Grey Group Asia Pacific appoints Rumki Fernandes as regional director, talent and HR

Grey Group Asia Pacific has appointed Rumki Fernandes as Regional Director, Talent & HR. Fernandes will report to Nirvik Singh, Chairman and CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific, and will be responsible for talent management for Grey Group across the Asia Pacific region.

Fernandes brings to her role more than 15 years of experience spanning across industries which include technology, banking and global staffing.

Most recently as head of human resources for Attano Media & Education in India, Fernandes was instrumental in growing the company from scratch to a strength of more than 300 within two years. Prior to Attano, she was with the Deutsche Bank subsidiary, DBOI Global Services as vice president of human resources, managing a headcount of over 2,000 across multiple centres. In DBOI she ran several projects, of significance, being a global project on On-boarding & Induction that impacted over 14,000 staff across US, UK, India and Philippines. Her earlier experiences were with global staffing firm, Manpower Global Services, where she played a key role in the joint venture formation and post JV integration between Manpower and ABC Consultants, and subsequently became head of human resources.

“We are excited to have Rumki on board with us. At Grey, we emphasise on growth, empowerment, quality and productivity, and with Rumki’s strong grasp in the different industries, we will definitely create a more employee-oriented and high-performance culture,” Nirvik Singh said.

“I’m certainly looking forward to working with the regional team that has consistently put forward great results,” said Fernandes. “Grey is a global brand which offers exciting prospects and it’s definitely an honour to join this large family,” she added.