for contract structuring, designing policies and procedures, training employees on all forms of compliance, facilitating audits for compliance adherence and managing relationships with the corporate headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany.