Kaharuddin Mahmud

Human Capital Advisor | Singapore | United Arab Emirates | Saudi Arabia | MENA & APAC

Singapore

About

Singaporean National - 10 years of executive search and recruitment experience in APAC & MENA Region - Talent Management in a Venture Capital focusing on Early Stage Tech Start-ups Middle to Senior hires and Public Services. Area of Focus: - Regional Strategic hires across various business functions in hyper growth Tech Start-Ups, MNCs, Consulting Firms, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Public Services in APAC & Middle East (Edtech, Fintech, Ecommerce, Saas, Supply Chain & Logistic) Hiring For: | Consultancy | Management & Strategy | Change & Transformation | Business Process Director | Project Manager/PMO | Head of Digital Transformation | Pre-Sales Engineer | CISO | CSO | CIO | CTO | CRO | COO | IT Change Manager | Sales Director | Chief of Staff | CEO | Investor Relation | Portfolio Manager | Investment Manager | Advisor | SME | Partner | Associate Partner | Principal Consultant | Geographics: KSA | UAE | KUWAIT | APAC [email protected]

Experience

  • Human Capital Advisor at SWAPAC
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Executive Committee Member at Singapore Business Council (UAE)
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Onsite HR Consultant at InterSearch
    Oct 2023 - May 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    InterSearch Middle East FZ-LLC, part of InterSearch Worldwide, is a leading retained executive search firm established in 1998 in the UAE, known for delivering top-tier leadership talent across sectors like Aviation, Banking, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods, Family Groups, Startups, Government, and IT & Telecommunications. A notable engagement involved an end-to-end HR transformation project for a Saudi government entity managing Economic Cities (ECs) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Key achievements include: - Implementing an SLA hiring process, filling 70 critical roles from Assistant Manager to C-Suite. - Strategic placements such as Chief of Strategy, Head of Business Transformation, and Senior Director PR & Communications. - Conducting exit interviews with 80-100 employees, delivering insights for retention strategies. - Leading recruitment strategy, stakeholder engagement, and upskilling national talent teams. - Overseeing ATS implementation, job description development, and executive search partnerships to optimize end-to-end recruitment processes.

  • Senior Consultant - Technology & Strategy Management Consulting at Kingston Stanley
    Apr 2023 - Oct 2023 · 7 mos

    Kingston Stanley Recruitment is one of Dubai's first and leading award-winning recruitment agency, servicing the Middle East. A Gold Corporate MEPRA Member. We have built a successful marketing, IT and corporate services recruitment agency, which focuses purely on jobs and talented job seekers. We recruit for numerous marketing, advertising, PR, creative, digital agencies, IT/Tech, Finance, Supply Chain, Admin, Operations, Legal and Human Resource roles. Based in Dubai, UAE, London, UK and Johannesburg, South Africa we also work closely with Cannes, EFFIES, Dubai Lynx award winners and quality MEPRA members. Awarded LinkedIn's Number 1 Top Innovative Staffing Agency - Winner 2019 Gulf Capital SME Awards "Best People & Culture of the Year Award” - Finalist 2020 Gulf Capital SME Awards "Best SME Business To Business Award" - Finalist 2020

  • Managing Consultant - Executive Search & Recruitment at Access People (Executive Search & Recruitment)
    Nov 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Danish founded Executive Search firm with operation from offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore, focusing on various industries on functions, and so far completed 1500+ searches for 250+ clients across Asia. - We level-set expectations prior to search, give our input to the job profile and tell you what to expect from the candidate market. - Above all, we value quality! Both the quality of service to clients and the way we treat candidates.