Eloise Rego
Dubai,UAE
Summary
Human Resources Professional with a diverse background across Financial Services, Ad-Tech / Digital Marketing, Fin-Tech, Architecture & Engineering, and Luxury Retail across UAE, India, and UK. Specializes in aligning People Strategy and Talent Acquisition with business growth, partnering with CXOs and global leadership to drive organizational effectiveness. Proven track record overseeing global organizational restructuring and rapid growth, while maintaining a deep understanding of evolving UAE Labor Law and MOHRE regulations to ensure consistent regional compliance.
AVAILABLE TO JOIN IMMEDIATELY.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior People Business Partner
AllianceBernstein
2024.10 - 2025.11
- Served as dedicated HRBP for 500+ employees, aligning regional talent strategy with global business objectives.
- Partnered with leadership on strategic workforce planning, leadership enablement, and organizational design, supporting performance cycles and talent review discussions.
- Managed end-to-end employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, payroll governance, and staffing compliance.
- Optimized annual insurance and benefits using claims data and analytics, and conducted compensation audits to ensure market alignment and pay parity.
- Established new HR policies and SOPs for Background Verification (BGV) and updated handbooks to meet current labor standards.
- Implemented HR analytics dashboards for leadership review and monthly reporting.
- Led employee relations, grievance handling, conflict resolution, and retention planning, collaborating with legal teams on restructuring, PIP management, and risk mitigation.
- Negotiated a major contract, achieving 40% cost reduction.
Senior Manager – Human Resources
Media.net
2017.03 - 2024.09
- Managed HRBP functions for global workforce of 380+ employees, aligning talent strategy with business objectives and scaling HR operations to support growth.
- Partnered with leadership to translate high-level business goals into scalable organizational design, workforce planning, and strategic growth initiatives.
- Led performance management cycles, coaching managers, goal setting, and embedding a continuous feedback culture across multiple geographies.
- Orchestrated internalization of global talent functions for niche roles, reducing reliance on external agencies and improving efficiency.
- Managed global talent acquisition and capability development, including hiring strategies for high-growth teams.
- Developed market-aligned compensation benchmarks to support competitive talent attraction and retention.
- Oversaw HR operations, including onboarding/offboarding, payroll governance, insurance, and vendor management, ensuring full legal and MOHRE compliance.
- Conducted diversity initiatives to maintain balanced gender and nationality representation, fostering an inclusive organizational culture.
- Facilitated sensitive offboarding for 50+ employees during change initiatives, ensuring compliance and minimal disruption.
Senior Recruiter
Mint International
2014.08 - 2017.02
- Managed full talent lifecycle for mid-to-senior leadership roles as a dedicated consultant.
- Designed and implemented competency-based assessments, and led offer negotiations to ensure high candidate acceptance rates.
- Developed sustainable early-talent pipelines through university partnerships and targeted headhunting initiatives.
Independent Representative (Entrepreneurship)
QI Group of Companies
2009.10 - 2014.08
Senior Human Resources Officer
Robert Mathews Johnson Marshall
2008.04 - 2009.10
HR Coordinator
Al Tayer Group
2005.05 - 2008.04
Resource Associate
Planman Consulting
2004.04 - 2005.03
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
St. Andrew’s College
Mumbai, IndiaSkills
- Strategic HR Planning
- HR Business Partnering
- Organizational Design & Change Management
- Workforce Planning
- Strategic recruitment practices
- Talent Acquisition (Global and Regional)
- Talent Management
- Compensation planning and benchmarking
- Performance management & PIP's
- Succession Planning
- Employee Relations & Conflict Resolution
- Redundancy processes
- Workplace culture enhancement
- HR Operations & Policies
- Payroll Governance
- Vendor Management
- Stakeholder Management
- UAE Labor Law & MOHRE Compliance
- Diversity & Inclusion
- HR Analytics & Dashboards
- Human resources information systems
- Middle East HR Practices
Certification
- Leveraging Agentic AI in HR
- Agile & Design Thinking for HR Teams
HR TOOLS & SYSTEMS
- Workday
- JIRA
- Crunchr
- ServiceNow
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Deel (global payroll)
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Spanish
Beginner
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Led the legal and operational closure of a UK entity, managing redundancies and staff transitions with zero business disruption.
- Reduced agency hiring costs by 80% by building a scalable in-house talent engine for niche engineering roles.
- Cleared a 3-year regulatory audit backlog within 8 months for a major financial institution.
- Closed legacy background verification gaps and implemented SOPs to mitigate compliance risk and operational delays.
- Resolved complex employee relations cases within an average of 45 days, partnering closely with Legal.
Timeline
Senior People Business Partner
AllianceBernstein
2024.10 - 2025.11
Senior Manager – Human Resources
Media.net
2017.03 - 2024.09
Senior Recruiter
Mint International
2014.08 - 2017.02
Independent Representative (Entrepreneurship)
QI Group of Companies
2009.10 - 2014.08
Senior Human Resources Officer
Robert Mathews Johnson Marshall
2008.04 - 2009.10
HR Coordinator
Al Tayer Group
2005.05 - 2008.04
Resource Associate
Planman Consulting
2004.04 - 2005.03
Bachelor of Commerce -
St. Andrew’s College