Bhavani Murugiah

Bhavani Murugiah is the Chief People Officer for The Spur Group. In this crucial role, she leads the vision for organizational culture and people strategy at the firm. Bhavani brings over 22 years of experience working across the human resources function, including talent acquisition, retention, engagement strategies, organizational effectiveness and culture.  

In her current role, Bhavani leads her team to create and implement strategic talent management initiatives, as well as determine long term strategy for growth and scalability. She is a strategic advisor to the CEO and C-Suite on people-related matters.  

Before The Spur Group, Bhavani held multiple senior leadership roles at Avvo, Comcast and Verizon Wireless where she led the implementation of various change management and talent management strategies. 

Bhavani’s expertise includes: 

• Talent management strategy 
• Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging 
• Organization structure and re-design
• Change management strategy 
• Learning & development 

Bhavani believes in the possibility of “yes”. As an immigrant, an east Indian woman and single mother to two young men, Bhavani leads with a global understanding of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. She aims to lead organizational cultures by influencing and empowering leadership to provide equal and equitable opportunities for all.  

Bhavani has a BA in English from the University of Montana and an Executive MBA in HR Management from Kaplan University.