This document provides a summary of the professional experience and qualifications of Nellooli P Rajasekharan, including: - Over 40 years of international experience as a management consultant, director, and senior human resources executive for multinational organizations. - Expertise in areas such as strategy development, governance, performance management, leadership development, and organizational transformation. - Past roles include CEO of a management consultancy, director of HR for international agricultural research organizations, and regional head of HR for Standard Chartered Bank in the Middle East and South Asia. - Advanced degrees in human resource management and business administration, as well as professional training in areas like project management, organization methods, and assessment techniques.

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 Management consultant for strategy development and implementation, Governance,
Performance Management, Communications, leadership development and HR
 40 years’ international Director-level experience with CEOs and Boards of multinationals
- For-Profit and Not-For-Profit.
 Worked with many multinational leadership teams to develop and implement strategy.
 Expertise in management of startup, high–growth, turnaround, and major cultural
transformation.
 Professional facilitator, leadership trainer, and communicator. Designed and delivered
several senior leadership programs.
 Experienced in Banking and Finance.
Nellooli P Rajasekharan
CEO – Guru Management Consultants
Bangalore
Email raj@gurumanagement.in
Skype npraj16
India + 91 98806 38000
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nellooliraj

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Details of Professional Experience
CEO – Guru Management Consultants (www.gurumanagement.in)
From 2014
Set up and manages the boutique consultancy.
Enables organizations and individuals to excel. As a long term strategic partner, assists
transforming organizations to effectively design and manage change; from diagnosis to
formulation of strategy, implementation, and evaluation of impact. Provides customized
and integrated solutions for strategy formulation, organization development, leadership
development, design and delivery of powerful training interventions, executive coaching
and process facilitation. All products and services use international systems and experience.
Works with Boards on improving corporate Governance. Has an expanded portfolio of
services through representation and strategic alliances with international partners.
Faculty - Midas Global Entrepreneurial Program
A not-for-profit foundation to nurture and mentor entrepreneurs, innovators, designers, artists and
social scientists. Entirely dedicated to the incubation and development of business ideas. Helps its
stakeholders turn their business ideas / innovations into tangible products or services that are
market-ready. www.midasindia.net
Mentor - T Hub
A unique public/private partnership between the government of Telangana, 3 of India’s premier
academic institutes (IIIT-H, ISB & NALSAR) and key private sector leaders. It stands at the
intersection of the start-up, academic, corporate, research and government sectors. It is designed
for technology-related start-ups to catalyze the creation of one of the tightest and most vibrant
entrepreneur communities in the world. http://www.t-hub.co/
Mentor: NAARM-TBI A-IDEA
A technology business incubator, an initiative by ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research
Management (ICAR-NAARM, GOI) to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Indian agriculture..
Linked to Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad http://naarm.ernet.in/index.php?lang=en
Director – International HR – CIMMYT, Mexico (www.cimmyt.org)
From July 2012 – October 2014
Managed global HR through high growth and decentralization. Over 250 internationally
recruited staff and about 1000 Nationally Recruited staff in 15 countries with rapid growth.
Developed HR strategy, global policies, regionalized HR operations, re-designed
compensation, established job grading, and expanded leadership development. Providing
strategic, operational and tactical advice.

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Director Human Resources – ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the
Dry Areas), Aleppo, Syria.
August 2009 – June 2012
Managed HR strategy and initiatives aligned to shifting business strategy and benchmarking
against global best practices. Developed and effectively implemented global strategy,
policies, procedures, programs, and a strong performance management system. Managed
the re-distribution of staff and HQ from Aleppo in Syria to other countries during the Syrian
Civil war.
CEO, Guru Management Consultants Private Ltd, Bangalore India
2005 – August 2009
Founded and managed the successful international consultancy practice. Most clients were
international organization. Service offerings included strategy development and
implementation, Governance, Performance Management, Communications and leadership
development and bespoke training interventions. Client list included both profit and not-
for-profit sectors in Asia, Africa, India, Europe and Latin America. Established a strong
network of consultants and clients.
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, Washington
Oct 2003 to 2005
CGIAR – Director, Strategic Advisory Services for HR – Hosted by CIMMYT, Mexico
Provided Strategic advice to 5 International Organizations: CIMMYT-Mexico, CIAT –
Colombia, IFPRI-Rome, IWMI – Colombo and WorldFish – Penang and the CGIAR System
Office in Washington. Advised on development and implementation of effective HR
strategies and solutions based on short, medium, and long-term needs. Designed and
implemented a bespoke leadership development program with HAY.
Qatar Liquefied Gas Co Ltd, Doha Qatar
2001 - 2003
Planning & Program Coordinator
Qatargas is a Joint Venture of Qatar Petroleum with Exxon Mobil, Total fin Elf etc. Strategic
Planning, Management of Projects and policy reviews. Core team member for Corporate
Business Process Reengineering and performance Management to align the cost base to the
best in class.
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India
1996 – 2001
Director, Administration and Human Resources
Directed HR and Administration. Developed HR strategies and programs. Set up and
streamlined corporate policies and implemented human resource programs. Established
Performance management system, job grading, and reward strategies. Delivered a wide
range of training programs. Designed and implemented an extremely difficult downsizing
exercise to reduced work force by 40% to align with the strategic re-focusing of research and
funding patterns.

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Qatar General Petroleum Corporation, Doha, Qatar
1994 - 1996
Administration Expert
The Directorate of Administration provided Human Resource management, training, Medical
Services, General Services, Office Services, and Security services to the national Oil and Gas
industry in the State of Qatar. Advised the Director of Administration and his key managers
in the development of strategic plans, management of major culture change initiatives, and
re-engineering of business processes to improve productivity and quality of customer service.
Developed budgeting and performance management systems.
Standard Chartered Bank
1990 - 1994
Regional Head of Human Resources- Middle East & South Asia based in Dubai
Strategic planning and implementation of Human Resources management and development
in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain,
and Iran. This included budgeting, recruitment, staffing, reward management and training.
Handled difficult industrial relations and labor negotiations for downsizing in unionized South
Asian environments. Re-organized over 40% of Senior Management in 10 countries. Designed
and implemented aggressive incentive plans linked to performance. Facilitated the
establishment of a massive retail banking division.
Qatar General Petroleum Corporation 1985 – 1990
Overseas Training officer, Training & Development Specialist, Head of MIS, and
Organization Development Coordinators assuming progressively higher responsibilities.
Management Consultant - Free Lance 1982 - 1985
Handled assignments as a free-lance consultant the areas of Manpower Planning &
Recruitment, Compensation and Benefits, and Training and development, International
Franchise negotiations, Human Resources, and general business management.
Commercial Bank of Qatar, Doha, Qatar 1979 - 1982
Head of Personnel
Was managed by the Chase Manhattan Bank. Total responsibility for all Personnel, Training,
and Administration functions. Set up the HR function, including policies and procedures,
systems development, recruitment, training and development, career and succession
planning, budgets, and strategic planning. Customized the Chase standard operating
procedures for HR and General Services Department and implemented.
Bank of India, Various locations 1974 - 1979
Officer / Branch Manager
Handled all operational and financial aspects of a full-service commercial bank and
independently managed branches. Fully trained on all aspects of banking. Independently
managed full-service branches including all operational and financial aspects.

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Education
Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management. Gold Medalist.
Bachelor of Science (Special) Major: Zoology Subsidiaries: Chemistry and Botany.
Professional Training and licenses
Project Management (Kepner-Tregoe), Organization & Methods(Cranfield), Strategic
Marketing Management, Psychometrics and Assessment Center Techniques (Saville and
Holdsworth), Motive profiling - HAY, Facilitator - Leadership Development – HAY, Achieve
Global, Job evaluation systems : Hay and Master Standards , Trained internal auditor on SNV
PROSPER Quality Management system, which incorporates ISO, BS and other international
standards.
Membership
Mensa International
Business Publishing
Book on Competency Modeling: Competency Web - The Corporate DNA published by the
Universities Press.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2PAVKZGorBIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f
=false
Papers on: Governance, Strategic Staffing, OneStaff – Concept Note, Performance
management etc.
Languages
Native level proficiency in English, Malayalam and Hindi. Know Bengali, Oriya, and Tamil.
Basic Arabic and Spanish
Family
Wife and two children: Daughter Married and Son managing own business

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Hobbies:
Published 7 Novels and over 40 short stories.
Latest Novel – King Pawn based on Syrian Civil war published by Partridge.
http://www.amazon.com/King-Pawn-Raj-Nellooli/dp/148285029X
Set to music the lyrics written by my wife and three albums were published by CBS and
Magnasound. Reading, Cricket, and traveling.