HR Movement: 8 Mar, 2021

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Rashi Sikka, Ex D&I head, Uber, joins Ubisoft as VP-diversity

 

Sikka will lead diversity and inclusion programmes at the French game-making company. Ubisoft has hired Raashi Sikka as its first global vice president responsible for diversity and inclusion. Sikka has moved from Uber, where she was handling diversity and inclusion strategies across Europe and Asia. In her new role at Ubisoft, she will primarily focus on designing and implementing programmes that will promote diversity and equity among the Company’s employees on a global scale. The focus areas for employees include human resources, editorial, game development and marketing. Earlier this year, Ubisoft was caught up in the #MeToo movement, following allegations of misbehaviour from the senior management resulting in the resignations of the chief creative officer, managing director of the Canadian studio and the head of HR. Sikka’s appointment is a step forward in the right direction.

 

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Harjot Dhaliwal joins Citibank, as VP – talent management

Previously, Dhaliwal was associate director-HR, at Ola. Former associate director – human resources, at Ola, Harjot Dhaliwal, has joined Citibank as the VP – talent management. In his new role, Dhaliwal will be responsible for designing and implementing talent practices at Citi, to help develop future-fit talent. Dhaliwal is a human resources professional with experience across diverse sectors, such as information technology, telecom, internet and e-commerce over the last decade. While he is adept at human resources management, talent and leadership development, and performance and rewards, he is an expert in designing and executing differentiated talent strategy. Earlier, as the associate director at Ola, where he led talent management, he had built performance and rewards processes for multiple geographies, including the UK, Australia and New Zealand and many businesses across the Ola group — OLA Money, Ola Cabs, Ola Foods, Ola Electric, Ola International and Ola Fleet.

 

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Ira Pradhan to lead D&I at Freshworks

Pradhan has moved from Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, where she was lead-corporate communications. Former corporate communications lead of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, Ira Pradhan, has joined Freshworks as leader-internal communications, diversity & inclusion, CSR. Pradhan has spent about 15 years in various industries, including information technology services, healthcare, retail, consumer electronics and automotive. Her interest lies in diversity and inclusion, in addition to innovations, brand storytelling and executive  communications. At Freshworks, which is a SaaS customer-engagement solutions provider, she will also have the opportunity to work with Freddy AI, an integral member of the workforce.