Russell Dcunha

Manager - Talent Acquisition - Qiddiya Investment Company

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About

Russell has over 20 years' work experience in Asia and the Middle East in retention of talent, talent management and recruitment. Worked with fortune 500 organizations like Randstad, EMC, Mphasis (an HP Company), AECOM, Louis Berger and Red Sea Global, Jacobs, Systra and Qiddiya. Worked in markets including Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Libya, Ghana, India, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. Russell has had experience into recruitment in a corporate and consultancy capacity. He has worked on several search assignments across volume, mid-management to Senior level positions across various domains like Finance, Banking, Corporate based positions, Insurance, Retail and construction. Within the construction domain worked on business lines like- MEP (Building Engineering) Program management & Project Management Program Cost Consultancy (PCC) Energy Environment Transportation Water Architecture Civil Infrastructure Design

Experience

  • Manager Talent Acquisition at Qiddiya | القدية
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Managing the recruitment for Entertainment Business Unit and Transportation.

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at SYSTRA Arabia
    Feb 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Managed the recruitment of PMO, PMC, Design for Rail Mobility and Infrastructure domains for KSA.

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Jacobs
    Nov 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Managed the recruitment of PMO, PMC, Design for the Utilities, Environmental and Infrastructure vertical for the G.C.C region.

  • Assistant Manager Talent Acquisition at The Red Sea Development Company
    Jun 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    As an Assistant Manager for Red Sea Development Company, Russell was attracting and retaining world class talent for the Project in Saudi Arabia. He was responsible for supporting the business within the Infrastructure, Commercial, Planning, Digital Delivery, Design, Finance, Facilities, Procurement, transportation and building (hospitality) programs.

  • Advisor, Talent Acquisition | Middle East at Louis Berger
    Mar 2014 - Apr 2019 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    As an Advisor, Talent Acquisition for Louis Berger, Russell attracted and retained world class talent for the business across the Middle East, Africa and Asia regions. He was responsible for supporting the business within the infrastructure, transportation and building programs.