Mar 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Responsible for Performance Management, Rewards, HR Operations, Learning & Development, Employee Engagement and HR Transformation.

Jun 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

Jan 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai

• Responsible for the Organization Development (Talent Management, L&D Governance, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Organizational Culture and HR Transformation), Total Rewards and Talent Acquisition functions at Noor Investment Group. The Group comprises Noor Bank (the flagship Sharia compliant Bank created with the vision of becoming the financial icon of Dubai), Noor Takaful (Life and General insurance), Noor Awqaf (Asset Management and Property Management), Noor BPO and Premium Marketing Services. Act as a business partner to senior management on all matters related to Rewards, OD and Talent Acquisition. Involved in the creation of a new age workplace built around social media and the power of crowds.

Apr 2013 – Jan 2014 · 9 mos · Dubai

• Responsible for the Organization Development (Talent Management, L&D Governance, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Organizational Culture and HR Transformation) and Total Rewards functions at Noor Investment Group.

Nov 2011 – Mar 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos · Dubai

• Responsible for the performance and rewards functions at Noor Investment Group

Oct 2010 – Nov 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

• Responsible for the Total Rewards function at Indus Towers Limited. Formed in 2008, Indus is the world’s largest telecom tower company (over 100K towers and USD 15bn in value) and offers services to all telecom operators in the wireless space and other wireless service providers such as broadcasters and broadband service providers. Indus has been promoted under a joint venture between entities of Bharti Group, Vodafone and Aditya Birla Telecom as the world’s largest start-up. 3 out of 5 phone calls in India are routed through Indus Towers. Probably the youngest company to become a Harvard Business School case study, Indus follows an aggressive outsourcing model, and though serviced by approx 40k strong manpower, has only 1,250 employees on its rolls.
• As the first Rewards Head of the company, my responsibilities included:
• Creating the Total Rewards Framework
• Performance Management
• Managing incentive scheme roll-out and review
• Diagnostics (Employee Engagement and Intenal Customer Satisfaction Surveys)
• Providing inputs on new initiatives (Vision & Values roll-out, Competency Framework Design, Talent Management, Employee Engagement, etc.) as part of HR leadership
• Advising top management on various HR matters

Sep 2007 – Oct 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• FGB is the second largest bank in UAE by net profits and one of the best performing banks in the region with multiple awards to its credit. In 2009, FGB was a Best Employer in Middle East (Aon Hewitt ranking of the top 20 employers in the region) and one of only 2 banks in the list. Responsibilities were as follows:
• Rewards
• Ensuring that effective Rewards strategies are formulated and implemented across the Group (5 companies). Geographical remit UAE, Singapore, India, Libya and Qatar
• Designing and administering the Employee Recognition Program
• Preparation of the Employment Budget and ensuring adherence to the same.
• Implementing a Balanced Scorecard inspired Performance Management system.
• Generalist
• Managing the entire gamut of HR related activities (excluding payroll) for non-UAE locations. Matrix reporting to Head of International Business. Assisted by country HR representatives.
• Helping the Head of International Business come up with the most optimal organization structure for each market based on organization’s maturity (span of control, levels, clubbing of roles in start-ups)
• Resourcing (including Country Managers, working with top-notch headhunters).
• Onboarding and orientation of senior hires in home office
• Performance Management and rewards
• Formulating HR policies for each market under a “think global, act local” framework
• Any escalation of employee relations issues
• Harmonizing practices and policies across the Group, while creating new ones for new businesses (investment banking, private equity, real estate, new geographies).
• Participating in all HR related issues as part of Group HR Leadership Team.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 · 0 mo

• Senior member (and Rewards Head designate) in the Rewards Centre of Excellence.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs

• Lead Consultant for the Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing industries for India. Responsible for business development, client management and project success.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 · 2 yrs

• HR Generalist at one of the top 5 Nestle manufacturing locations worldwide. Led a project on Self Managed Teams for manufacturing locations at a country level.