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Durgesh Karande

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Senior Director and Partner at TalentAhead India Pvt. Ltd.
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Durgesh Karande is a Senior Director and Partner at TalentAhead, specializing in executive and CXO-level hiring for the BFSI and IT industries. An alumnus of IIM Mumbai, he has extensive experience in board consulting, recruitment process outsourcing, and leadership acquisition, previously holding roles at NTT Global Networks and Oracle.

Based on his social media activity, Durgesh appears to appreciate diverse cultural traditions, sharing greetings for festivals such as Gudi Padwa, Lohri, and Christmas. This suggests a personal interest in cultural celebrations and connecting with others on these occasions.

Colleagues have described him as a pro-active, results-oriented, and personable professional with deep, diversified knowledge.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Senior Director and Partner
Job Level
Senior
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Leadership Hiring
His work focuses on executive search and leadership hiring at the CXO level for the BFSI and IT sectors.
Recruitment Outsourcing
He is involved with Empowered - Recruitment Process Outsourcing (e-RPO), a key service offering at his firm.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Senior Director and Partner
TalentAhead India Pvt. Ltd.
1-2018 - 2-2025
Head - Talent Acquisition
NTT Global Networks (Now NTT Data Inc)
4-2014 - 12-2017
Director
TalentAhead
8-2010 - 3-2014
Assistant Vice President
Polaris Financial Technology Limited
10-2006 - 8-2010
Manager - Recruitment
Oracle Financial Services Software
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Education
1994 - 1996
PGDIM
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
1990 - 1994
B Tech
Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University
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