Gulnaz Salmani

Executive Search Consultant with 3+ years of experience delivering retained leadership searches across Consulting, BFSI, Healthcare, Technology, Industrial and Financial Services. Experienced in CXO hiring, market mapping, executive assessment, talent intelligence, stakeholder management and AI-enabled research. Adept at partnering with clients to solve complex leadership hiring challenges through data-driven insights and consultative search execution.

Associate Consultant – Executive Search & Talent Intelligence - Sapphire Human Capital - Mumbai

(2022-04)

Lead retained executive search assignments from search strategy and market mapping through shortlist presentation and stakeholder management.

• Deliver leadership hiring across Consulting, BFSI, Healthcare, Technology and Industrial sectors for Director, VP and C-suite mandates.
• Develop executive talent maps, succession pipelines, competitor intelligence and detailed candidate assessments.
• Leverage AI-powered research tools to improve sourcing efficiency, longlist quality and search turnaround.
• Partner closely with clients on role calibration, search updates and hiring strategy.
• Support business development through market research, proposal preparation and pitch materials.
• Maintain ATS governance, recruitment analytics, billing coordination and engagement reporting.
• Built leadership pipelines for CEO, CFO, CHRO, CTO, COO and CMO mandates.
• Supported global executive searches aligned to US business hours.
• Recognized internally for research quality, responsiveness and client delivery.

Procurement Associate - Sharekhan

(2021-09 - 2022-03)

• Managed vendor relationships, commercial negotiations and contract compliance.
• Strengthened analytical and commercial skills now applied to executive search.

MBA - Atharva Institute of Management Studies (2020)

B.Sc - Biotechnology - Ismail Yusuf College (2018)