Compass Inc, a residential real estate brokerage based out of the United States, announced the appointment of Rajalakshmi Sivanand as Head, People & Culture. Manik Banga joins as Head of Talent Acquisition at Compass India Development Center (IDC). 

Compass IDC on-boarded the industry veterans to head its people strategy including talent acquisition, engagement and ensuring organisational development across the IDCs located in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Gurugram.

Vikram Kumar, Sr. Director of Business Operations, Compass IDC said, “As Compass continues to expand its R&D presence across India, it is imperative to have the right leadership on board. We are focused on enabling and empowering a work culture across our IDCs with a focus on employee growth and development. Rajalakshmi and Manik’s experience in developing and building high-performance organizations across geographies will help us expand our India team strategically and sustainably.”

With more than two decades of mainstream experience in championing the HR function for IT Product Development organizations such as Model N, Pegasystems and SumTotal systems Rajalakshmi will be key to conceptualizing and driving HR initiatives to realize bottom-line results and enhance the overall employee engagement while pursuing organizational objectives. 

Manik brings over 14 years of industry experience across leading conglomerates such as Accenture, Barclays and General Electric. He is a post-grad from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Manik is driven to execute carefully curated recruitment strategies aimed at targeting the best technology talent in India for Compass IDC.