Minesh Ghelani

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Director of Talent Acquisition & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Phoenix Group

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Minesh is the Director of Talent Acquisition & DEI at Phoenix Group, a leading UK retirement business. With an MSc in Occupational Psychology, he has a strong track record of transforming talent functions. Colleagues describe him as professional, thorough, and conscientious.

He successfully transformed a loss-making executive search business into the only profitable company within its group.

Personality Overview

Slow To Decisions

Risk-averse

Thoughtful In Approach

Their motivation stems from the impact that their decisions can have on the organization.
  They are good and approachable with everyone, internally and externally. They prefer to follow rules and procedures.

Topics They Care About

Talent Transformation
He has a history of overhauling talent acquisition models, building direct sourcing capabilities, and significantly reducing time-to-hire at major corporations like Experian and Phoenix Group.
Executive Recruitment
Has extensive experience in executive search and has facilitated the appointments of over 20 Chairs and Non-Executive Directors for various company boards.
Women in Leadership
Actively champions improving female representation on Boards and in leadership, highlighting his company's high ranking in the FTSE Women Leaders Review.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2025
Director of Talent Acquisition & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Phoenix Group
11-2021 - 4-2025
Group Head of Talent Acquisition at Phoenix Group
12-2018 - 11-2021
Head of Talent Acquisition and Deployment, UK&I and EMEA at Experian
5-2016 - 12-2018
Managing Director, Norman Broadbent Solutions at Norman Broadbent Group
6-2015 - 5-2016
Director, AGP, a Norman Broadbent Group plc Company at Norman Broadbent Group

Education

2005 - 2006
MSc Occupational Psychology from University of Nottingham
2001 - 2004
BSc Psychology from University of Westminster

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Exp : 15 Location : London, England, United Kingdom Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Talent Acquisition & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Phoenix Group
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Insights For Selling To Minesh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Engage other key stakeholders on their side and leverage if they approve of your product
  • If possible, connect them to existing customers
  • Use phrases like ‘others say that’, ‘zero risk in’, ‘seen proof of’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t keep pushing them for a straight answer, just make your own conclusions
  • Don’t use phrases like ‘there might be’, ‘we haven’t yet’, ‘latest technology’ etc.
  • Don’t rush them to make quick decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Minesh is

  • Low-risk, go-ahead from other stakeholders and successful evaluation as per process matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Minesh

  • They don’t say no very often, and can take you around in circles sometimes.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Minesh move?

  • They do not like to rush and can be quite slow in their decision making.

  • Can Minesh take some risk or not?

  • They are risk-averse and like to make decisions that others support.

You And Minesh

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