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ASH is a Senior Global Leader who by now has worked around the globe in both the developing & the developed markets across globe. He considers himself fortunate to have worked in globally diverse environments helping him build a very strong global exposure, experience alongside strong strategic, advisory, leadership, operations, digital and compliance skills, credentials & knowledge.
A Few of his most significant exposures areas have been in:
A) Driving successful large scale global Mergers, Acquisition and Joint Venture deals, impacting businesses, brands, and several thousands of colleagues spread across multiple countries
B) Integrating, aligning & restructuring the acquired companies into the owner brand/ entity successfully whilst creating the spirit of one organization, multi-culturally diverse and inclusive committed to common goals of progress and excellence for all
C) Driving Global Talent Management Agendas with real global mobility and identifying from within the Right Successors and implementing successful Succession Plans at CXO and Board Level for two large global MNCs
D) Implementing large & complex Digital HR Shared Services serving multi-country structures and converting them into GCCs for future
E) Managing geographically large teams of Senior Talents of several diverse nationalities spread across different countries
F) Designing and implementing new Global Vision & Core Values and new Organization Structures for large groups based across multiple countries with several diverse business lines
G) Steering large scale leadership development and change management agenda across multiple businesses to create successful organizations with right leadership & management
H) Implementing beyond talks (like most DEI benchmark organizations today do) an ecosystem driven by the practical action agendas of DEI which impacted from how & why we hired; what we trained for; why & how we engaged; when & why do we promote; what & when do we develop; when & what do we coach & mentor for. Proof was delivered to merit in ISS A/S and BMA on ground.
For all the above endeavors, Ash was also very fortunate to have worked in two vast geographies covering several countries I.e., the APAC Region and the EMEA Region.
His fairly large APAC stints with ISS A/S have had involved him to work closely & deeply with colleagues from Denmark, USA, UK, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand & India. During this tenure, Ash was also elevated to be the member of the three member APAC Steering Committee for ISS A/S HQ which was involved in taking all the people decisions & building People & Culture Policies, Frameworks & Organization Structures for all the 13 countries in the APAC Regional Cluster.
In the year 2015, Ash was headhunted by a global search firm for a large Regional Group called BMA International (spread across the GCC Region), where he spent a very large amount of time in building a huge global organization out of BMA (Fashion, FMCG & Real Estate). During this time, Ash travelled, stayed across UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and especially Saudi Arabia (specifically in that order of priority) to drive several people & culture agendas to build a very successful for purpose global organization within BMA.
Additionally, Ash has gained these experiences while working in really diverse sectors i.e. Big 4 Consulting, Automotive, Engineering, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Professional Services, IT Services, Facility Management & Services, Retail (Fashion), Retail (Home), Retail (FMCG), F&B, Board Advisory & Consulting.
At the moment, Ash is engaged in the dual Capacity of being a Strategic Board Advisor for all aspects of People, Culture, Sustainability, ESG and DEI & as the CHRO for the large Family Office of the large retail family group i.e. BinDawood Holdings. As a part of his role, he is the Chief Advisor for all People & Culture matters for all the current and future acquisitions of BinDawood Holdings.
His work today involves working closely with the Board, reporting to the Chairman and CEO on agendas around Organizational Change, Business Transformation, Post M&A interventions, Talent Management, Leadership Development of the new and existing CXOs and Directors in the group, Driving new OD initiatives, Restructuring of the new and old businesses, Coaching of the extended Senior Leadership and all HR Heads operating from all the regions in the acquired businesses in different countries.
While Ash has travelled, lived and/ or stayed for work across several European, Asia Pacific & Middle Eastern Countries. As of today, he lives and frequent in between Jeddah, KSA & Dubai, UAE.
Additional Areas of Expertise:
Certified Assessor & Coach in Personality Psychology, Emotional
A Few of his most significant exposures areas have been in:
A) Driving successful large scale global Mergers, Acquisition and Joint Venture deals, impacting businesses, brands, and several thousands of colleagues spread across multiple countries
B) Integrating, aligning & restructuring the acquired companies into the owner brand/ entity successfully whilst creating the spirit of one organization, multi-culturally diverse and inclusive committed to common goals of progress and excellence for all
C) Driving Global Talent Management Agendas with real global mobility and identifying from within the Right Successors and implementing successful Succession Plans at CXO and Board Level for two large global MNCs
D) Implementing large & complex Digital HR Shared Services serving multi-country structures and converting them into GCCs for future
E) Managing geographically large teams of Senior Talents of several diverse nationalities spread across different countries
F) Designing and implementing new Global Vision & Core Values and new Organization Structures for large groups based across multiple countries with several diverse business lines
G) Steering large scale leadership development and change management agenda across multiple businesses to create successful organizations with right leadership & management
H) Implementing beyond talks (like most DEI benchmark organizations today do) an ecosystem driven by the practical action agendas of DEI which impacted from how & why we hired; what we trained for; why & how we engaged; when & why do we promote; what & when do we develop; when & what do we coach & mentor for. Proof was delivered to merit in ISS A/S and BMA on ground.
For all the above endeavors, Ash was also very fortunate to have worked in two vast geographies covering several countries I.e., the APAC Region and the EMEA Region.
His fairly large APAC stints with ISS A/S have had involved him to work closely & deeply with colleagues from Denmark, USA, UK, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand & India. During this tenure, Ash was also elevated to be the member of the three member APAC Steering Committee for ISS A/S HQ which was involved in taking all the people decisions & building People & Culture Policies, Frameworks & Organization Structures for all the 13 countries in the APAC Regional Cluster.
In the year 2015, Ash was headhunted by a global search firm for a large Regional Group called BMA International (spread across the GCC Region), where he spent a very large amount of time in building a huge global organization out of BMA (Fashion, FMCG & Real Estate). During this time, Ash travelled, stayed across UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and especially Saudi Arabia (specifically in that order of priority) to drive several people & culture agendas to build a very successful for purpose global organization within BMA.
Additionally, Ash has gained these experiences while working in really diverse sectors i.e. Big 4 Consulting, Automotive, Engineering, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Professional Services, IT Services, Facility Management & Services, Retail (Fashion), Retail (Home), Retail (FMCG), F&B, Board Advisory & Consulting.
At the moment, Ash is engaged in the dual Capacity of being a Strategic Board Advisor for all aspects of People, Culture, Sustainability, ESG and DEI & as the CHRO for the large Family Office of the large retail family group i.e. BinDawood Holdings. As a part of his role, he is the Chief Advisor for all People & Culture matters for all the current and future acquisitions of BinDawood Holdings.
His work today involves working closely with the Board, reporting to the Chairman and CEO on agendas around Organizational Change, Business Transformation, Post M&A interventions, Talent Management, Leadership Development of the new and existing CXOs and Directors in the group, Driving new OD initiatives, Restructuring of the new and old businesses, Coaching of the extended Senior Leadership and all HR Heads operating from all the regions in the acquired businesses in different countries.
While Ash has travelled, lived and/ or stayed for work across several European, Asia Pacific & Middle Eastern Countries. As of today, he lives and frequent in between Jeddah, KSA & Dubai, UAE.
Additional Areas of Expertise:
Certified Assessor & Coach in Personality Psychology, Emotional
ASHUTOSH LABROO is an advisor and board member based in United Arab Emirates, specialising in Executive Office. They speak English, Hindi and Urdu. They are open to advisory board and board director opportunities and are available for introductions through Boardio.
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