
Rishi Verma
HR Director | Head of HR | Organization Development & HR Transformation | Chartered MCIPD | EY MENA Alumni | ADQ & EDGE Group
The move
MoveEY → Emirates Advanced Research & Technology Holding (EDGE Group)
TitleAssistant HR Director- MENA Advisory Services → Acting HR Director and Head of Human Resources
LocationAbu Dhabi → United Arab Emirates
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveYes · Abu Dhabi → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE17.6
Total experience19.9 years
Career arc
- Strategic HR Transformation Advisor | Tadweer Group (ADQ Portfolio Company)Nov 2023 — Jan 2026
Tadweer Group· United Arab Emirates· Contract
- Acting HR Director and Head of Human ResourcesMay 2022 — Sep 2023EEmirates Advanced Research & Technology Holding (EDGE Group)· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Manager, Organization Development & HR StrategyJul 2019 — Apr 2022EEmirates Advanced Research & Technology Holding (EDGE Group)· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Lead- Organization Development & Manpower PlanningMay 2015 — Jun 2019EEmirates Advanced Research & Technology Holding (EDGE Group)· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Assistant HR Director- MENA Advisory ServicesFeb 2015 — Apr 2015
EY· Abu Dhabi
- Manager- Advisory ServicesSep 2014 — Jan 2015
EY· United Arab Emirates
- Assistant Manager- Advisory ServicesOct 2011 — Sep 2014
Ernst & Young· United Arab Emirates
- Senior Consultant- Advisory ServicesOct 2009 — Sep 2011
Ernst & Young· United Arab Emirates
- Consultant- Advisory ServicesOct 2007 — Sep 2009
Ernst & Young· Abu Dhabi (UAE)
- Regional HR ExecutiveMay 2005 — Sep 2007MMahindra & Mahindra Financial Services· Mumbai Area, India
Education
- Bundelkhand UniversityM.COM · Accounting and Business/Management2004 — 2006
- Bundelkhand Degree College, Jhansi (UP)B.COM · Accounting and Business/Management2000 — 2003
- Graduate School Of Business & Administration, Greater Noida (UP)MBA · Human Resource & Marketing2003 — 2005
Languages
- English