Esha Chakravarty is a seasoned lawyer with over sixteen years of post-qualification experience across compliance risk management, corporate legal affairs, and litigation. Qualified in a common law jurisdiction, her career reflects a balance of law firm expertise and in-house leadership roles, making her a versatile professional who brings both strategic insight and practical execution to the organizations she serves.
Steering Legal and Compliance at Cloud4C
Currently, Esha holds the position of Chief Compliance Officer and Group General Counsel at Cloud4C. In this capacity, she oversees compliance and legal matters not only for Cloud4C but also for its affiliates and group companies, including CtrlSDatacenters Ltd. Her role requires her to provide counsel on a wide array of issues, from corporate transactions and regulatory obligations to complex litigation and cross-border compliance frameworks.
An Expansive Professional Journey
Her career journey includes leadership roles at several respected corporates and multinational companies such as Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited, Datamatics Business Solutions Limited, UPL Limited, and Aegis Limited. Prior to her in-house roles, Esha honed her skills at top-tier international law firms, including Majmudar and Partners and DPA, where she gained exposure to a diverse range of corporate and commercial matters. This foundation has equipped her with the expertise to manage high-stakes transactions and intricate compliance challenges.
Expertise in Compliance and Risk Management
Esha’s expertise spans private equity, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and litigation management. However, her most distinguished contributions lie in compliance risk management. She has developed and implemented frameworks for compliance and risk oversight, designed codes of ethics and business conduct policies, and advised on international anti-corruption regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the UK Bribery Act of 2010. She has authored policies to ensure compliance with anti-corruption laws, including anti-kickback, anti-fraud, gift, and cash disbursement policies. In addition, she has led training programs to sensitize employees to compliance requirements and conducted due diligence and audits for subsidiaries of US companies.
Shaping Global Standards of Conduct
Her attention to detail extends to reviewing agreements and contracts to align them with FCPA requirements and overseeing vendor audits from a compliance perspective. Beyond anti-corruption frameworks, Esha has provided guidance on European and UK data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation and the UK Data Protection Act. She has drafted data processing addendums, privacy notices, disclaimers, and operational guidelines to ensure that business operations remain aligned with data privacy regulations.
Commitment to Broader Governance
Her expertise in compliance extends further, encompassing environmental and labor law audits across manufacturing plants. In addition, she has advised and managed matters related to real estate, intellectual property rights, employee relations, and franchise agreements. This breadth of expertise allows her to provide comprehensive legal and compliance oversight that strengthens corporate governance and operational resilience.
Partnering with a Global Leader
At Cloud4C, Esha plays a vital role in supporting the organization’s global mission. Cloud4C is a leader in AI-powered, automation-driven, and application-centric managed services and cloud infrastructure, with operations across twenty nine countries. The company supports more than two thousand five hundred enterprises, including over fifty Global Fortune 1000 firms. Its offerings span end-to-end digital transformation, covering cloud, cybersecurity, FinOps, and AI, under a single service-level agreement that guarantees high availability and resilience.
Compliance at the Core of Transformation
In this environment, Esha ensures that Cloud4C’s expansion across emerging and regulated markets remains compliant with international and local regulatory frameworks. Her expertise in compliance risk management and data privacy is particularly relevant to Cloud4C’s portfolio, which includes sovereign cloud solutions, next-generation managed security services, and AI-powered compliance systems. She plays a key role in enabling the company to meet data residency and sovereignty mandates for sectors such as banking, healthcare, manufacturing, and government.
Blending Legal Insight with Practical Solutions
What distinguishes Esha is her ability to combine technical legal expertise with a practical, solution-oriented mindset. She does not view compliance as a barrier but as a vital enabler of sustainable growth and credibility. By creating structures that embed ethics, accountability, and compliance into the core of business operations, she ensures that organizations under her guidance are both resilient and forward-looking.
Strengthening Governance and Global Impact
Esha Chakravarty’s career illustrates the value of leadership that is both legally astute and commercially grounded. At Cloud4C, she stands at the intersection of law, compliance, and technology, ensuring that the company’s global operations are underpinned by strong governance and ethical practices. Through her efforts, she contributes to building trust with stakeholders and enabling Cloud4C’s continued success in delivering secure, innovative, and compliant cloud solutions across the world.