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.