Puja Keswani
Puja Keswani
CONTACT CONSULTANT
Title
Engagement Manager
Firm
Heidrick & Struggles
Office Address
Floor No. 10, Building No.9B DLF Cyber City, Phase III
Gurugram, Haryana, 122002
India

About Ms. Keswani

Synopsis: • 15 years of professional experience spanning Executive Search and Customer Relationship Management. • Strong focus and orientation towards customer relationships. • Rich experience in Executive Search. • Capable of handling tasks independently as well as part of team. Experience: August 2010 - till date: Heidrick & Struggles (India) Pvt Ltd Heidrick & Struggles is a worldwide executive search firm, specializing in chief executive, board of directors and senior level management assignments across sector. It has a 50+ year reputation as the world’s premier executive search firm by working at the top recruiting senior-level executives for a broad spectrum of client organizations representing every industry. April 2014 till date - Engagement Manager August 2010 - March 2014 -Senior Associate, Global Industrial Practice and Member, Global Natural Resources Group Responsibilities include: • Execution of Senior level placements for clients in the Industrial Practice. Focus on senior level searches in Power, Energy, Oil & Gas, General Manufacturing and Infrastructure. • Part of a 2 member team responsible for setting up the Renewable Energy Practice in India. Achievements: • Successfully set up the Renewable Energy Practice for India region. • Completed a number of searches in the Renewable space, encompassing solar, wind and hydro, for the first time at H&S in India. • Strong exposure in Industrial/ Energy/Infrastructure domain. January 2003- August 2010: Executive Access (India) Private Limited Executive Access is a leading global search firm. It is a founding member of The Panorama Group, comprising of 8 market leading independent search firms with extensive portfolios of corporate, public and not-for-profit clients around the world. April 2010 - August 2010 – Consultant April 2009 -March 2010- Research Consultant April 2006 - March 2009-Senior Research Associate April 2004 - January 2006 – Associate Page 2 of 2 January 2003 – March 2004 – Office Associate Responsibilities included: • Independent execution of assignments. • Client Management. • Candidate Engagement. • Identifying leads for business development. • Induction and training of new recruits in the organization. • Worked across Industrial, General Manufacturing and other related Commerce & Industry verticals. Achievements: • Excellent client relationships, resulting in repeat business. • Successfully closed extremely challenging assignments requiring exacting standards from clients. • Was respsonsible for searches in the Consumer, Media (Print) and other B2C related organizations. Successful in closing 5 MD searches in Media (Print). • Was part of the 2 member team that placed the maximum number of CEO’s. • Introduced one of the world’s leading investment banking organizations to the company, resulting in huge business. • Introduced an American telecom software organization to the company, which resulted in good business. September 2001-December 2001: American Express, Gurgaon At Platinum Cards department, was part of an exclusive 4 member team servicing high profile members with very high level of service expectations, handling card queries and other service requests, advising on their travel arrangements and selling the product to a selectively chosen group of discerning customers. May1998-May2001: KLM-Northwest Airlines, New Delhi Started as a member of the team, promoted to Team Leader wherein the responsibilities included training and motivating team members to ensure a high level of performance and optimum revenue generation. Successfully completed Customer Service trainings in Amsterdam. July1997-May1998 Jet Airways, New Delhi Handled all passenger (including VIPs) related activities. Education: B.A. (Hons)-Sociology, Maitreyi College, New Delhi - (1994-1997); Post Graduate Certificate in HRM, XLRI, Jamshedpur (2010-2011)-Achieved all India No.2 rank. Date of Birth: 26th January 1976
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