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Hiral Sonpal

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Human Resources at BNP Paribas
📍 Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India

Hiral Sonpal is the VP of Talent Acquisition at BNP Paribas, with over 10 years of experience in recruiting for the financial sector. An alumna of IIM Calcutta and Narsee Monjee, she specializes in relationship building and talent management. Colleagues describe her as a committed, reliable, and outstanding professional.

Hiral is passionate about empowering professional growth, viewing her role as helping individuals achieve their dream jobs. She dedicates time to mentorship and has volunteered for causes that help students prepare for the workforce, showing a strong commitment to community development and guiding the next generation of professionals.

She volunteered with NASSCOM, using her extensive interviewing experience to help students become job-ready.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Human Resources
Location
Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India
Personality Overview

How Hiral shows up

Quality Focused
Hard To Convince
Fast But Analytical

They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Hiral cares about

Career Development
Passionate about helping individuals navigate their careers, viewing a job change not just as a move but as a "story upgrade".
Financial Services Recruiting
Actively recruits for specialized roles in financial reporting, risk frameworks, and investment banking operations, leveraging deep industry knowledge.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Human Resources
BNP Paribas
3-2022 - 6-2025
Human Resources
Citi India
1-2020 - 3-2022
Human Resource
Nomura
10-2010 - 5-2018
Human Resource
Morgan Stanley
8-2008 - 6-2010
Executive
Ru Consultancy
In the press

Media appearances

Hiral Sonpal Joins BNP Paribas as Vice President – Talent Acquisition. Featured in HR Today
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BNP Paribas appoints Hiral Sonpal as Vice President Talent Acquisition. Featured in The People’s Board
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Education
2003 - 2006
BMS
Narsee Monjee
Ephrm
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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