Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I build reward strategies that drive performance, competitiveness, and growth. With 12+ years of global experience across Mercer, Fidelity, BCG, and Kearney, I have led Total Rewards strategy across APAC and MEA, managing programs at scale (15,000+ employees) and across complex, multi-country environments. My work spans compensation benchmarking, bonus governance, workforce planning, M&A harmonization, and global Workday transformation. I partner with senior leadership to design transparent, data-driven, and financially disciplined reward frameworks that attract top talent and align pay with business strategy. Passionate about shaping the future of Total Rewards in a rapidly evolving global workforce.
• Lead compensation benchmarking and salary structure design across MEA (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Turkey, South Africa) and for global specialist consultants, ensuring market competitiveness and internal equity. • Design and execute annual compensation cycles, including salary reviews and performance-based bonus programs, for regional staff and global specialist consultants. • Oversee payroll and comprehensive benefits administration across the MEA region, including health and life insurance programs, ensuring compliance and operational accuracy. • Advise leadership on compensation trends, market intelligence, and rewards strategy to attract, retain, and motivate top talent while maintaining cost discipline. • Partner with Finance to develop, manage, and monitor annual HR and recruitment budgets, driving financial accountability and forecasting accuracy. • Lead regional workforce planning initiatives and deliver data-driven HR insights and trend reporting to global leadership to support strategic decision-making.
• Led consulting compensation benchmarking across geographies, with focus on APAC, aligning pay structures to market and firm strategy. • Directed global salary review processes for tech and support functions; co-designed firm-wide annual bonus programs. • Strengthened executive decision-making through advanced people analytics and Tableau dashboards. • Core team member for global Workday Compensation module implementation and governance.
• Managed end-to-end Total Rewards for 15K+ employees across India and the Philippines. • Led annual compensation planning, benchmarking, and salary revision cycles. • Designed and harmonized compensation and benefits frameworks, including during M&A integrations. • Implemented Workday Compensation & Merit module; introduced new grading structures and enhanced benefits programs.
• Managed Mercer’s India High Tech compensation survey (170+ organizations across IT, ITeS, and e-commerce), delivering market intelligence to industry leaders. • Advised clients on market pay positioning, compensation design, pay banding, internal equity, and workforce analytics. • Conducted job evaluation and role mapping using Mercer job frameworks to establish structured grading architectures. • Leveraged Mercer rewards platforms to deliver data-driven compensation insights. • Contributed to business development through client relationship management and new opportunity generation. • Recognized as “Rising Star of the Year” (2015) for performance and client impact.
Providing Legislative Research and Parliamentary Support to Members of Parliament i. As a Legislative Assistant to Member of Parliament (LAMP) Fellow at PRS Legislative Research from June 2011 - May 2012 ii. As a Research Associate at the Office of Mr. D. Singh, MP, Lok Sabha from June 2012 - May 2013 - Worked on various issues from diverse fields such as Inflation, Price Rise, FDI in Retail, Corruption, 2G Spectrum Allocation, Agriculture and fertilizer import etc.; - Provided legislative briefs on National Identification Authority of India Bill, Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, Judicial Accountability Bill, Food Security Bill, Micro-finance Bill etc. and - Provided research support on the Budget 2012-13 and Budget 2013-14 regarding challenges to Indian Economy, Banking Sector, Money Laundering etc.; and on Railway Budget 2012-13 and Railway Budget 2013-14 regarding Challenges and Future strategy for Indian Railways - Provided background research briefs on various issues being taken up by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum like Pricing of Petroleum Products etc.