Iktimal Daneshvar brings more than 21 years of experience working with many of the world’s leading companies to re-engineer and reimagine their Talent Acquisition strategy, systems and processes.

Iktimal started her career in Australian State Government Departments working in Public Policy and Corporate Governance. Since moving to Dubai in January 2007, Iktimal has focused on Talent Acquisition and Human Capital, working with leading family conglomerates as well as multinational organizations to transform their talent agenda.

For over 11 years, Iktimal led IBM’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) offering across the MEA region. With a particular focus on UAE, KSA, Qatar and Oman, Iktimal and her team have helped organizations develop their employee value proposition, implement new ATS and CRM systems, roll out graduate/intern/technician hiring programs and automated recruitment processes. Her teams consistently improved candidate experience and quality of hire, significantly reduced time to fill and hiring costs as well as helping clients in KSA and UAE meet their nationalization agendas.

Due to her overwhelming success in operational delivery and client satisfaction, Iktimal was promoted to lead IBMs Talent Transformation Service Line for MEA which included RPO as well as HR System Implementation (Oracle HCM and SuccessFactors), Talent Development, HR Consulting, HR Outsourcing and Change Management.

Iktimal is currently leading Korn Ferry’s RPO and Projects division for the Middle East & Africa where her team of over 50 consultants are helping drive talent acquisition excellence across a range of multinational and regional organizations. To date, Iktimal has helped organizations train and develop their National talent acquisition and hiring manager teams, has driven the creation of robust TA processes, transformed EVP messaging into sourcing strategies and has become a trusted business partner to her clients.