Isabelle Fernandes

Isabelle Fernandes is the current HR Manager at Habib Canadian Bank. Prior to this, they were the HR Relationship Manager at Habib Bank AG Zurich from July 2015 to December 2018. In this role, they provided HR support to HBZ Group, acting as a channel for two-way communication and influence between the HR function in the 8 countries and providing a point of access to Group HR administrative and facilitative services.

Some of their key responsibilities included managing the Group HR performance appraisal across the Group, preparing relevant reports and documents, managing the inter-country transfer/hiring of employees, managing the Learning Management System (LMS), and working with the Head of Training & Online Learning Portal vendors to contribute towards group staff learning and development program.

Isabelle has a proven track record in their field, and has successfully managed recruitment & on boarding, prepared compensation packages, offer letters and induction program, maintained staff records, org charts, headcount, recruitment & turnover statistics, and identified and worked to clear bottlenecks and blockages in each respective Country HR administration process.

In their current role as HR Manager at Habib Canadian Bank, Isabelle is responsible for providing guidance to staff on a range of HR policies and procedures, preparing various memos, proposals, presentations, letters etc.

Isabelle Fernandes has a Canadian equivalency for an MBA and an Associate Degree. Isabelle has a major in Human Resources and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Some direct reports include Jasmin Cheema - HR Intern, Siham Daoud - Admin Assistant (Temp). Isabelle Fernandes reports to Muslim Hassan, President & Chief Executive Officer. They work with Hasan Ahmed Naqvi - Chief Financial Officer, Ali-Jaffer Ansari - Manager- Business Innovation & Internal Control, and Artur Garipov - Chief Risk Officer.