Iktimal Daneshvar

Managing Director, RPO

Korn Ferry

United Arab Emirates

With over 25 years of experience, Iktimal Daneshvar is one of the region's most seasoned voices on how organisations hire, and how they can hire better. As Managing Director, RPO at Korn Ferry across EMEA, Iktimal helps global multinationals and regional conglomerates solve their toughest workforce challenges: scaling hiring quickly, raising the quality of talent, strengthening employer brands and delivering on nationalisation agendas. Based in Dubai since 2007, Iktimal brings a deep understanding of the region's talent landscape, shaped by a career that began in public policy and governance in Australia. Iktimal believes great recruitment is about far more than filling roles. It is about building a talent engine that lets organisations move faster, compete harder and grow the capability they need for the future