Global Human Capital Partners

Human capital, engineered for a borderless world.

Latinum HR connects exceptional people with ambitious organisations across continents — blending deep cultural intelligence with world-class talent strategy.

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The teams we hire for

Amazon Infosys Tata Consultancy Services Tech Mahindra Vodafone ADP Mphasis Zensar WNS Synechron Saama Bitwise JLT Samco

Our conviction

Talent has no borders — and neither should opportunity. We connect the ambition of the world's fastest-growing markets with the people bold enough to build them.

Who we are

We build the teams that build tomorrow's companies.

Latinum HR consultants collaborating across a shared workspace

Born in India. Raised in Dubai. At home everywhere.

Latinum HR was founded on a simple conviction: that talent has no borders, and neither should opportunity. From our hubs in Pune and Dubai, we partner with organisations across four continents to find, develop and retain the people who define their future.

Every engagement is led by consultants who understand the markets they serve — fluent in the languages, labour laws and cultural rhythms of the regions where our clients grow.

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Leadership

The people behind the practice.

Nakul Ilawe, Founder & Managing Director of Latinum HR

Nakul Ilawe

Founder & Managing Director

Founded Latinum HR in 2014 to solve the shortage of niche talent in high-growth sectors, growing it into a trusted executive-search partner for 60+ MNCs, enterprises and startups across India and the Middle East. An active AI strategist and venture builder, Nakul leads executive search and specialised pipelines in Cybersecurity, Gaming and Emerging Tech.

Diksha Sharma, Head of Talent Acquisition & HR Consulting at Latinum HR

Diksha Sharma

Head of Talent Acquisition & HR Consulting

With 15+ years in talent acquisition, Diksha leads strategic hiring and people-advisory mandates across the UAE, GCC, India and international markets, placing mid-senior, executive and niche talent, and advising enterprises on workforce planning, organisational design and employer branding.

Our people

Global teams, built from every background.

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Technology & young talent
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Collaborative by default
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Global, united teams

What we do

Six disciplines.
One standard: exceptional.

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Executive Search & Leadership Hiring

Board, C-suite and senior leadership hiring — discreet, research-led headhunting across India, the GCC and beyond.

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02

RPO & Startup Hiring/Scaling

Embedded talent teams that run all or part of your hiring — for funded startups scaling fast and established teams alike, on a fixed retainer.

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03

Staffing Solutions

Contract, temporary, contract-to-hire and project staffing, plus Train & Hire — flexible workforce capacity, exactly when you need it.

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04

HR Advisory & Consulting

Organisation design, compensation benchmarking, people strategy, and payroll & compliance — HR as a growth lever.

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Learning & Development

Leadership academies, cross-cultural training and capability programmes that compound your people's value.

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Career Coaching & Consulting

For job seekers: paid, recruiter-led coaching — CV, LinkedIn, UAE job-market strategy and interview prep to help you get hired faster.

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Industry expertise

Specialists in the sectors driving growth.

Over a decade of placements across high-skill, high-demand domains — from cybersecurity leadership to life-sciences research — backed by a talent network of 100,000+ professionals across India and the UAE.

Cybersecurity

  • CISO & security leadership
  • GRC & compliance
  • SOC analysts
  • Penetration testers
  • Cloud security

IT & ITES

  • Full-stack engineering
  • AI / ML
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Blockchain

Banking & Finance

  • Analysts
  • Investment banking
  • Loan officers
  • Risk & compliance

Manufacturing & Energy

  • Engineering
  • Procurement
  • Project management

Oil & Gas

  • Upstream & downstream engineers
  • Analysts
  • Project management

Life Sciences

  • Medical directors
  • Medical writers
  • SAS programmers
  • Scientists

Global reach

Two hubs.
One connected world.

From the talent corridors of Pune to the crossroads of Dubai, our network spans the markets where tomorrow's growth is being written — South Asia, the Gulf, Africa, Europe and beyond.

  • Pune, IndiaTalent engine for South Asia's deepest professional market
  • Dubai, UAEGateway hub serving the GCC, Africa and Europe

We recruit across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Cultural intelligence

Diversity isn't our policy. It's our product.

Great global teams are built by people who understand more than one way of working. Our consultants are multilingual and globally mobile, and we place talent across every major time zone.

That fluency is what lets us match not just skills to roles — but people to cultures, and ambition to opportunity.

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The Latinum way

Growth, by design.

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Listen

We immerse ourselves in your strategy, culture and markets before we ever open a search.

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Map

Research-led talent mapping across regions — who's exceptional, who's movable, who fits.

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Match

Structured assessment plus cultural-fit calibration, so every shortlist is a decision, not a gamble.

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Move

Offers, visas, relocation and onboarding handled end-to-end across borders.

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Multiply

We stay engaged after day one — coaching, development and retention that compound the hire.

In their words

Partners who grew with us.

Latinum rebuilt our regional leadership bench in under a year. Their grasp of both Indian and Gulf markets is something we never found in a single firm before.
Chief People OfficerPan-GCC retail group
From a 4-person founding team to 180 employees in three countries — Latinum ran our entire hiring engine while we focused on product.
Co-founder & CEOFintech scale-up, Pune & Dubai
They don't send CVs, they send answers. Every shortlist came with market context we ended up using in our board papers.
Group HR DirectorDiversified conglomerate, UAE

Where to find us

Rooted in two of the world's fastest-moving markets.

Start the conversation

Your next chapter of growth starts with one hire.

Tell us where you're going. We'll find the people who'll take you there — usually within one business day.