Education and Professional Training:
• PRINCE2TM 2009 Project Management foundation – ILX Group – Office of Government Commerce
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) – MBTI® Step I and Step II Practitioner
• Korn Ferry Leadership ArchitectTM Global Competency Framework (Design, Develop and Execute)
• Korn Ferry Voices® 360 Feedback Facilitation and Coaching Certification
• AESC Member – Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants
• Hogan Assessments – (HPI, HDS, MVPI) Level I – (Oct 2018)
• British Psychological Society – Test User-Occupational Ability and Personality – (Sep-Nov’2018)
• CIPD – NVQ Advanced Level 7 – AODD – Organization Design and Development – 2014
• CIPD – CPD – Employment Law workshops (Employment Contracts, TUPE, Case work, Immigration)
• London School of Economics & Political Science – Language School – German Level 1
• Bachelor in Commerce (Banking & Finance) – University of Pune (India) – June 2004
• Graduate in Computer Applications – NIIT – 2001 to 2005 – Grade A
• ATS Experience – Taleo, Kanexa BrassRing, iGrasp, Avature, PeopleSoft, SAP HR, MS Visio
Work History:
Company Director – VentureTalent Ltd – June 2008 to Present
· Self-employed/ Independent service provider of Executive Search and Selection, Leadership Assessment, Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Personality Profiling and selection tools.
Barclays PLC – Recruitment Business Partner (Premier Banking) July 2018 – till today
· Retained for ongoing cover to partner with Premier Banking group of the Barclays UK and support with recruitment
(strategy, assessment and selection, offer/ on-boarding) nationwide. Leading the stakeholder management as point of escalation, talent attraction initiatives, strategy discussions, Resourcing SLAs and Governance with business assurance.
Novartis Pharma AG. via AMS – Staffing Manager Nov’ 2017 – to June 2018
· Responsible for overseeing recruitment at Novartis AG (Swiss) with Business Groups – Pharma, Oncology, NBS IT,
Quality, R&D, Global Drug Development and Digital Medicine. Managing circa 30+ roles. Partnering with Heads of HR, Ex-Co senior stakeholders and up to Head of Business/ C-Suite for recruitment, selection, internal and global mobility/ relocation and on-boarding of management and senior management staff into Swiss head office.
HSBC Bank plc. www.hsbc.com/about-hsbc – Recruiter, Global Functions Sep 2017 – Nov 2017
· Responsible for global functions recruitment – Recruitment partner dedicated to Fin.Crime Compliance and Risk, and
Finance group function. Support senior stakeholders/ “Head of X” with recruitment and selection for HSBC UK HQ at 8 Canada Square offices.
Misc. Freelance Assignments:
· Partnering with SpinwellRS for interim search project with a FinTech company to hire Data Scientists, Data Architects and
Machine Learning developers in the U.A.E – Mar’ 17
· Retained by What3Words – what3words.com for research and consulting mandates – May’ 17 – Aug’ 17
ManpowerGroup Solutions – Sep 2016 – Dec 2016
· Retained on ad-hoc freelance projects to hire Tax Consultants with HM Revenue & Customs, IT professionals with Verizon
EMEA and technology professionals with Ford UK.
P&G – EMEIA July 2015 – September 2015 and March 2016 – Aug 2016
· Retained by Manpower Group Solutions with P&G Global to support EIMEA region for resourcing, recruitment of Band 2
and Band 3 – director and senior management positions.
Barclays PLC – Recruitment Business Partner September 2015
· Retained for temporary cover to partner with Global Operations and Technology business group to support recruitment
within Data, Systems and Insights group function across the Bank (Includes – Retail, Business, Investment, Private Banking and Barclaycard). Leading the talent attraction and development initiatives, RPO partnership, Resourcing SLAs and Governance with business stakeholders.
Saudi Aramco http://aramcooverseas.com/en/ Executive Search Consultant June 2014 – June 2015
· Retained by Executive Services at Aramco Overseas UK for executive recruitment and talent development of SME’s,
business heads, leadership and senior executives as expatriates into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
· Responsible for global talent strategies – identification (exception: USA, Canada), developing social media talent attraction strategies, and recruitment selection framework of senior talent. Search Mandates: Chief Engineer

(Engineering Executive), Chief Information Security Threat Consultant, Chief Infrastructure Architect, Corporate Advisors (M&A, Energy Portfolio, Chief Economist), and other technical executive roles. Start-to-End responsibility of executing search mandates, facilitation of selection process, candidate offer negotiations and on-boarding.
HSBC Bank plc. www.hsbc.com/about-hsbc – Search Consultant August 2013 – June 2014
· Retained by HSBC via Alexander Mann Solutions for executive and leadership recruitment.
· Dedicated resource to lead the direct search for Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance across HSBC UK Ltd –
identify, develop social media attraction strategy, and recruitment selection.
· Recruited GCB 2 and 3 – Director’s, “Head of” function and Regional Head of Entity roles (Significant Influence Persons,
Controlled Function 10, CF11, MLRO) within UK and Europe. Oversight of Businesses within HSBC Group Structure: Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets (Investment Banking, FX, Derivative, Equity, M&A, Alternative Investments) Global Private Banking, Retail Banking and Wealth Management (Asset Management and Insurance). Recruited 18+ senior vacancies – Head of Commercial Banking Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Head of RBWM Fin. Crime Compliance, Head of Europe Conduct Risk, Head of UK Anti-Money Laundering, etc.
· Build and Maintain relationship with senior stakeholders, recruitment and HR group. Additional responsibilities to update Taleo, MI, Market Mapping, Social Media Strategies and Compensation/ Reward & Benefits data for HR and Executive team.
General Electric www.ge.com – Consultant March 2013 – July 2013
· (Internal Executive Recruiter) Provide recruitment and executive search service – integrated by Ochre House – Recruitment Outsourcing solutions within GE Global Growth & Operations.
· Search mandates for business critical and hard to find talent at GE Energy businesses (GE Oil & Gas, GE Energy Management, GE Power & Water) across Norway, UK & Ireland
· Senior stakeholder management, direct recruitment and phone sourcing (headhunting)
General Electric www.ge.com – Global Recruiter, Executive Recruitment Apr 2011 – to Sep 2012
· (Internal Executive Recruiter) Provide Executive Search service to Executive level community across Global Infrastructure
businesses (predominantly US, Latin America and Australasia). Coached and trained colleagues on social media marketing, Social Talent Community for recruitment and brand awareness. Successfully lead all corporate function (Finance, Legal, HR, etc.) recruitment roles in US and Europe.
· Engaged in executive search and selection project to recruit CFO candidate for Latin America – saved retained search firm fees. Completed Chief Executive search successfully in 8 weeks for GE Mining AsiaPac.
Dell Inc. www.euro.dell.com – EMEA Talent Acquisition (RPO project – Korn/Ferry Intl.) Sep 2010 – Jan 2011
· (Internal Executive Recruiter) Leading recruitment search service and overseeing the regional team delivery to hire pre- sales subject matter experts in IT (technical architects, solutions consultant) across EMEA – Germany, Swiss, Austria, Poland, Emerging Markets (Israel, Turkey and MEA (Middle East, Africa)
· Partnered with Managers for Social Media Marketing and Recruitment strategy.
· Successfully recruited solution consultants within the deadline set by recruiting leadership and HR colleagues for business
critical role(s)
Brocade Communications – www.brocade.com – Interim EMEA Sourcing and Talent Acquisition Mar to Aug 2010
· Recruited pre-sales (technical), IT technical product support, sales (Hunters), channel and senior leadership professionals for Brocade’s network offerings in Data-Centre and Network computing.
· Successfully hired Regional Sales Managers, General Manager, and Account Managers in Europe, Middle East, and Emerging Markets – Turkey, Israel and N. Africa.
Locum Staffing Ltd and e-Recruiter Ltd – Interim Contract Oct 2008 to Feb 2010
· Provide consulting service for sourcing, search assignments and administration with NHS – Primary Care Trusts and
Independent GP practices across UK and Ireland. Building a talent community of GPs, Medical Consultants and Hospital Staff. Ad-hoc interim search project for sourcing niche experienced IT professionals for (Financial Services and Insurance Client group)
Tiscali UK Ltd – www.tiscali.co.uk Interim Recruitment Manager Oct 2007 to Jan 2008
· Managing the recruitment function of a large client group – Infrastructure Technology, IT, Business Operations, Sales and
Business Development, Digital Media – Digital Creative, Customer Operations and CEO’s office.
· Implemented i-Grasp Recruitment tool and other HR L&D tools successfully, whilst training hiring manager on recruitment
processes
· External Vendor Management – assessing the staffing supplier list and renegotiating business terms and engagement policy. Influence HR Leadership to implement Thomas Intl. – Psychometric testing in-house and reduce licensing fees

Redwood Group (formerly ERN Group) – Resourcing Consultant Apr 2007 to Aug 2007
· Initiated direct sourcing/ head hunting of IT candidates search needs for Engineering and Technology clients (Digital
Media, Insurance and Aviation)
· Successfully led searches to find MBA graduates from top tier universities in the UK & Ireland.
· Successfully completed niche search assignments for .Net developers, Consultants and Business Analysts
Accenture – HR Shared Services – www.accenture.com – Resourcer Feb 2007 to Mar 2007
· Develop recruitment campaigns involving Employer Branding, website revamp, direct sourcing and headhunting
· Responsible for ad-hoc search assignment with BUPA healthcare and Accenture IT Group across the UK.
John Deere – www.deere.com – In house recruiter (HR Executive) Nov 2005 to Sep 2006
· Responsible for building a diverse candidate pool of experienced hires across the IT, Infrastructure and Engineering functions. Successfully recruited Engineers, Consultants, IT Technologists, Java developer, ERP R3 and SAP ABAP and
Functional Consultants for Enterprise Dev. projects
· Engaged in improving recruitment best practices and Global Staff Mobility (US and Europe operations) and Graduate
Development programs and succession planning
Oracle Financial Solutions – www.oracle.com – Associate Recruiter June 2004 to June 2005
· Primary involvement in Recruitment for business groups across Product Development, Prime Sourcing (International) and
Business Consulting – Investment Banks, FOREX projects, and Trading Platforms
· Develop sourcing strategy for FLEXCUBE banking software development teams.
· Engaged in developing Graduate development programs, assessments and succession planning