Arjun is a global Talent Acquisition leader with 20+ years across APAC, EMEA, the Americas and India, building multi-country TA organizations and modernizing them with Workday/ATS, AI-assisted sourcing, and structured assessments. He has led executive and high-volume hiring in complex markets, delivered RPOs of 3,000+ hires annually, and run change programs that reduced time-to-offer by ~25% while lifting leadership diversity from 12% to 28%. Arjun partners closely with CHROs and business leaders to design TA operating models, data and governance, and employer brand/campus engines that scale. He is currently based in Dubai and works globally.
What’s a recent professional achievement of yours that you are proud of?
Stood up an AI-enabled TA stack (sourcing, CV-matching, and assessment automations) alongside structured interviews and hiring-manager calibration. In parallel, Arjun led several executive searches (COO, Regional Directors), proving the model works from volume to leadership.
What is your prediction for the future of the TA industry?
* Expand AI matching and proctorable assessments with fairness/validity monitoring and candidate-consent workflows.
*AI in TA—beyond the hype: practical use cases, controls, and measurable ROI.
What projects are you planning on working on in 2026?
AI & Assessment Integration: Scale AI-driven matching and remotely proctored, validity-checked assessments with bias/fairness monitoring, explicit candidate-consent workflows, and audit trails—targeting ~20% faster time-to-offer and a measurable lift in quality-of-hire.
Hiring in Complex/Fragile Markets: Codify a playbook (intake → offer → onboarding) covering risk controls, compliance/ethical recruitment, and brand safety; build local talent pipelines and community partnerships to reduce time-to-fill and improve candidate NPS.