Liam Digan (CIPD)

Head of Talent

United Arab Emirates12 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in talent acquisition and HR strategy.
Proven track record in scaling teams in emerging markets.
CIPD qualified with extensive venture capital experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the Fintech and Venture Capital sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionHr StrategyRecruitment

Other Skills

Human Resources (HR)People DevelopmentStrategyBusiness StrategyGrowthBusiness DevelopmentStart-up VenturesNew VenturesOnboardingInterviewingStrategic HiringStrategic Recruitment PlanningCIPD qualified

About

I’ve spent the past decade working on the people side of venture, mainly helping teams grow in thoughtful, context-specific ways. These days, I'm the Head of Talent at 500 Global, with a particular interest in how talent and capital come together in emerging markets.

Experience

500 global

2 roles

Head of Talent

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos · United Arab Emirates

Leads People Team including HR strategy end-to-end. Oversee talent acquisition, operations, policy, and culture, with a focus on building scalable, people-centered systems that are both efficient and commercially sound.

Human Resources (HR)People DevelopmentStrategyBusiness StrategyTalent AcquisitionHR Strategy

Manager Selection Lead

Aug 2022 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos · United Arab Emirates

Careem

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Nov 2021 – Oct 2022 · 11 mos · United Arab Emirates

Managed talent acquisition for Careem Pay across all geographic markets, including tech (product management, software engineering) and non-tech (strategy, growth) roles.
Contributed to Careem Pay's vision of becoming the leading digital financial services platform in the region serving consumers, captains, and merchants.

Talent AcquisitionStrategyGrowth

Amicorp group

Global HR Lead

Jan 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

Responsible for establishing internal TA function from scratch as well as leading the scaling of the asset management, banking and private equity divisions on general people topics.

Talent AcquisitionHR Strategy

Cobalt recruitment

2 roles

Senior Recruiter: PE & VC Funds

Promoted

Oct 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

Recruitment and business development for investment banking, sovereign wealth funds, venture capital, asset management and private equity funds in Asia-Pacific region to hire investment professionals across all levels and sectors. Worked on a number of nationalisation projects with government entities.

RecruitmentBusiness Development

Recruiter: IB and Investment Funds

Dec 2013 – Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Recruitment for investment banks, sovereign wealth funds, asset management and private equity funds with hiring into a range of sector teams inclusive of special situations, infrastructure, oil & gas, aerospace/aviation, industrials, healthcare, infrastructure, financial institutions (FIG), consumer and TMT. Focus on Emiratisation.

Recruitment