Nadeem Akhtar
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Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - EMEA and APJC at Cisco
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates 10 work roles 1 school
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Nadeem Akhtar is listed as Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - EMEA and APJC at Cisco, a with 94888 employees, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Nadeem Akhtar.

Nadeem Akhtar previously worked as Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - EMEA/APJC at Cisco and Talent Acquisition Lead - MEA Sales/ EMEA Finance at Cisco. Nadeem Akhtar studied at London Metropolitan University.

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Executive level talent leader with over 20 years experience, across the EMEA, APJC and US regions. Working for leading global technology organisations, my focus is always collaboration and innovation. I am passionate about the people element of my work, proactively building connections and expanding networks. Culture, evolution and development are key as I strive to connect leaders to the right opportunity.

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Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - EMEA and APJC
Dubai, AE
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Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - Emea And Apjc

Dubai, Ae

Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - Emea/Apjc

Current

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for leading the executive talent acquisition practice at Cisco. Hiring top talent, VP level and above across the EMEA and APJC regions.

Feb 2020 - Present

Talent Acquisition Lead - Mea Sales/ Emea Finance

San Jose, Ca, Us

Mar 2015 - Feb 2020

Recruitment Business Partner - Emea

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for the recruitment strategy primarily across 3 Oracle business lines.Recruitment Business Partner for Systems EMEA, Aligned to the Senior Vice President of Systems EMEA. Recruitment Business Partner for Technology, supporting the Vice President of Technology MEA as well as the Vice President ECMEA for Oracle Consulting. Proactive, strategic and Intelligent sourcing of high level sales candidates up to exec level across the EMEA region. Targeting Top talent within the enterprise technology space. End to end management of all hiring, acting as a trusted advisor to the business. Headcount and budget planning, initial requirement gathering, sourcing, advising on compensation, salary negotiation, closing as well as assisting with the corporate approval process.

Jun 2011 - Mar 2015

Recruitment Lead - Middle East

Hp

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Responsible for managing the recruitment function for the entire Enterprise division of HP Middle East. Encompassing the following business units: Software, Technology Services, HP Networking, Storage and Servers. My role was to lead the sourcing strategy across multiple countries throughout the MEMA region.End to end management of all requisitions and hiring. Building and developing relationships with Middle East, MEMA and EMEA senior executive leadership team. Defining the job requirements, advising on compensation and outlining the recruitment strategy moving forward. Strategic and intelligent sourcing of candidates up to exec level, targeting direct competition, gathering business intelligence and proactively building candidate networks across all countries. Managing the interview, selection and offer process. Developing relationships with all other HR functions across MEMA and EMEA. Acting as the link between senior management and Business HR for each LOB. Responsible for all replacement as well as growth initiative hiring.

May 2010 - Jun 2011

Recruitment Manager - Technology And Sales - Mena

London, England, Gb

Antal International is the leader in EMEA & Asia Executive Search & Selection. The Antal network comprises of over 50 fully-staffed offices in 24 countries, recruiting talent in a range of industry sectors & skill functions. My role was to manage to Tech Search function within Antal, complete ownership of the end to end recruitment process. Recruiting high level tech and sales professionals, primarily within Telco and Technology verticals. Directly reporting to the Country MD.Actively working permanent and contract requirements across MENA, establishing and identifying candidate networks across all disciplines. I am also responsible for team leading the Technology Desk within Antal Dubai.

Aug 2009 - May 2010

Recruitment Manager

London, England, Gb

Strike IT Services Ltd is a specialist London based provider of IT Recruitment solutions. My role Started as a senior search specialist focusing on leading edge technologies recruitment - Storage, CRM, .Net, ERP, Networking/Convergence, Java and High Level Solutions sales. Working across EMEA at board level with enterprise clients, creating new business opportunities for both contingency and retained services. Full 360 degrees recruitment, managing the complete end to end recruitment process. Ensuring SLA’s, securing PSL status, negotiating terms and rates, conducting on site interviews and On site recruitment via an RPO model, conducting candidate searches, discipline based recruitment campaigns as well as engaging in specific retained head hunting, Gathering intelligence on market, technology and candidates, writing job specs and managing advertising campaigns and branding. I was promoted to lead and manage the team and the technology sales desk, engaging in development, training and internal recruitment. Strike ITs Ltd is part of CMT Group ( Capital Markets Technologies)

Jun 2005 - Jun 2009

New Business Account Manager

Teddington, London, Gb

IT Asset Management company covering Hardware, Software and Data Management. Direct solution sales and account management to UK based SME's. Working closely with and utilising Professional Services and partners to identify and secure business. Selling products and also driving through longer term strategic value add service sales. Partners include Microsoft, Symantec, Computer Associates, EMC, Intechnology, ADIC, Fujitsu Siemens etc. Adopting a consultative approach, focusing on business critcal issues such as information lifecycle managment, Software compliance etc. Recieved extensive training on various technologies including Storage, Hardware and Software.Services include:Storage Infrastructure • Software Asset Management • Disaster Recovery • Telephony • Virtualization • Software Applications • Technical Support • Collaboration • Communications

Mar 2003 - Jun 2005

Recruitment Consultant

Plexian (London)

New Business generation for Contract and Permanent recruitment with a core focus on ERP and Networking. Contingency based recruitment targeting SME's across EMEA as well as Retained search and selection.

Jan 2001 - Feb 2003

Recruitment Consultant

Revolution Recruitment (London)

Started at Revolution as a trainee recruitment consultant. At Revolution all consultants were expected to actively pursue permanent recruitment opportunities within two core areas: Web Design and Web Development.My chosen area was Web Design, successfully helped to establish this division within Revolution. Building an extensive network of web designers, through networking, targeted search and ad campaigns. Specifically focusing on New Media companies and design houses that would require these skills.

Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
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Nadeem Akhtar education

  • London Metropolitan University
    London Metropolitan University
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Nadeem Akhtar is listed as Executive Talent Acquisition Leader - EMEA and APJC at Cisco.

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Nadeem Akhtar is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates while working with Cisco.

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Nadeem Akhtar has worked for Cisco, Oracle Corporation, Hp, Antal International, Dubai, and Strike Its Ltd, London (Uk).

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Nadeem Akhtar's colleagues at Cisco include Musa Mibrahim Musa, Andrei Catalin, Nayan Dhakal, J Ba, and Mauricio Torres.

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Nadeem Akhtar studied at London Metropolitan University.

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