Kamal Karanth A
Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB) is a leader in providing workforce solutions. Kelly provides employment to more than 550,000 employees annually. Kelly's global revenue in 2013 was 5.4 Billion USD.
Kamal leads Kelly in India and Malaysia and comes with a rich experience of 20 years, including 13 years in the staffing Industry that includes key international assignments too. His know how of Recruitment & Healthcare Industry in Sales & Profit Center Management across APAC brought him to Kelly.
Kamal joined Kelly India as Managing Director in 2009, he has recently taken the additional responsibly of leading the Malaysia business too. For last 4 years Kamal is responsible for Executing Kelly's strategy to grow the Professionals Business.
Prior to Kelly, Kamal looked after multiple sectors and roles in Randstad (Vedior) in the Professionals Business. He has been instrumental in setting up new Business Operations in Malaysia, China, Thailand, Hong Kong & Singapore driving the Staffing, Search, and RPO & HR Services Business across these Countries. He started as a consultant and grew on a fastrack for 9 plus year from Vedior days and moved on when Randstad acquired Vedior.
With a strong academic foundation in Bachelors of Microbiology, Kamal started his career in Pharmaceutical sales with Eli Lilly and then moved onto a Biotech Start up called XCyton, in sales again. After 7 years of such combined experience he found his calling in Staffing Industry in 2001.
Kamal is a founding Trustee of Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) which is the federation of Staffing companies in India. ISF has been formed to raise the profile of Staffing Companies in India and to bring in positive regulation to Indian Labour laws.
Kamal has a keen interest in mentoring people and developing talent. His finest achievements in Kelly India have been repositioning Kelly as a premium staffing Brand in the last 4 years. Besides work he shows keen interest in reading leadership related books, meeting people, watching movies and cricket and is quite disciplined about his health and fitness playing cricket. He is an avid blogger and writes about workplace dynamics weekly. His opinions are sought after by leading media regularly.
Kamal's areas of specialization include:
- New Business start ups
- Leading Change & Turnaround
- Forming Strategic Alliances
- Motivating & Developing Cross Cultural Teams
- RPO, Staffing & Executive Search Expertise
- Knowledge of Healthcare, Oil & Gas, IT Recruitment Markets across APAC
Kamal Karanth A
