Amit Khurana

CEO

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada30 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 30 years of HR and consulting experience.
Facilitated over 150 executive and board level searches.
Recognized as one of India's most influential HR leaders.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned executive in Executive Search and Human Resources consulting.

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Skills

Core Skills

Executive SearchLeadership DevelopmentHuman Resources ManagementBanking OperationsTalent AcquisitionOperations ManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness Management

Other Skills

Business Human ResourcesBusiness PerformanceChannel EfficiencyClient ServicingCredit ManagementHuman ResourcesLeadership TransitionsMarketingOnboardingProcess ImprovementsResource ManagementRetail Banking OperationsRisk ManagementService Proposition ImprovementStrategic HR Consulting

About

Amit Khurana is the Group Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, North America & Europe. Amit joined Corporate Access in the year 2012 as the Managing Director. Prior to this, he was the Executive Vice President – HR with YES Bank. Amit has worked on more than 500 searches across sectors, including over 150 Chief Executive and Board level searches. He has successfully facilitated numerous leadership transitions in sectors like Financial Services, Education, Real Estate, Consumer and Industrial. Amit actively mentors and coaches a number of leaders and CEOs on talent strategy, resource management and business performance. He frequently authors articles and books on leadership and HR issues. In summary, Amit is a Motivational Speaker, Author & Leadership Coach. He can be reached Amit@Amit-Khurana.Com Corporate Access provides Corporates with the following Services: Executive Search | Recruiter's Training Lab | Integrated Talent Readiness & Acceleration Program (i-TRAP) | Technical Assessment Solutions | HR Systems & Process Consulting

Experience

Corporate access

Managing Director

May 2012 – Present · 13 yrs 10 mos · Canada · On-site

Amit has 30+ years of Corporate HR, Consulting and Executive Search experience in India, Canada, UK and USA. He has outstanding track record in the appointment of CHROs, Group Strategy Heads and Independent Directors on The Board. His consulting background spans Strategic HR Consulting, Learning & Development and Organization Development.
Prior to his foray into Executive Search, he held senior positions in large Indian and multinational conglomerates. His last role was Executive Vice President - HR with YES Bank. His earlier stints include HR Head role with Fullerton India. He has earlier held leadership roles in BNP Paribas, Prudential UK and GE Capital.
Amit has also had long stints in with Prudential in UK. He is globally recognized as Influential HR Leader. Some of his recognition's include “India’s Greatest HR Professional”; “HR Achievers”, “Outstanding contributions in the field of HR”, “50 Most Influential HR Leaders in India” amongst others.
He has been associated with more than 140 Indian and MNC corporations advising them on Board & Governance Practices, Organization Strategy and Leadership Capital areas. Individually he has the credit of advising a slew of succession planning and board appointments in the country. He has been an integral part of managing turnarounds of portfolio companies of global PE firms in India.
He is a regular speaker at the National and International Forums and writes regularly for Business magazines and Leading News Papers.

Executive SearchStrategic HR ConsultingLeadership TransitionsTalent StrategyResource ManagementBusiness Performance+1

Yes bank

Executive Vice President - Human Capital

Mar 2010 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos

A professional with rich experience in the areas of Human Resources, Greenfield start ups, Profit Centre Management, Retail Banking Operations, Credit Management, Risk Management, Client Servicing & Team Management in Banking and Finance sector in India & UK

Human ResourcesRetail Banking OperationsCredit ManagementRisk ManagementClient ServicingTeam Management+2

Fullerton india credit company ltd.

Human Resources Head (Retail) & Senior Vice President

May 2007 – Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Working for Fullerton India which is a 100% subsidiary of Temasek Holding, Singapore. Managing multiple channels for talent acquisition across the country spread over 300 branches and 10 roles per branch.
Monitoring the funnel and improving channel efficiency for increase in selection & joining ratios
Understanding and managing nuances of “customer” (candidate) behaviour to enhance success rates and timely onboarding in line with the roll out plan.
Managing all aspects of the Business Human Resources function for the business
Key Accomplishments
Setting up the organization by recruiting over 8000 employees in 2 years across 300 branches and delivering a scorching pace of network expansion.
Talent/ Competition mapping for key branch based roles to provide complete visibility to the available talent pool

Talent AcquisitionChannel EfficiencyOnboardingBusiness Human ResourcesHuman Resources Management

Exl

Vice President Operations

Sep 2006 – May 2007 · 8 mos · Pune Area, India

Prudential uk

Senior Operations Manager

Jul 2003 – Sep 2006 · 3 yrs 2 mos · United Kingdom

Nominated to “Talent Pool Global program” at Prudential Plc which was offered to the top 1% of PRU worldwide talent. Was put on a talent retention bonus plan with access to global training programs.
Reported to the Director, Distribution Services and was based in Scotland, UK.
Responsible for defining & making significant improvement in the Product offering & Service Proposition to the UK Financial Advisor aimed at achieving business Y’s through quality projects & ongoing process improvements.
Spearheaded a high business impact project on reengineering the Key Account Management tools used by Sales Managers & Sales Support staff at Prudential UK.

Product DevelopmentService Proposition ImprovementProcess ImprovementsOperations Management

Max life insurance company limited

Partner & Associate Vice President

Mar 2002 – Jul 2003 · 1 yr 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Bnp paribas

National Head - Personal Loans

Nov 2000 – Mar 2002 · 1 yr 4 mos

Was responsible for building & running a profitable Retail Personal loans book which included Product Development, Business Management, Marketing, Processes, Technology and Alliances for the Personal Loans Product across all BNP branches in India.
Set up the operations for the personal loans business, implemented the underwriting, centralized disbursement, customer service & collections processes, set up the MIS & reporting systems and created performance measurement systems & incentive plan for staff. I was reporting to the Country Head - Consumer Lending.
Designed and implemented one of its kind “Personalized Web Portal” for the Indian customer on Broad vision

Product DevelopmentBusiness ManagementMarketing

Ge capital

Regional Credit Head

Oct 1997 – Oct 2000 · 3 yrs · India

Apollo tyres ltd.

Area Sales Manager

May 1995 – Oct 1997 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Initiated a project to strengthen the quality of the field sales staff at the direct sales agencies
Developed marketing strategy relating to sales campaigns, advertisements, point of sale promotions etc.