Pooja Rao

Pooja Rao is an accomplished Talent Acquisition Director at Abbott, with a career spanning over a decade in talent acquisition and recruitment. Since March 2012, Pooja has held various leadership roles at Abbott, including APAC Head of Talent Acquisition Strategic Initiatives and Associate Director of Talent Acquisition. Prior to Abbott, Pooja served as a Principal Consultant at an Executive Search Firm from September 2004 to February 2012, leading leadership hiring across multiple industries such as Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Consumer Goods, BFSI, KPO, and Luxury Retail. Pooja holds a Post Graduate degree in Human Resources from Welingkar Institute of Management and a Master’s in Commerce with a focus on Business Management from Mumbai University.