Akanksha Agarwal

About Akanksha Agarwal

With ~ 15 years of HR leadership experience, I have worked in global consumer goods organisations like Unilever and Asian Paints, building and leading HR teams in global and Indian context. Throughout my career, I have partnered with business and vertical leaders to craft and implement HR strategies, scaled up businesses and led large-scale transformations to enable future-fit organizations. Leveraging skills in global talent management and data driven HR solutions, I am committed to creating impactful, purpose-driven people strategy that align with organizational goals and foster sustainable growth.Currently, I serve as the Global HRBP Lead at Unilever, where I oversee strategic HR initiatives for the India GCC and partner key global digital and tech teams - tech, data, cyber and AI teams across key geographies in LATAM, NA, Europe, Asia. My work centers on driving organizational change, talent strategy, culture transformation, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), leadership development

Experience

1. Global Hrbp Lead

   Unilever

   Dec 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   HR Head and Strategic HR partner, Leadership Team member for India GCC (Largest Digital, Tech, Cyber and GBS Hub for Unilever) impacting Talent, Culture, Engagement, EDI, Organization Change for a 1700+ strong team in Tech, Data & Analytics, Cyber and Experiences Teams. Global HRBP lead for Tech, Data and Cyber Foundations at Unilever - with key presence in over 20 markets - and significant presence in Europe, LATAM, NA, Asia etc Responsible for partnership with Digital and Tech Global Leadership team to drive Global change, Organization Design, Talent and CulturePrior to this was the HR lead for the Global Finance services and Supplier Ops teams with significant change agenda on org transformation and Finance model for the future - presence of 700 employees in key 6 hubs - Poland, LATAM, Turkey, China, India etc

Education

• St. Xavier's College

  Bachelors in Business Administration, Management

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  Masters in Business Administration, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations

• Ashok Hall Girl's Higher Secondary School

  High School Diploma, Commerce

Skills

• Performance Management
• Digital Marketing
• Talent Acquisition
• Competitive Analysis
• Brand Management
• HR Policies
• Team Management
• Management
• Personnel Management
• Human Resources
• Talent Management
• Analytics