Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar is an accomplished Talent Acquisition professional with extensive experience in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors. Currently serving as Talent Acquisition Manager at Cytel since December 2017, Rakesh has progressed through roles including Talent Acquisition Lead and Talent Acquisition Specialist. Prior experience includes serving as a Leadership & Strategic Sourcing Consultant at Novartis, responsible for strategic leadership sourcing and internal recruitment consultancy for multiple divisions. Earlier, Rakesh was a Recruitment Executive at Makro Scientific, which focused on life science recruitment, and began a career as a Business Development Executive at QPS Bioserve Pvt Ltd. Rakesh holds an MBA in Human Resources from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Kakatiya University.