Anantika K
People Advisor and Coach in London, She/her
About
I help individuals working in high risk and high intensity careers achieve their peak potential. As the Global HR Advisor for Risk and previously Head of People for Citi's EMEA trading floor in London, I've worked closely with several traders and risk managers managing billions of dollars daily, from varied backgrounds to manage their emotions and thrive. I help my clients shine in and outside of the workplace by helping them identify their authentic self rather than hide behind homogeneity.
Outside work, I work with CXO's looking to transition to CEO roles, founders of Series A+ companies looking to scale and other high risk takers such as surgeons and traders.
Work Experience
Global HR Advisor to the Risk Management at Citi, coaching & partnering with C-suite leaders on achieving their people goals
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People advisor to Citi EMEA Markets leadership
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Trusted advisor and coach to top performing traders and MD's in the business to help them achieve peak performance and organisation success
- Strategic thought partner and coach to the Markets senior leadership, trusted advisor on all people-related matters
- Manage a team of three HR Generalists to provide day-to-day HR support to ~1000 employees across EMEA
- Increased representation of senior women and other diverse talent by instituting a tiger team to drive systemic organizational inclusion in the business
- Improved voice of employee scores by partnering with managers on building capability for effective performance management, career development and designing organization structures to facilitate internal mobility & development
- Actively mitigated several employee related legal risks in partnership with legal stakeholders
- Ensured a strong talent pipeline and succession plans for key leadership roles by actively partnering with Talent Acquisition, external agencies and senior leaders
- Successfully set up European footprint for critical businesses impacted by Brexit by leading a high risk, high impact project solving for
business contingency in the event of a hard Brexit - Seamlessly led a change management process through the evolving political scenario, resulting in zero attrition through the transfer of
business by working closely with the London Consultation Forum (LCF), Western Europe country management, senior business leaders,
legal, compensation and impacted staff - Instituted governance and risk processes for Jersey as CHRO
- Integral part of Citi Workday implementation, led change management for HR Generalists and Advisors
Strategy and Advisory
• Partnered with the commercial banking business responsible for $XXX Mn portfolio with a team size of 300 employees through a digital transformation as lead HR Business Partner
Talent Development
• Redefined organizational structure to institute increased mobility and faster decision-making processes
• Increased representation of diverse talent by piloting a ‘Returner Women’ program in collaboration with recruitment specialists
Leadership
• Selected to work with the regional head office on launching a digital career development platform that resulted in a 50% increase in engagement
Management Associate - Citi's leadership development program