Experience

Havas India

• India
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Mumbai Area, India I'm responsible for developing and executing Havas India's human resource strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the organization in the areas of succession planning, talent management, change management, organizational and performance management, training and development, and compensation.



GroupM

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head - Talent Management

  • Jan 2015 - Oct 2019

  Mumbai Area, India Head - Talent Management (Feb-2018 to Oct-2019) In my role I was responsible for designing and implementing programs to attract, measure, develop and manage GroupM India's talent pool. I lead the Talent Acquisition, Training, Onboarding & Engagement functions with the additional responsibility of leading organisation-wide programs like digital up-skilling, wellness, mobility, career planning, job rotation, POSH and more. Head - Talent Acquisition & Performance (Jan-2015 to… Show more Head - Talent Management (Feb-2018 to Oct-2019) In my role I was responsible for designing and implementing programs to attract, measure, develop and manage GroupM India's talent pool. I lead the Talent Acquisition, Training, Onboarding & Engagement functions with the additional responsibility of leading organisation-wide programs like digital up-skilling, wellness, mobility, career planning, job rotation, POSH and more. Head - Talent Acquisition & Performance (Jan-2015 to Jan-2018) In the first 3 years at GroupM, I was responsible for the talent acquisition (media, ecom, digital, programmatic, etc.) performance management, HR operations, on-boarding and Employee Engagement initiatives across all GroupM agencies and units in India. Show less



Condé Nast India

• India
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head - Human Resources

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2015

  Mumbai Oversaw human resources in a senior HR position and partnered with executive management to grow the business through innovative human-resource practices. The focus areas were digital integration, nurturing talent, learning & development, staffing and employee engagement.



Hilton Amsterdam

• Netherlands
• Hospitality
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director - Human Resources

  • May 2011 - Apr 2012

  Mumbai Area, India Directed human resources for the Mumbai property overseeing functions like training & development, payroll processing, recruitment, employee relations and more.



WNS

• India
• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Vice President - Organization Effectiveness/Development

  • Oct 2008 - Apr 2011

  Mumbai Area, India Was responsible for the automation of the Performance Management System across all units of the organization supporting over 18000 employees in different countries. The project was successfully launched during my tenure. Prior to moving to the OD function, I supported the various business verticals in the Research & Analytics division of the organization with a team of 7 in Mumbai & Pune. Key responsibilities included recruitment and employee engagement.



Sitel Group

• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Manager - Human Resources

  • Mar 2006 - Sep 2008

  Mumbai Area, India Was the HR Site Leader for the Mumbai office supporting 1500+ employees overseeing a team of 12 in recruitment and 3 in Employee Relations. Key deliverables included bulk recruitments and employees relations.



Ugam

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Executive - Human Resoures

  • Aug 2003 - Feb 2006

  Joined Ugam at their start-up stage and helped grow it from a 70 to 700 member organization. Was a key member of the core HR team supporting various initiatives such as the new hire induction program, streamlining recruitment & performance management process, employee engagement, etc.



Wipro

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Executive - Human Resources

  • Dec 2001 - Aug 2003

  I began my journey in the HR field with Spectramind e-Services in December-2001. As a member of the Talent Engagement and Development (TED) team, I handled Payroll & MIS, on boarding and induction, documentation, performance management, employee engagement and recruitment.



NBT New Bio Technology Ltd.

• Israel
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Apr 1999 - Sep 2001

  Jerusalem, Israel Managed the back-office operations for NBT Sales which is an organisation specialising in supplying scientific research tools and equipment for Neurobiology, Psychology, Physiology and Pharmacology research. My role involved managing relations with suppliers and end-users, issuing quotes, releasing orders, invoicing, and shipping.