From wanting to be a Bollywood actor, to then a politician to studying microbiology Kamal finally found his calling in helping people find theirs! He started his career in sales, and took to it with such ease that ‘influencing’ went on to become his predominant skill for life. After his first 7 years in sales he had the unique experience of working for both, a Fortune 500 MNC, Eli Lilly and VC-funded Biotech start-up, XCyton.

Kamal’s evolution as a leader was complete by the time he had put in a total of 16 years at Ma Foi Randstad and Kelly Services. At Ma Foi he spent the majority of his tenure managing the APAC Operations where he launched recruitment operations across China, Hong Kong, Singapore Malaysia & Thailand. Here he learnt running large cross-border RPOs in the APAC region. This also allowed him to absorb multi-country workplace nuances and observe how the right person in the right job, can have a monumental effect on a company.

His stint as Managing Director of Kelly Services proved to be a turnaround and start-up opportunity woven into one. Here, Kamal recruited a competent team and turned Kelly Services into a high-margin, profitable unit and built KellyOCG’s MSP & RPO ventures in India. During this time, he also took additional responsibility to lead Kelly Malaysia as their MD. He co-founded the Indian Staffing Federation, an emerging voice on employment in India.

Kamal is a passionate blogger on workplace dynamics and a media commentator on HR practices. A regular multiplex visitor, he enjoys movies in 5 languages, and believes fitness solves pretty much everything!

Anil had two major stints which influenced his staffing industry career. The first one at Ma Foi was a unique journey from Search Consultant to Vice President over a period of 10+ years. Anil contributed to a 13-crore venture blossoming into a 1000-crore staffing company, a journey that he thoroughly enjoyed. He worked across the Northern and Southern regions of India, setting up multiple recruitment offices in tier-2 cities. He ran the largest and most profitable IT vertical during this time. The second significant stint was as MD of Recruit Group’s India subsidiary, RGF Select. This phase gave him the exposure of launching a large MNC Specialist Recruitment entrant in India.

As the first employee of RGF, he strategised and executed the creation of a new brand, RGF Select in a competitive landscape. He hired a high-calibre team and together they delivered significant growth and profitability. After a six-year stint at the helm, Anil created an able succession and decided it was time for his entrepreneurship journey to begin, and co-founded Xpheno.

Anil grew up playing cricket for his school club and also captained his college in Bangalore. He loves to spend his ‘Uber’ time reading books on Kindle. He keenly follows, and has strong opinions on the economy, corporate world and Indian politics. He practices yoga to stay fit and be in good humor.