Ankit is a strategic HR leader with over two decades of experience in crafting and delivering agile people strategies across Asia Pacific, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East.
He has led enterprise-wide HR strategy to early stage scale-ups, including periods of accelerated growth, technology transformations, and an acquisition.
Currently, Ankit heads the human capital function for Sporty Group, Sporty Media, and Football.com across nine countries, leveraging his diverse experience in talent acquisition, people operations, and culture.
What’s a recent professional achievement of yours that you are proud of?
Ongoing transition of TA system globally from Lever to Greenhouse
Completed an overall redesign of the onboarding process for the BU’s across geo’s and functions.
GPTW certification in progress across 8 countries.
What is your prediction for the future of the TA industry?
TA industry will experience a critical People transformation in the next 18 months
Ai adoption in TA across businesses regardless of industry or size
Role redesign/KPI’s with Ai mapping will be critical to real transformation
What projects are you planning on working on in 2026?
Role redesigning across functions which would include Ai leveraging capability
Reskilling employees
TA Team restructure with Agentic Ai involvement
Rethinking performance evaluation and KPI design