Sep 2023 – Jul 2024 · 10 mos · On-site

• Responsible for leading Talent Acquisition for India Corporate centers, across Technology, Operations, Firm Wide Functions and Early Careers.

Dec 2019 – Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos · On-site

• Responsible to ‘Run & Change’ one of the largest HR Shared Services Centers in India Teams based in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delaware. Book of work included ‘Hire to Retire’ operations including, APAC & NA payroll, Talent Acquisition operations, Global Employee Data operations including Records & Referencing, India & APAC Benefits, Global Mobility, Offboarding, HR Legal Obligations & Risk for India, HR Analytics, Leave Management, APAC HR Answers among others.

Dec 2015 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · On-site

• As the first incumbent to this newly created role, the mandate was to partner with the Technology Management team and create a Tech (Engineering) aligned ‘Employee Value Proposition’. The role impacted 16,000+ Tech employees across 3 Hubs in India – Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad, accounting for 40% of the firm’s Global Tech workforce. Key deliverables of the role were to support the Tech growth ambitions, (during my stint, GT India workforce grew from 7K+ to 16K+) and be accountable for the people aspects of ‘Tech Transformation’.
• During this period I was also responsible for the HR Transformation agenda for India GCC. As part of this role I lead the Global People Solutions (GPS) team. Have successfully standardised and migrated HR processes across HRBP Transactions, HR analytics, learning, and employee relations including workplace grievance handing to the GPS Solutions and the GPS ER Team.

Sep 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Businesses partner to ‘Regional Manco’ (South Asia) members including Finance, Legal & Compliance, Risk, Audit, Brand & Marketing, Corporate Affairs, CRES, Securities, Transaction Bank and Wealth Management.

Jan 2011 – Aug 2014 · 3 yrs 7 mos

• Responsible for developing and implementing the Strategic People Agenda for CB South Asia, one of the 4 regions within Standard Chartered’s global CB business. The business complexity included revenues in the range of US $ 500 M+, footprint across 4 countries i.e. India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka with presence across 60+ locations and 7000+ employees across Branch Banking (150 branches), SME, Wealth Management, Private Bank, Field Sales Force for Liability, Secured & Unsecured Products and Securities.

Jan 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Part of the Group CB HR Team with a mandate to Project Manage two critical projects with a global impact i.e. globally lead AEB Private Bank Integration with SCB Private Bank (across 24 geographies) and lead the change program to transform CB from a product led business to a customer centric business.

Mar 2003 – May 2004 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai

• Responsible for Business Development and Consulting on Compensation and Benefits, including compensation surveys. Lead across Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Banking & Finance, Logistics, Engineering, and Oil & Gas.

Mar 2000 – Feb 2003 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Accountable for end-to-end recruitment and selection life cycle across all Consumer & Wholesale bank roles and Campus hiring program for the bank.

May 1999 – Feb 2000 · 9 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

• As Business Management Trainee at AML was part the core team with a mandate to turn HR at AML into a ‘Profit Centre’.