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Rajesh Balaji S

Rajesh Balaji S

Chief Human Resources Offier/Board Member
Salt Lake City

Summary

Visionary Human Resources Strategist having more than two decades of global experience in working with business leaders across Europe, Middle East & APAC. Enabled prominent organizations in Product & Technology, Banking & Financial services and Retail sectors to leverage their strategic business plan, empower people and emerge as best-in-class organizations. Frontrunner in infusing digital transformations in the HR Landscape. Advocate of a Diverse and Inclusive workforce.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

CHRO & BOARD MEMBER

Matrimony.com
India
10.2020 - Current
  • Catalyzed the transformation of a promoter-led organization into the world's largest WedTech platform for matchmaking, with over 6 million active users online and North America as the second-largest revenue source, by expanding the platform and product spectrum, and people policies, while also elevating employer branding, engagement, leadership coaching, and spearheading M&A.
  • Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully influencing the leadership team for a paradigm shift in expanding product building capability to embrace more aggregating business adapting blue ocean strategy

HEAD - HR, MIDDLE EAST

The Landmark Group
Dubai and Saudi Arabia
10.2019 - 10.2020
  • Hired to set the stage for bringing about sweeping changes in the organization structure as the HR Head for the Middle East region of Landmark Group delivering a USD 6B annual revenues with about 12000 employees
  • Developed and deployed full blown organisation design that paved way from centralised operating model to decentralised operating model that would positively impact revenue, decision making and speed of execution

MANAGING DIRECTOR - HR

Standard Chartered Bank
India & Singapore
02.2015 - 10.2019
  • Brought on board as the HRBP at Sr VP level for Financial Markets, Operations and Technology and was later promoted as Head HR, APAC encompassing 21000 employees across India, China, Malaysia and Poland with largest Technology center for the Bank
  • Promoted the tech capabilities to Group CTO and the leaders to nearshore technology roles to nearshore centres such as Kualalumpur , Tianjin, Warsaw, Bangalore that significantly improve Bank's digital capability apart from optimising the cost. successfully hires 3000 tech roles in the centers in a span of 2 years

Director HR

Barclays Bank
India
10.2008 - 02.2015
  • Led the HR transformation at Barclays Bank, integrating HR systems and processes between Retail and Investment Banking and establishing a Global HR Shared Services Centre to streamline HR operations for 150,000 employees across the globe
  • Worked with Senior HR and Business leaders across the globe of Barclays Bank for a successful change management of HR service delivery that will be performed from nearshore offices , that include Lithuania, Hong Kong and India

Group HR Head

Hewitt Associates
02.2005 - 10.2008

Head of HR

Hexaware Technologies- UK
02.2001 - 01.2005

Senior Mgr. HR

Pentafour Software
Singapore
06.1998 - 02.2001

Personnel Officer

Murugappa Group
06.1995 - 12.1998

Education

Executive Leadership Program -

Said Business School, Oxford University

Leadership Coaching -

Centre for Creative Leadership Institute, London

Masters in Human Resource Management -

Madras University

Bachelors of Commerce -

Madras University

Executive Highlights

  • Top 10 CHRO in India by CEO Insights, 2023
  • Best CHRO by Global Employees Choice Award, 2018
  • Top HR Minds in India, 2018
  • One of the Top 100 HR Professionals in India by World HRD Congress, 2017

Timeline

CHRO & BOARD MEMBER

Matrimony.com
10.2020 - Current

HEAD - HR, MIDDLE EAST

The Landmark Group
10.2019 - 10.2020

MANAGING DIRECTOR - HR

Standard Chartered Bank
02.2015 - 10.2019

Director HR

Barclays Bank
10.2008 - 02.2015

Group HR Head

Hewitt Associates
02.2005 - 10.2008

Head of HR

Hexaware Technologies- UK
02.2001 - 01.2005

Senior Mgr. HR

Pentafour Software
06.1998 - 02.2001

Personnel Officer

Murugappa Group
06.1995 - 12.1998

Executive Leadership Program -

Said Business School, Oxford University

Leadership Coaching -

Centre for Creative Leadership Institute, London

Masters in Human Resource Management -

Madras University

Bachelors of Commerce -

Madras University

Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

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