Leadership Talks

Shivgauri Rajan, a HR Leader with over 18 years of experience is a versatile and strategic planner with experience in driving strategic HR to realize bottom-line results in the pursuit of organizational objectives at global level; offering cross-functional experience in managing the entire gamut of Human Resource Management, Merger and Acquisition, Work Force Administration, Project Management, Process Reengineering.

Avinash is an international fintech and payments leader with over a decade and half years of experience in 12 countries across 5 continents. Have worked in leadership roles in digital payments, fintech, and cash management businesses in the product, sales, marketing, strategy, technology, and operations roles.

Kaustav is having 14-years+ of experience in MNC, handling HRBP functions for Industry like FMCG, IT, and BFSI under various HR banners: HR Strategy Implementation, Talent Management & Development & Succession Planning across levels, HR Transformation, Change Management, Employee Engagement, HR Generalist and HR Operations, L&D and Training, Performance Management, Statutory Compliance & Payroll, Campus Recruitment, Project (Bulk) Hiring.

Sreya is a Global Human Resource Professional with over 12 years of experience in the IT industry. She has worked in different HR functions with global IT organizations over the years.

Lev Mikulitski is an Israeli Strategic Planner and Growth Expert with his vision fixed on a bright and innovative future. With extensive hands-on experience transforming businesses, Lev is a powerhouse of passionate expertise. He is an inquisitive mind that never stops questioning and embraces every experience as a stepping-stone to a constantly evolving level of success.

Sonica Aron is the Founder and Managing Partner of Marching Sheep, an HR advisory firm specializing in Strategic HR advisory, Diversity and inclusion interventions, employee health and wellness and capability building.

Simran Oberoi is a having over 18 years of experience in HR Advisory, Compensation & Rewards, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership Development, Job Mapping, and Organization Design in the APAC region with organizations such as Aon (Hewitt Associates), PwC, Hay Group/Korn Ferry and SHRM India.

Gloria brings in more than 25 years of work experience in core operations, client engagement, process excellence, people, and business development. A large part of her experience has been in the Business Process Transformation Industry, specifically in the Travel and Airline segment.

Arpitha BG, born and brought up in Bangalore, hold a Master's Degree in Human Resources. In her career span, Arpitha has taken up several roles and responsibilities that have made her understand and learn more. Her major focus is on talent acquisition, onboarding & orientation of the new joiners while also contributing a significant amount in collaborating with stakeholders internally and externally.

Continuous and structured learning leads to greater impact Shilpa uses this mantra to enable her learners to believe in the benefits of change through training

Lakshmi Rai is an HR and Legal professional. Lakshmi has over 15 years of experience working in the field of HR and Legal. Her past positions have been spread across various industries, ranging from Fintech to manufacturing and publishing houses to content production studios such as Business World, Sony pictures Network, Reliance Big Synergy, exchange4media Group, and GE Money.

Prachi is a dedicated leader & management an executive with over 15 years of experience in diverse areas encompassing learning & development, executive coaching, organizational development, design & implementation of successful learning strategies with a strong focus on alignment with organizational goals. She is a subject matter expert in leadership development with exceptional coaching & consulting skills. She is proficient in driving teams and individuals to the highest echelons of performance including people from different levels of seniority and roles in leadership.

In her current role, Meenakshi Pande is working as Director, Talent Acquisition for Navisite. Previously, she has worked with education start-ups to product MNCs. Meenakshi has a strong background in designing

Neetubala Raina is an ICF Coach and works as a Director Talent Management and Learning Solutions in her current role, at a fortune 500 American MNC. She is also a freelance magazine writer and loves to paint in her free time to re-energize herself. She believes self-care and self-love are the powerful life practices everyone must benefit from, so as to evolve and grow gracefully despite tough life situations.

Vivek is a Global Talent Director for AP Moller Maersk. In his over 17 years of career, he has worked in varied HR leadership roles as an HR Business Partner as well as Head of Talent Management and Talent Acquisition in multi-national companies such as G

Dr. Emily Kate Reeves is an Associate Professor at Midwestern State University, Texas. She is Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. As an Associate Professor, Emily is responsible for the following courses – Applied Research, Content Reading, Developmental Reading, and Methods of Teaching Language Arts. She has several research papers accredited to her name. Some of the recent ones are

Asma is a seasoned HR professional with almost 28 years of multi-industry & multi-cultural experience in fast-paced dynamic industries including Banking, Pharma, Petroleum, E-Com, and Logistics.

A Human Resources professional with 21+ years of experience, having handled the entire gamut of HR Activities- Talent Acquisition, Organisation Development, Performance Management, Competency Management, Compensation, Training & Employee Development. Experience in MNC’s in the Software IT Industry, Product Company & now the Manufacturing Company for the past close to 4 Yrs. Holding Leadership role of Head HR for the past 11 years and has working experience/exposure in the Global Role in Germany for 5 Years and currently heading the “HR Function” for APAC countries for a German MNC, Lapp Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., based in Singapore.

Having spent 13 years of her professional life in Learning and development space has given Ketki, an exciting career where she learned a lot and developed a passion to support the business by developing their human capital. Ketki is skilled in organization development interventions, coaching, change management, leadership development, talent management, and assessment & development centers. She believes in empowering people through mindset transformation. Her passion has always been to add value to organizations and people and help them create a growth curve rooted in culture and values. Possessing a global outlook and cross-cultural perspective worked on global assignments with diverse tea

Gokhan Emrah Kucukosmanoglu is an out-of-box HR Professional, trying to bring future HR into the present. He has multi-disciplinary experience in Logistics, IT, Purchasing, and HR. He worked in international roles, both in the HR Center of Excellence and HR BP positions. He also participated in start-up, scale-up, and M&A projects in multinational environments. He worked in his career in companies like Ericsson, Coca-Cola, Fater (P&G and Angelini JV), Y?ld?z Holding (Ülker, Godiva, United Biscuits), Arçelik (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig).

Nariman is an HR professional with over 15 years of experience in various areas of HR including talent acquisition, business partnering, operations, and talent development. In her current role, she looks after Talent & Development for the Asia region. She has worked across various industries ranging from Telecom, FMCGs, and the development sector and has a wealth of experience. She is known as an inclusive leader who focuses on the development of her team and providing invaluable insight to business leaders. Throughout her career, she has developed her skills as a trainer and speaker and continues to create opportunities to facilitate sessions when she can.

Ravindra is a self-made HR professional who started his career like a nobody and has reached to the level of COO with sheer hard work and passion. He has worked in companies like ThoughtWorks, SpiderLogic, Equal Experts, Trusting Social etc and gained immense respect in the recruitment field and is considered to be one of the best Technical Recruiter in the Pune IT market. His connection in the HR as well as Technology circles is commendable. He comes across as an intense yet humble and soft-spoken human being with whom you enjoy conversing with.

Richa is an enthusiastic and passionate HR professional with experience of around 10 yrs. She is a keen observer of human behavior, and psychology and her expertise lie in Employer Branding and Employee engagement. She believes that happy and positive workplaces cannot be created only with swanky infrastructure or high-tech systems but with the integration of human values in the decision-making structure. In addition to being an HR Professional, Richa is a mother, a passionate dancer (performing on stage since the age of 3) and she loves experimenting with her cooking skills.

In the professional journey of the last 18+ years as a Talent Acquisition Professional, Vivek has worked in diverse business environments. During this period, he has been part of various business challenges and worked with many interesting & inspiring people.

Komal has spent over a decade in the HR domain is primarily Business Partnering and Employee Relation roles across the Product Technology & FMCG sectors. She enjoys leading business in creating accelerated opportunities, proactively solving business problems using the HR lens for forward-looking solutions, and Coaching leaders towards greater personal effectiveness. She also has a keen interest in the Inclusion & Diversity space with an eye to mapping this to the business objectives.

Diksha Fouzdar is a senior HR professional with 12 years of experience in Business HR and Consulting. She has led large scale projects in the areas of organization effectiveness and restructuring, competency framework design & its application setting up integrated HR practices, Talent Management and HR Digital transformation in complex business environments with exceptional stakeholder and project management skills.

Snehal has a blend of business, technology and operational HR practices/management skills with an extensive international experience including assignments in India, APAC and strong working exposure with Europe, North America, and the Middle East. 
An experienced HR Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the FMCG, pharma, automotive, manufacturing, engineering services, electrical, research labs, and power management industry, Snehal is a skilled leader in Talent Assessment & Development, Executive Compensation, Organizational Design, Culture, Labour Relations, Performance Development, University relations and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Navneeth Sulakhe is a strategic and innovative HR leader who comes with a wealth of experience of about 20 years in various facets of Human Resources. He has recently moved to his new assignment with

Manoj holds over 16 Years of experience in the Analytics & Technology Industry concentrating on core areas of Human Resources across the APAC & EMEA region. He is a result-oriented and passionate leader, associated with start

SUSHMA KUMAR is an experienced Learning and Talent Management Leader, with expertise in leading strategic, large scale talent transformation projects across Industry and consulting organizations

Mona Poonja is a Talent Acquisition professional with 15 years of experience in corporate recruiting, Diversity & Inclusion and Coaching.

Prasanna Venkataramanan is a seasoned Human Resource Professional with 15+ years of experience in Workforce Planning & Management, Employee engagement and HR Transformation. He also has extensive experience in supporting Mergers

Priyanka has 12+ years of experience in the HR domain and has done extensive work in the field of talent acquisition and employee relations field. Priyanka is a commerce graduate from Delhi University and has completed her MBA in HR field and at the moment

Pallavi Jain, Principal HR Business Partner,  is a seasoned HR professional with 12 years of experience and strong expertise in Strategic and Business HR roles. Career experiences include key achievements in areas of Business transformation, successfully deploying HR strategy aligned to business strategy, Cultural integration and change

Devyani Rai has been driving key business initiatives and employee life cycle as an HR Business Partner across multiple industries like IT, Banking and Consumer Durables. A  young professional with a keen eye for talent requirements in

Ebru Barin, who was born in Istanbul, Turkey, graduated from Uskudar American Academy and then studied Economics at Sabanci University. Followed by he

Manav Prasad is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and IIIT Pune with more than 17 years of core experience into HR with amazing networking skills. In his current assignment he is strengthening the Talent Management function of an IT Product company,

Roma Tampubolon is the Founder and CEO of Strengths ID. He coaches managers and teams on how to drive success by maximizing their strengths. He also consults with leaders in Indonesia on employee and customer engagement.

M U Khan is a Senior HR professional with 25 years of experience in HR Management within India as well as Internationally. He worked in cross-cultural, global, and highly matrixed environments in Leadership roles and worked with start-ups as well as with

Varshini Iyer is an experienced HR leader having worked across multiple industries.  She is currently working with Johnson and Johnson (J&J) as a Strategic HR Business Partner. Varshini joined J&J as part of the HR Leadership Development Program

Shefali Thakur comes with 10 years of HR experience in Retail & Healthcare across Asia Pacific, EMEA and India. She started her career in the healthcare sector in India, followed by her various roles in retail across South

Ankita Singh is a well-rounded professional with experience in the areas of HR Consulting, Change Management, Program Management, Employer branding, Recruitment, People strategy, Business partnering

Lay Pin is a professional coach and certified facilitator. She is passionate about talent management/development and it has been in her DNA since the beginning of her career. In her current assignment, Lay Pin is working as a Talent

Ekta Bhardwaj is a passionate HR professional having 18 years of experience in diverse HR roles across various industries. Having assumed various leadership roles in her career, Ekta has worked extensively on HR strategy, Organization transformation,

Aysun has been part of the leadership team in IBM Turkey for 30+ years where she undertook key roles in  Technical, Sales, Marketing, and HR functions.

Cecilia Rodriguez specializes in regional Change Management, Cultural Transformation, Organizational Development, Leadership Coaching and HR Strategy.

Prasaanth Subbiah is a Seasoned People Practitioner with a focus on People and Leadership, Proficient in a wide variety of professional disciplines with hands-on in designing and implementing programs to achieve People and Business objectives of the Organization.

Parul Kataria is a Vice President Talent Acquisition at EXL with a demonstrated history of working in the outsourcing/offshoring industry. Parul is skilled in Management, Interviewing, Recruiting, Human Resources, and Software Development Life Cycle

Adorned with 15 years of experience in Talent Acquisition both on Agency & Corporate side, Himanshu Singh is currently associated with Forrester Research Inc as Manager -Talent Acquisition APAC/EMEA.

Jayanti Phadke is a thorough professional with over 25 years of experience with 11 years' experience in Human Resource Management & 14 years in operations with reputed organizations. She is an innovative

Prasad Kurian is a Global HR leader with deep expertise in Talent & Performance Management, Organization Development, Learning & Leadership Development and Total Rewards. He brings in a 360-degree perspective on HR with experience in HR consulting,

Girish Khubani is a Global Talent Management leader with extensive experience in Lateral & Campus recruitment, Business Advisory, and Talent Management solutions. He is a consistent and progressive leader in the Talent Acquisition space with strong

A performance-driven, versatile professional with nearly two decades of experience in the field of Human Resources, Anjana Parmar Singhal is currently associated with India’s largest and leading news agency,

Aarti Jalpota is a Talent Acquisition professional with over 14 years of experience & expertise in Building/Re-Engineering processes, Designing Customized Solutions to solve business problems and Driving Outcome-Based Interventions, with cost and profit

Bharati Sharma is a competent professional with 15+ years of experience in the area of Business HR/ HR Partner. As a People function person, she played a pivotal role in developing and executing organizational strategies around Employee Engagement

Rupa Thakur is currently working as Sr. Delivery Manager with ITC Infotech. Rupa has over 12 years of industry experience wit

Embarking his professional career with Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd. from March 2007 to May 2019 as Specialist

Louis Jesuraja V is associated with VA TECH WABAG as Deputy General Manager – HR, where he manages Talent Acquisition Actions for India Cluster (India, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Kavita Ramkumar is a passionate Learning & Development professional with 13 years of rich experience across a gamut of learning solutions and partnering with businesses.

Zainab Sulaiman is a highly dedicated and result driven HR professional with diverse experience across multiple functions. Working across large

Meera Murthy is an astute HR Professional who has demonstrated competence in formulating, implementing and managing HR strategies across various companies. Meera possesses an exemplary organizational and leadership skills with a proven track record in linking business strategy to HR strategy for