About

Nishan Thankappan is a seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader with over 22 years of experience in the recruitment and selection, sales and marketing, consulting, and customer engagement domains. He is currently serving as the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition for APJ at OpenText, a leading market player in enterprise information management software and solutions. Nishan is an expert in leading high-performing teams to success and has a deep understanding of strategic partnering with key business leaders on organizational planning, developing GTM strategy for talent in alignment with demand, driving execution, monitoring metrics, and recruitment analytics. He has personally worked on multiple executive-level searches across a range of business units, including product and technology, cloud, sales, IT, support and services, and HR. As an unconventional thinker, Nishan believes in breaking the rule book, driving key initiatives, driving internal process re-engineering, and is a strong believer in the quote “You are as good as your team.” He has expertise in recruitment, leading teams, strategic planning, consulting, and customer engagement. Prior to OpenText, Nishan served as the Director of Talent Acquisition for APAC at Kronos, where he led the recruitment efforts for high-performing teams across product and technology, cloud and support, services and sales, and corporate functions spread across APAC. He was also associated with Adobe as the Global Talent Selection, India Head for World Wide Field Operations, IT, and Corporate Functions, where he led the recruitment efforts for India. Nishan holds a B.Com in Cost Accounting from Goa University and has a rich educational history. He is proficient in infra and has relevant experience of 22.04 years. Nishan is a highly motivated and seasoned professional who is passionate about leading teams to success and driving key initiatives.