Raj brings over two decades of global, cross-cultural HR expertise in geographies like Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Europe, working across diverse industries such as IT/ITES, Engineering, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals to name a few.

At present he is working as Chief Strategy Officer and Head HR for Advantage Club. AC is a global HR Technology (SaaS) platform catering to employee engagement, financial wellness, benefits, perks, rewards, and early wage access on a single platform to enrich the Employee Experience journey at Moment that matters ! Headquartered at Delaware, Advantage Club has an impressive presence in almost 100+ countries across the globe, catering to 500+ corporates and extends offers exclusively across 10,000+ brands.

In his previous role, Raj was responsible for heading the Global Digital Talent strategy for Concentrix across 40 countries. He also lead the line HR function for 70,000 employees across 13 cities in India and ASEAN countries. Raj was instrumental in expanding the company’s footprint in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the UAE. Additionally, he pioneered the automation and transformation of the HR function at Concentrix.

For his varied contributions, he is also the proud recipient of six individual industry awards:
 Great People Manager Award – Great Manager Institute and Forbes India (2020)
 TA Pai Young HR Leader Award – People Business and Economic Times (2020)
 Great Manager Award – People Business and Economic Times (2019)
 Times Ascent Asia Pacific HRM Awards – HR Tech Projects of the Year (2019)
 ACEF Asian Awards for excellence in HR – HR Leader of the Year (2018)
 100 Most Influential Tech HR Leaders – Individual Award (2018)

He is a certified M&A Specialist from Aon Hewitt. His formal qualifications PGDM from Symbiosis and further education in Digital Transformation from Columbia Business School, Managerial & Leadership Effectiveness from IIMA and Design Thinking & Innovation from Emeritus, Singapore Known as “TrueTech Reporter” at YouTube, Raj spends his leisure time in reading, video editing and music mixing.