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Hemal Thakker

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Director Talent Acquisition at C5i
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Hemal Thakker is a strategic Talent Acquisition Director at C5i with over 15 years of experience building high-performing teams for firms like Amazon. He specializes in AI and analytics hiring, holds a certification as an Agentic AI HR Strategist, and aligns talent strategy with business transformation.

Colleagues consistently describe him as a calm, composed, solution-driven, and approachable leader with excellent interpersonal skills and a logical approach to processes.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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AI & Analytics Talent
He leads strategic hiring for advanced AI and Analytics functions at C5i, focusing on building specialized, future-ready teams in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.
Data-Driven Recruiting
At C5i, he implemented data-driven dashboards to track and improve hiring efficiency, quality-of-hire, and other key talent acquisition metrics.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Director Talent Acquisition
C5i
3-2023 - 7-2025
Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition
C5i
5-2022 - 12-2022
Lead - Talent Acquisition
Amazon
9-2021 - 5-2022
Asst. Vice President - Talent Acquisition
EduBridge Learning Pvt. Ltd.
9-2020 - 8-2021
Career Services and Corporate Relations
upGrad
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Hemal Thakker Appointed as Director Talent Acquisition at C5i - Global HR News & Updates. Featured in HR Today
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Education
2015 - 2018
BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration
Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education
1-2010 - 1-2011
Diploma of Education
Welingkar Institute of Management
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