Diageo has appointed Vikrant Yadav as Head Talent Acquisition EMEA. Yadav brings around 19 years of professional experience, with a career increasingly focused on talent acquisition leadership, global recruitment, technology and niche hiring, GCC talent, workforce planning and recruitment transformation.
Vikrant worked for Diageo before joining the company. He was the Head Talent Acquisition at Orange Business. During his tenure, he was responsible for leading the regional acquisition strategy, workforce planning, and critical recruitment, end-to-end recruitment process, stakeholder management, and talent strategy and candidate experience in Southeast Asia.
Before Orange Business, he spent 5 years with adidas as Head of Talent Acquisition, covering talent segments including technology, analytics, digital, retail, corporate and GBS/GCC hiring. Earlier, he served as Talent Acquisition Leader at Ciena and as an Associate Director at UnitedHealth Group, further building his experience across corporate recruiting and global talent acquisition.
Vikrant previously spent more than 2 years with American Express as Recruitment Delivery Leader, with experience spanning executive search and global talent acquisition. Before moving into these senior in-house recruitment assignments, he spent more than 6 years with Bizmoney Services as an Account Manager, where his experience included recruitment process outsourcing and corporate recruiting.
He began his professional career with Genpact in 2007, working as an Associate supporting the GE Australia business. His appointment at Diageo marks the next stage of a career spanning multiple industries and geographies, with his new mandate focused on talent acquisition across the EMEA region.
