Akshat Gupta

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Talent Acquisition Leader, Asia Pacific & Japan - Clinical Research (PPD) at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Greater Bengaluru Area, India

Overview

Akshat is a global talent acquisition leader with over 20 years of experience, currently heading the function for Thermo Fisher Scientifics Clinical Research business in the Asia Pacific & Japan region. With an MBA in HR, colleagues describe him as professional, sincere, and goal-oriented, skilled in building best-in-class talent solutions.

Akshat has lived and worked across North America, Europe, JAPAC, and India, giving him a multi-cultural perspective on talent management.

Personality Overview

Information Seeker

Objective Thinker

Negotiator

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.  They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Topics They Care About

Global Talent Strategy
He has over two decades of experience creating and executing global talent acquisition strategies across North America, Europe, and the APJ region.
Life Sciences Recruiting
His current role focuses on talent acquisition for the clinical research, life science, and pharmaceutical sectors within Thermo Fisher Scientific.
AI in Human Resources
He holds a certification in "AI in People Management" and has prior experience in HR process automation, showing an interest in recruitment technology.

Media Appearances

Akshat has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Talent Acquisition Leader, Asia Pacific & Japan - Clinical Research (PPD) at Thermo Fisher Scientific
8-2021
Head Talent Acquisition, India at Thermo Fisher Scientific
7-2020 - 8-2021
AVP - HR at Microland Limited
10-2017 - 7-2020
Director Talent Acquisition at Indegene
7-2014 - 9-2017
Talent Acquisition @Edgeverve at EdgeVerve

Education

2003 - 2005
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) / Human Resource from Symbiosis centre of management and Human Resource development
1998 - 2002
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Visvesvaraya Technological University

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Insights For Selling To Akshat

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Akshat is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Akshat

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Akshat move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Akshat take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Akshat

Personality Compatibility


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