Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Hi. Thank you for visiting my profile. Throughout my many years of corporate experience in the field of Human Resources, I have worked with large, well established, and fast-paced organizations. My experience involves working with CEOs & CXOs to define and implement people practices that are linked to organizational goals and plans, setting up new subsidiaries and hiring leadership teams. I have seen organizations evolve and grow through their growth life cycle. From managing teams nationally to managing HR across APAC, managing complexities, cross border teams, designing long term people strategy including building talent pipeline to ensuring collaborations to building large talent pool of fresh graduates to help growth of the organisations - it has been a diverse experience! I currently serve on the board of Suryoday Small Finance Bank as an Independent Director. I am an independent HR Consultant focusing on - 1. Helping startups set up their HR processes and policies 2. Set up Diversity and Inclusion practice 3. Talent Acquisition and Talent Management 4. POSH - set up POSH policy, external IC member 5. Mentoring people through job/role transition. I am passionate about helping people succeed and have been a mentor to many senior leaders across organisations. I am a Mentor with WeAce, mentoring women in middle and senior management through their career growth. I also work as a Principal Consultant with PeopleKonnect. My past experiences include • RBL Bank where I was responsible for Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion for the Bank, when we built capability to hire 1000+ candidates annually. • First Data Corporation where I was responsible for HR for the APAC team, supporting all areas of HR and was an advisor to APAC leaders on people related issues ranging from talent building to talent development. I built the India team from a 15 member team to an almost 1000 member team. • ICICI Bank where I handled a variety of portfolios within HR. I led the team responsible for smooth integration of over 8000 employees during the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Bank. I built external partnerships for building talent pool of graduates which resulted in over 5000 graduates being hired every year. I was also involved with sale of ICCI Merchant Acquiring business to First Data and was responsible for smooth migration of employees from ICICI Bank to First Data. • Indian Hotels Co Ltd where I joined as a management graduate fresh from B School and took over managing HR for the flight kitchen (Taj Air Caterers).