As organizations scale, people systems—roles, managers, culture, and governance—quietly begin to shape cost, speed, risk, and results.
That inflection point is where my work sits.

I’m a senior HR leader with 20+ years of experience partnering with CEOs and leadership teams across UAE/GCC, India, and Africa, supporting organizations in regulated, multi‑country environments across Pharma, FMCG, Manufacturing, Energy, EPC, and Healthcare.

My work focuses on fixing what typically breaks as businesses grow:

a)Roles and decision ownership that become unclear

b)Managers struggling to translate intent into day‑to‑day execution

c)Performance and talent systems that don’t scale with complexity

HR operations and governance that add friction instead of control

In this region especially, culture plays a decisive role. Strategy often fails not because it’s wrong, but because many a times it doesn't integrate with cultural and purpose nuances while

a) Expectations are not explicit

b) Accountability is not defined

c)Managers are not equipped to lead performance conversations

d) Systems don’t reinforce the behaviors leadership wants

I bring end‑to‑end HR leadership, spanning organization and workforce design, talent and performance systems, HR operations and governance, and HR technology, automation, and analytics.

A core strength I bring is HR transformation enabled by sustainable systems and data—using HRMS, digital talent platforms, and workforce analytics to move HR from transactional support to decision‑ready, execution‑driven leadership enablement.

I focus on how work actually flows, how decisions are made, and how managers are enabled to execute—rather than adding layers of HR process that look good on paper but don’t move outcomes.

The impact I typically deliver includes:

a) Improved productivity and revenue per employee

b)Controlled manpower costs through role and workforce redesign

c)Stronger execution discipline through clear accountability and decision ownership

d)Regulator‑ready HR operations aligned with UAE/GCC and Africa operating realities

I work best in environments where growth, change, compliance, and cultural complexity intersect, and where leaders need people systems that accelerate execution rather than slow it down.

Open to senior HR leadership roles in the UAE/GCC, and selective short‑term transformation mandates where organizations need a rapid people‑system reset.

Gargi Bannerjee

Most organisations don’t struggle with Emiratisation intent.
They struggle when execution meets real‑world complexity in fast paced environments.

As businesses scale in the UAE/GCC, Emiratisation quickly stops being a hiring exercise and becomes a people‑system challenge—shaping cost, productivity, risk, and long‑term retention.

This carousel highlights where Emiratization typically breaks on the ground, and what actually makes it work beyond policies and targets.

Senior HR & Organisation Effectiveness Leader | Scaling enterprises across GCC, India & Africa | Open to leadership & selective advisory roles | GPHR, SPHRi

Emiratization isn't a hiring problem

• Ovet 2 decades of corporate diversified exposure to HR Operations, HR Generalist, Talent Management, Talent Sourcing & Talent Acquisition, Induction, Learning & Development, PMS, Motivation, Engagement, Retention, HR Policies, HR Processes, Audit, Compliance & HR Shared Services / HRSS

Ashish Gakrey

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MIT World Peace University HR Leadership Summit in association with HR Shapers

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