Zeeshaan Rahman

Lead the talent engagement and management forinternal and external hires, developing talent pipeline to reduce time to hire and cost savings; Building partnership with HRBP & the business Leadership Team to create a diverse talent pool as per business needs through targeted sourcing, niche skills set and innovating strategic solutions. • Creating strategic Initiatives on talent management and pipelining with LT across Supply Finance and Tax to create a robust talent pool with a high conversion rate on hires. • Project managing talent team with external agency to host webinars and network events for high profile consultants; Successful collaboration and influencing with senior stakeholders at all levels resulting in strong and positive outcomes. • Building relationships with internal & external talent globally for effective succession pipelining across regions working closely with local exec team and stakeholder • Leading team remotely on specific projects across GBO • Leading end to end recruitment transformation project for GBO and D&T across Bangalore and Budapest with hiring for executives in London • Directly working on HR Innovation projects such a Secondment Policy; Creating Toolkit for Hiring Managers and leading Workshops; Forming surveys for feedback from newly onboarded employees.

•Build and accelerate capabilities for long term performance-Develop and lead a talent strategy for Marketing ( 77 people) & Information Services functions (242 in Shared Services, 114 in ITS); Pro-active talent pipelining- Develop external talent pipeline process for key functions enabling quality of hires and meeting Time to Fill (currently at 52 days); Support leadership team & HR discussion identifying talent gaps & create agendas specific to functional challenges; •Deliver market intelligence, TA Data Analytics & Insights reports quarterly showcasing Total hires (e.g.65 hires H2, 2019), TTF (52 days) , Internal vs External, Gender breakdown (50/50 for marketing), Hires at each salary grade and identifying challenges; Brexit – Mitigation short & long term plans for all mid to high risk functions addressing potential talent gaps and risks. •Create an inclusive culture that empowers the business to live the values and behaviors through a compelling and engaging business agenda- Strengthen Employer brand proposition (EBP) through internal & external activations. E.g. LinkedIn training/ Glassdoor, Social Hub; Leading the Diversity & Inclusion agenda as a focus area for TA and function specific; Supporting implementation of Interviews guides and standardizing the assessment/interview process at all levels against leadership framework Achievements: Initiated ‘The Buddy Scheme’ for Marketing & IBS leading to pipelined candidates (met & interviewed) linking with Leadership Team and kept warm for future vacancies (12 candidates across 4 salary grades interviewed and in pipeline); Leading Diversity & Inclusion Agenda on Talent: EBP focus on Women In Leadership series to showcase D&I (ongoing across LinkedIn/ Social Hub/Instagram); Leading the D&I Survey for all recruitment for Northern Europe in conjunction with external agencies launching Q4 2020 to identify the challenges in hires across demographics

•Lead proactive sourcing of candidates to meet current and future recruitment plans with a focus on Sales & Marketing sourcing and recruiting at senior corporate level in Mondelez Europe •Working in partnership with TA Managers and function HR Business Leads, implement attraction activities to source candidates for current vacancies and pipeline candidates (300+) across all Sales for hard to fill senior roles at a regional level •Build relationships in TA, HR and align functions to engage and influence talent attraction creating pen portrait of successful leaders and creating assessment centres attracting over 1000+ candidates and hiring 75 over the year. •Lead optimisation of direct sourcing tools, pipelined candidates and talent pools as part of the overall sourcing and attraction delivery model to ensure the best ROI. Achievement: Creating Direct Graduate Entry (DGE) Scheme for Commercial (building pen portrait based on top talent hires), hiring 75 candidates through 5 assessment centres in one year. Received Award from Global TA for truly living the leadership value - ‘Leading from the Head and the Heart’

•Managing the recruitment life cycle for our clients on both retained and contingent assignments in UK, CEE, WE, MENA and Asia •Specialized in the areas of Sales and Marketing within FMCG industry •Responsible for 360 recruitment process, approaching from a consulting perspective to guarantee complete client satisfaction and meeting all candidate expectations, to ensure and achieve a mutually beneficial goal. •Building relationships across the globe – experienced in relocating talent globally within our clients and presenting our clients need to the international marketplace •Driving Business development into new clients creating working practices and engagement. Achievements: Business Development with Henkel, PepsiCo, The Body Shop in UK and in MENA region; Delivery of projects for Reckitt Benckiser across the Gulf region in Sales ; Delivery of project across North Africa for Marketing VP level; Delivery of project across Western Europe for DANONE Dairy and DANONE ELN

•Exceptional search and selection services in International Private Wealth & Asset Management •Strong relationships with market leaders and a strategic understanding of the financial markets Built approximately 1M in the pipeline for 10-12 positions across UK and Switzerland in a span of 4 months •Significant number of interviews and research for single positions. (I.e. over 50 candidates for one role.) Mapped emerging markets (Africa/Asia) for private bankers (200) in UK and Europe •Directly worked with the Managing Director on mandates across Europe Achievement: Delivery of project for Swiss Private Bank billing (Head of Sub Saharan Africa) GBP 75K; Research and mapped material for Coutts on Private Bankers across UK and Switzerland GBP 30K

Work with MoFDM officials to ensure that the Project Director's Office is on track to provide documentation necessary to verify achievement of EGPP including guidelines, monitoring reports, budget allocations and expenditure reports •Undertake and assessment of existence of state and private sector bank branches at the UP level throughout the country; •Assist in coordinating external evaluations and assessments for the EGPP, including developing TORs, writing funding applications, developing survey instruments for impact evaluation, spot checks, and qualitative assessments, and assisting with trainings and field visits •Work on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) project with the GPO and developed money transfer system via mobile phones catering to specific WB projects •Work with “Health Swap” on nutritional and maternal care criteria required for CCT beneficiaries

Work on Independent review of Bangladesh Development half yearly/annually on Budgets, Monetary Sector, Financial sector etc •Extensive research on Global Financial Crisis, Global governance Issues, Transit and Transhipment Issues, LDCs, PRSP, RTAs & FTAs, etc. •Prepare presentations for both local and international seminars and conferences; http://www.cpd.org.bd/

Conducted extensive research on growth of developing countries to see how greater employment can facilitate economic growth both in private/public sector; government interventions through public works also generate growth of national economy Reviewed economic literature and researched the impact of micro interventions on developing countries with concentrations on Africa and Asia; national NGOS like SEWA (India), Grameen (Bangladesh) reflect the positive impact of credit facilities on women in rural areas; Researched and wrote a paper for publication on Poverty Alleviation of developing countries Attended and participated in international conferences on AIDS, Child Labour, and Human Rights held at the United Nations

•Compiled Articles and country reports for monthly magazine Grameen Dialogue; Also edited reports and editorials for publication •Researched micro-credit and its effect on the empowerment of women; findings reflected controversial effect on credit borrowers with a negative impact on social capital within the various communities; received credit for major International Development •Fieldwork and extensive interaction/research with the women borrowers regarding the impact of credit on their social and family life;

•Worked with customer relationship managers on their premium wealth managment •Called and built on used existing social network to bring in and introduce new clients to the bank •Created a model to analyze the profitability of existing accounts •Researched extensively on clients for financial advisor prior to strategic meetings •Reviewed and updated investment files of 150 premium customers •Focused on client service and strived to exceed clients needs while remaining committed to Standard Chartered vision and objectives •Prioritized and handled multiple tasks in a demanding work environment