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Abhishek Gupta

Abhishek Gupta

Manchester,UK

Summary

Strategic and globally experienced recruitment leader with 20+ years of success driving end-to-end talent acquisition across the UK, Europe, India, and Africa. Proven expertise in recruitment transformation, employer branding, diversity hiring, and building high-performing teams. Recognized for operational excellence, leadership, and innovation.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Function Head TA- UK and Europe

Tech Mahindra
01.2022 - 05.2025

Company Overview: Tech Mahindra is a global consulting service and systems integrator that operates in over 90+ countries with USD 6.2 Billion in revenues and 150k associates delivering value to over 1100 global customers.

  • Recruitment strategy across multiple geographies.
  • Reduced vendor usage from 31% to 9%; increased hiring by 35%.
  • Exploring new delivery centre options in Central Asia.

Vice President and Head TA- Chennai CSC

Citibank
09.2020 - 01.2022

Company Overview: Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City.

  • Scaled team size 3x; transitioned TA from RPO to in-house.
  • Boosted diversity hiring to 41% at AVP+ roles.
  • Increased LinkedIn contribution from 6% to 17% and referral from 21% to 30%.
  • Project managed transition of campus onboarding from global campus team to local site team.

Head of TA- Europe & Africa

Wipro
10.2018 - 08.2020

Company Overview: Wipro Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services.. Wipro's capabilities range across cloud computing, cyber security, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, robotics, data analytics, and other technology consulting services to customers in 67 countries.

  • Directed hiring across 2 continents
  • Significantly reduced SLAs around costs, recruiter productivity, social media hiring, agency usage
  • Led Taleo implementation



Associate Director- Human Capital

Pricewaterhouse Coopers
11.2014 - 05.2016

Company Overview: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG.

  • Led hiring for Assurance & IFS verticals;
  • Standardized hiring processes across campuses
  • Set up Bangladesh recruitment operations.


Assistant Vice President

RBS Business Services (NatWest)
12.2009 - 10.2014

Company Overview: NatWest Group India provides world-class services and solutions to 19 million banking customers globally, by leveraging India’s technology talent, best-in-class back-office operations, and fast-growing FinTech eco-system.

  • Managed analytics and ops hiring across India.
  • Handled 1st wave hiring for the Finance Shared Services centre being set up in India.
  • Handled IT Risk & Security hiring for India.
  • Multiple HR excellence awards.


Assistant Manager (Recruitment Lead- NCR)

TCS e-Serve
09.2008 - 12.2009

Company Overview: TCS e-Serve (formerly Citigroup Global Services) is a leading provider of Excellence in business and outsourcing services. It has a total employee strength of more than 24000.

  • Recruitment manager for the Delhi NCR site responsible for setting up a greenfield site for F&A domain.
  • Significant contribution on exceeding against SLAs around fulfilment, cost and compliance.


Assistant Manager (Corp HR) - Delhi Site Lead

Genpact
02.2003 - 08.2008

Company Overview: American professional services firm with its headquarters in New York City. The company currently employs more than 100,000 people and provides services to clients in over 30 countries worldwide.

  • Managed multiple super specialized recruitment verticals for north India.
  • Multiple awards around exceeding SLAs.

Education

Post Graduate Certificate - Human Resource Management

XLRI Jamshedpur
India

MBA - Marketing and Finance

IMT
India

Post Graduate Diploma - Global Sales & Marketing Management

NIS School of Marketing
India

B. Com (Honors) -

Delhi University
India

Skills

  • Global Talent Acquisition Strategy
  • Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives
  • Executive Hiring & Workforce Planning
  • Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing
  • Team Development & Stakeholder Engagement
  • ATS Tools: Workday, Taleo, SuccessFactors, iCIMS

Accomplishments

  • ‘Best New Entrant’ at the CEE Business Services Awards 2024 organised by European Business Services Association for the Riga delivery centre set up.
  • Grand Jury Member at Human Capital Awards 2022 by The Economic Times.
  • Coveted Global Wipro Leadership Program (GWLP) conducted for high potential leaders.

Certification

Prince 2 Foundation Certified PwC Interviewing Skills Certified RBS Interview Accreditation Program Certified Six Sigma yellow and Green Belt trained (DMAIC). LEAN trained Trained on SPIN SELLING at NIS School of Marketing, (New Delhi). NHRDN Talent Conclave Workshop

Languages

English
Fluent
Hindi
Native

Timeline

Function Head TA- UK and Europe

Tech Mahindra
01.2022 - 05.2025

Vice President and Head TA- Chennai CSC

Citibank
09.2020 - 01.2022

Head of TA- Europe & Africa

Wipro
10.2018 - 08.2020

Associate Director- Human Capital

Pricewaterhouse Coopers
11.2014 - 05.2016

Assistant Vice President

RBS Business Services (NatWest)
12.2009 - 10.2014

Assistant Manager (Recruitment Lead- NCR)

TCS e-Serve
09.2008 - 12.2009

Assistant Manager (Corp HR) - Delhi Site Lead

Genpact
02.2003 - 08.2008

Post Graduate Certificate - Human Resource Management

XLRI Jamshedpur

MBA - Marketing and Finance

IMT

Post Graduate Diploma - Global Sales & Marketing Management

NIS School of Marketing

B. Com (Honors) -

Delhi University
Abhishek Gupta