Summary:
Unmesh is a HR leader with over 20 years of progressive HR experience in the professional services industry, with expertise in human capital strategy, organizational transformation and coaching. He is a strong believer in the power of human potential to transform organizations. Unmesh has successfully built and led high performing internationally dispersed HR leadership teams to help achieve business outcomes. He has helped businesses build differentiated capabilities in the marketplace through designing and deploying complex talent strategy, acquisition and talent management practices on a global scale. Unmesh has a passion for teaching and coaching leaders; he is also the sponsor for HR Talent in Accenture in India.

Experience:
Unmesh has recently taken on the role of the Global HR Director for one of the key businesses of Accenture where he will leverage his extensive expertise in human capital strategy and organization transformation.

In his previous role as Global Talent Acquisition Director, Unmesh was responsible for designing and deploying Accenture's Talent Acquisition Strategy to meet the talent growth needs across levels for all businesses globally in 59 countries. In this role he partnered with senior business leaders, HR leaders and his teams to deploy fit for purpose, innovative market leading talent acquisition interventions.

Between 2009 and 2014, Unmesh served as Managing Director - Human Resources for Accenture Operations. In this role he led the talent transformation to build differentiated market capabilities for the business at a time when the business was undergoing a key strategic shift to disrupt the market and reshape what outsourcing stood for; while ensuring employee engagement, retention and consistently being voted an employer of choice in the industry.

As the Talent Management Lead for Accenture in India during 2007-2009, Unmesh founded the Talent Management function for Accenture India, thereby accelerating the journey of Human Capital Strategy for the Geography, leadership development, capability building, inclusion and diversity to institutionalize a talent multiplier culture in the organization.

Prior to 2007, Unmesh was part of the core leadership team at Accenture India, enabling the startup and expansion of the off-shoring journey in India since 2001. He led the Talent Acquisition function for India and is recognized for creating a best-in-class recruiting capability that enabled Accenture to grow organically in India. This has been accepted as a Harvard Business School case study. Unmesh has also spearheaded HR for Accenture's Technology business in Mumbai.