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Rishi Gandhi

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Senior Associate at Heidrick & Struggles
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Rishi Gandhi is an accomplished executive search professional with extensive experience in leadership hiring for global firms like Heidrick & Struggles and Tata Sons. He specializes in identifying C-suite talent across diverse sectors including Automotive, Healthcare, and FMCG. He holds an Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Colleagues describe Rishi as a thorough, pragmatic, and result-oriented professional whose enthusiasm is infectious. He is known for his responsible and mature approach to making informed decisions.

Unique fact: While at Tata Sons, he was part of the strategic team responsible for hiring CXO-level talent and Independent Directors across the entire Tata Group.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Senior Associate
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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C-Suite Hiring
His experience at Tata Sons and in executive search firms involved recruiting for top leadership positions, including CXOs and Independent Directors.
Talent Acquisition Strategy
Managed the entire talent acquisition function for major business units at Piramal Pharma and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Senior Associate
Heidrick & Struggles
8-2021 - 6-2024
Associate General Manager - Talent Acquisition
Piramal Pharma Limited
11-2018 - 7-2021
Senior Consultant & Engagement Manager
Amrop India
4-2018 - 10-2018
Manager Talent Acquisition
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4-2017 - 4-2018
Senior Manager - Strategic Hiring
Tata Sons
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Education
2016 - 2018
Execuive Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
2009 - 2010
PGCHRM
XLRI Jamshedpur
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