--- title: "Smitha Krishnamurthy - VP Head of APAC - HR Business Partners & Talent Acquisition in Bengaluru | Tal" description: "Meet Smitha Krishnamurthy, Vice President at Nasdaq - Strategic HR leader, APAC based in Bengaluru." image: "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1/share-image" --- # Smitha Krishnamurthy on Tal ## Headline Vice President at Nasdaq \- Strategic HR leader, APAC ## About Smitha Krishnamurthy is a Human Resource Management Professional with over 25 years of experience and proven expertise in various facets of Human Resource Management\. She has an excellent track record in the area of Training & Development for Retail and Commercial Projects of Banking and Telecom industry, into which she has been now for over a decade\. Smitha is also a Six Sigma Green Belt Trained Management Professional and a MBTI Certified Trainer\. Currently, Smitha is an VP at Nasdaq managing the HRBP and Recruitment function across the Asia Pacific Region\. Post her introduction to the field of Human Resource Management, Smitha got passionately involved with the intricacies, challenges and opportunities of the HR field\. Within a couple of years, after her initial stint, she adopted a fulltime career into the field of HRM\. Over the years, she has acquired developed and sharpened skills in the areas of HR Policies, Employee Engagement, Team Management, Talent Acquisition, Project Management, Change Management, HR Consulting, Reward & Recognition, Performance Management and HR Business Partnering in telecommunications and Banking sector, before joining the current organization\. Smitha is open for brain\-storming discussions\. She can be reached on smitha\.krishnamurthy@gmail\.com ## Location Bengaluru ## Work experience VP Head of APAC \- HR Business Partners & Talent Acquisition at Nasdaq, Oct 2016 \- Present · 9 yrs 9 mos, Bangalore Senior Manager \- Human Resources, Hiring, Learning & Development, Events, Social Media at Envestnet \| Yodlee India, May 2014 \- Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Some of the areas I was actively involved are, \~ Workforce Planning \~ End to end recruitment \~ Sourcing effectiveness \~ Interview experience reviews \~ Campus / University engagement and hiring \~ University Hire/ Internship On boarding \~ On boarding and inductions \~ Budget forecasting and Effective Utilisation of spends, \~ Training Need analysis, \~ Training mandays coverage, \~ Quality enhancement of existing programs, \~ Vacant seat costs, \~ Behavioural, Technical, Functional and Leadership programs, \~ Creative marketing strategies to build and position learning plans to internal talent, \~ Training budget forecast, plan and execution, \~ Leadership coach sessions, \~ MDP programs, \~ Higher education program, \~ Advanced managers and First Time managers program, \~ Training practice bench marking, \~ Review of training policies, \~ LMS and certification policy, \~ Evaluating external training partners, \~ Incentive for internal trainers, \~ Social Media strategy for brand building and \~ Employee engagement events/sports activities for a vibrant organization culture\. AVP Learning & Development HR at Royal Bank of Scotland Business, Sep 2006 \- Apr 2014 · 7 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Concurrent Roles: Head L&D and Projects for the Retail & Commercial Bank, India HR Project Consultant for RBS Technology Services India Strategic Deliverables: Under the aegis of this role, I have managed a wide range of Operations ranging like T& D Initiatives, Supplier Liaison & Negotiation, Training Methodologies, Change Management, Cost Control and Client Relationship Management\. Analyse, orchestrate and roll\-out a lot of tailored holistic and comprehensive training and learning solutions in accordance to the vivid business and individual needs of regions\. To identify and groom the leaders in Senior Executive, have planned and initiated Leadership Development sessions and modules\. Guide the team and coordinate with the external vendors to prepare coaching modules, training sessions, and workshops and deliver the training calendar as per the laid SLAs\. With a number of activities planned and rolled\-out, have ensured their aligning with the Business Goals and the chalked out budget for each activity\. Evaluate the utility of each program rolled out based on the feedback of participating employees and their performance metrics and incorporate changes into programs whenever needed\. Selected Accomplishments: • Continue to embed, promote and develop the performance management system and support in career development plans by working in conjunction with the wider HR team and business leaders • Designed, developed and delivered the induction program along with Buddy systems, leadership interventions and lunch & learn sessions ensuring a fresh and innovative approach • Initiated various e\-learning platforms across India\. Connect with HBR online and Skillport online since 2008 • Ran Employee Engagement workshops across the organization, Josh to Win programs, Passion Beyond sessions, CRISIL, HBS, ISB, ISAC & Miller Hieman sessions and internal MBTI change intervention sessions since 2011 Project Consultant for R&C Bank India at ABN AMRO Bank N\.V\., Sep 2006 \- Apr 2014 · 7 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Strategic Deliverables: When ABN AMRO was acquired and renamed by RBS, was a part of the Communication Task Force\. Meticulously worked along with the team and played a key role in conducting change sessions for over 400 employees and in supporting HR & Business Changes affected due to the acquisition by working along the guidelines prescribed by LMS, a Global Retransformation Program\. The roles and contribution in Managing HR Business Partnership with South Region, Analysis of Attrition & Generating Reports, Annual Compensation Process, Recruitment, Employee Communications, Vendor Management, Branding and Logistics Coordination were highly recognized by the organization, which resulted in multitude of promotions within a very short period\. Selected Accomplishments:  Successfully rolled out EVP as ABN AMRO became RBS and incorporated it across all RBS entities in India 2008  Launched the online HR portal and online HR helpdesk in 2008  Initiated Project Comms and was SPOC for RBS \- Go Forward and GO Live Projects \(Entity movements\) in 2011  Launched 14 activities as part of the CARE program for employees transitioning out of the organization during the wind down process – 2012\-2013 \(Connect Attain skills, get Recognized and be Engaged through the transition phase\)  Crafted and launched the pulse survey during the transitioning out phase in 2012  Pioneered various programs as HR for HR since 2008 – Name to Face, HR online Quiz, HR R&R, Lunch & Learn sessions\.  Commissioned Project Link which aimed at connecting key internal HR processes and implementing best practices, which is ongoing since 2009 Senior Executive \- Training, Quality and Service Assurance at Tata Teleservices, Apr 2004 \- Sep 2006 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India [View the original profile](https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1#person", "name": "Smitha Krishnamurthy", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1", "description": "Meet Smitha Krishnamurthy, Vice President at Nasdaq - Strategic HR leader, APAC based in Bengaluru.", "jobTitle": "VP Head of APAC - HR Business Partners & Talent Acquisition", "worksFor": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Nasdaq" }, "hasOccupation": { "@type": "Occupation", "name": "VP Head of APAC - HR Business Partners & Talent Acquisition" }, "homeLocation": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Bengaluru" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1#webpage" } }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1#webpage", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1", "name": "Smitha Krishnamurthy on Tal", "description": "Meet Smitha Krishnamurthy, Vice President at Nasdaq - Strategic HR leader, APAC based in Bengaluru.", "dateModified": "2026-06-27T10:16:51.580Z", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://tal.club/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/smitha-1#person" }, "inLanguage": "en-IN" } ] } ```