Piyush Mathur

Piyush leads the Global Workforce Analytics team which is responsible for enabling evidence-based talent decisions to improve workforce and business outcomes. Prior to joining J&J,  Piyush had an illustrious career of over 23 years at Nielsen and was most recently leading their Global People Analytics function.

Piyush joined Nielsen in 1994 from Pune university campus in India as a management trainee and in a decade and a half of gaining varied experiences around the world, became a member of the Nielsen Executive Committee and was General Manager of their South Asia business. He drove double-digit revenue growth for over a decade across Nielsen businesses in the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and more recently in South Asia. Through his participation in regional executive committees that covered over 60 countries, he gained multicultural experience helping him become an inclusive leader.

Piyush is passionate about unlocking the potential of talent beyond what individuals can imagine for themselves. Given this passion and his analytics experience of over 20 years, he moved from leading the South Asia region to the US in 2015 to set up a People Analytics function at Nielsen Global HQ in Wilton, CT. Over the last two years he developed and executed a global People Analytics strategy providing thought leadership and making impact through strategic workforce planning and award winning retention and diversity initiatives.