Shailesh Shah Babulal

As the Vice President of Human Resources at Credit Suisse, I enable the organization to achieve strong business performance through a positive people culture. With over 17 years of leading global HR, I have a track record of designing and implementing innovative initiatives that address the challenges of attaining revenue goals, controlling expenses, satisfying customers, and attracting and retaining talent, while achieving sustainable business and profitability objectives.

My core competencies include organizational structure, culture, policies, and processes, people planning and ethical recruitment, HR best practices and continuous improvement, leadership development, employee and labor relations, performance and talent management, compensation and benefits, and data analytics and systems. I am a certified SHRM-SCP and an industrial relations expert, with a Master's degree in Business Administration from Asia School of Business and a one-month immersion program from MIT Sloan School of Management. My mission is to build a culture that enables others to create innovative and disruptive solutions and to be a strategic partner and catalyst for change.

Mar 2022 - Present: Vice President - Human Resources at Credit Suisse, a Swiss financial services company with about 50,000 employees world over                           

Dec 2020 – Feb 2022: Consultant - HR & Operations at AAMSPA Limited, a Food and hospitality start-up with about 30 employees 

Jun 2018 – Nov 2020: Senior Manager, HR & Administration at ESQUEL LIMITED, a Hong Kong-based garment manufacturer with 45000 employees across Asia & Africa

Oct 2009 – Aug 2016: Manager - HR Projects, Operational Excellence at STANDARD CHARTERED GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES, an Auxiliary services subsidiary of UK-based Standard Chartered Bank

Jun 2005 – Sep 2009: Senior Officer, Employee Stock Options Administration at STANDARD CHARTERED GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES

Jun 2004 – May 2005: Analyst - Research & Profiling at SCOPE e-KNOWLEDGE PRIVATE LIMITED, a Market research firm currently taken over by Frost and Sullivan, a US-based consulting company

MBA Degree – Asia School of Business - MIT School of Management | 2016-2018