HR Movements: 31 Oct, 2017

1.

Ashwani Dahiya moves to Wells Fargo HK as regional vice-president-HR

Dahiya has shifted base to Hong Kong. 

Ashwani Dahiya has joined the financial service company, Wells Fargo, as regional VP, HR. He will be based out of Hong Kong. Wells Fargo is a diversifed, community-based fnancial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial financial services through more than 8,500 locations, 13,000 ATMs, online, and mobile devices.

Dahiya, in his previous stint, was global chief talent officer & head of HR (corporate). He quit Cipla in July. At Cipla, he was leading HR for all corporate functions and centres of excellence, for talent acquisition, talent management, performance & reward, leadership, learning & development, organisation effectiveness and employee engagement. 

2.

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Sukhdeep Aurora joins ANAROCK as chief people officer

Aurora had worked for JLL for over four years before moving out. In the past he was with Aegon Religare and Abbott.

Sukhdeep Aurora, who was the head-HR, India at Jones Lang LaSalle has just joined ANAROCK Property Consultants as the chief people officer. Calling it a strategic career move, Aurora, in his new role, is looking at building up on the people front, for the rapidly growing business.

Having led HR at Jones Lang LaSalle for over four years, Aurora says, “JLL is a great organisation and I really enjoyed my journey there. It was a tough decision to move. However, for the want for fresh challenges, I decided to join ANAROCK, which is a growing start-up.”

The firm, founded by Anuj Puri, former chairman and country head of JLL, was actually JLL’s residential brokerage business, which was acquired by Puri earlier this year. The business has grown tremendously, starting with 150 people and now reaching a headcount of 700. While Aurora shares that the expansion is still on and the company is aiming for a headcount of 1000 by the end of this year, he also explains that they are hiring for culture fit.

3.

IDFC Bank’s senior director-HR, Ajay Pandey quits

Pandey has spent almost two years with IDFC, before which he was with ICICI for more than a decade.

IDFC Bank’s senior director-HR, Ajay Pandey, has put down his papers early this week and would now be serving a notice period. Pandey had joined IDFC Bank in November 2015, and after spending close to two years with the bank, he has now decided to take up a new endeavour.

While a source, close to the matter, confirmed the development, Pandey remained unavailable for comments.

A seasoned HR professional with over 30 years of experience, including over 21 years in the banking, BPO, life sciences industries and nine years in the Indian Air Force, Pandey carries a wide array of exposure. A postgraduate in human resources management/personnel management from the Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Pandey started his career with the Indian Airforce’s Technical Branch in 1984.

Prior to joining IDFC Bank, Pandey was associated with ICICI Bank for over a decade, where he joined as the head of HR for customer service and phone banking groups, in December 2005. Growing up the ranks over the years, he moved into the role of business HR head for retail assets in May 2007, and then zonal HR head for the East Zone. In June 2013, he took over as the deputy general manager HR and was heading the recruitment practice for the bank.

Pandey’s decision to quit comes only a few months after former Tata Sons’ head-HR, NS Rajan, joined IDFC Bank as the group chief human resources officer, in May this year.