Thirukkumaran Nagarajan

Vice President, Human Resources at IBM Asia Pacific @ IBM

About

A global HR Executive with over 25 years of experience across Human Resources, Client Services & Hospitality. Currently, as VP HR for IBM Technology Unit -- I lead talent & business solutions across the Asia & Pacific region; enabling culture transformation and growth strategies for one of the most innovative workforce in the world. Worked across markets - India/SA, USA & Middle East & Africa. Prior to IBM, served as a Senior Coach leading a large team of highly motivated and diverse millennials. Previously a hotelier, managing creative food & beverage businesses in India’s leading luxury hotel chain. Leadership | HR Solutions | Diversity & Inclusion | Talent Management | Global Mobility | Coach |

Country

City

Singapore

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

HR Technology, Vendor Management, Talent Management, Human Resources, Change Management, Recruiting, Program Management, Business Process Improvement, Outsourcing, Onboarding, Performance Management, HR Transformation, Strategy, Management Consulting, Business Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Process Improvement, Employee Benefits, Operations Management, Consulting

Experience

Vice President, Human Resources at IBM Asia Pacific

IBM

2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Singapore

Vice President, HR Head, IBM India/South Asia

IBM

2021-9 - 2025-5 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Vice President HR, Global Delivery, IBM Consulting

IBM

2021-1 - 2021-9 · 9 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

HR Director, Global Business Services

IBM

2016-12 - 2021-3 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

HR leader, Global Business Services, IBM Middle East & Africa

IBM

2012-10 - 2016-12 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Dubai

Develop Talent strategy and deliver HR solutions for GBS BU across Middle East & Africa. Achieve business and client objectives; Develop Consulting, Delivery, Sales and Technical Careers, building a high performing, cross continental workforce with cutting edge skills. Grew business 2x & developed local talent in a diverse region.

Senior Manager, WW Global Mobility Partners

IBM

2012-1 - 2012-10 · 10 mos

Armonk, NY

Lead a multi-cultural, WW team of Global Mobility professionals & SMEs enabling cross border talent deployment across ~60 + countries. Design programs, transform process, drive compliance, compensation & benefits packaging and create end to end mobility solutions.

Global Mobility Transformation leader

IBM

2009-4 - 2012 · 2 yrs

Armonk, NY

Develop optimum & cost efficient talent deployment & mobility solutions to new & emerging markets for IBM WW. Critical problem solving, IA policy & process design, assignee satisfaction, vendor management, immigration & IA tax services, duty of care engagement.

Global Mobility Delivery Leader

IBM

2007-4 - 2009-3 · 2 yrs

Bengaluru, India

Led mobility operations for IBM India, enabling 1000s of IBMers to land across ~50 +countries - managing the talent deployment process, benefits delivery, expat payroll, immigration & IA Tax operations. Created a scalable, sustainable and repeatable model that has exponentially grown over the years.

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

IBM

2005-8 - 2007-3 · 1 yr 8 mos

Bengaluru, India

Support IBM India's exponential growth over 2 years hiring technical skills across India. Led a team of Talent professionals responsible for offer operations, background check, vendor management, candidate selection, interview, offer, negotiation and on boarding.

Sr.Coach - SDL Technical Support Operations

AOL

2003 - 2005 · 2 yrs

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led large teams (100+) of highly motivated and aspiring call center professionals, responsible for member satisfaction, technical resolutions & workforce analytics. Inspiring people, high performance coaching & top notch client services was the mantra for success.

Manager - Food & Beverages

ITC Hotels Limited

1997 - 2003 · 6 yrs

Responsible for guest satisfaction, creativity, revenue, training and diverse team management whilst leading the Food & Beverage department of leading 5 star hotels across India. Managed multiple top rated restaurants, bars, large conferences & events.