Anika Sonali

Owns end-to-end recruitment for a multi-entity trading and investment group across the UAE, GCC, MENA, and international markets. Builds strategic talent pipelines and manages recruitment reporting, reducing agency-driven cost-per-hire by 50%.

Leading group-wide talent acquisition and workforce strategy across a diversified conglomerate UAE / APAC -based portfolio, supporting:

Vintage Commodities DMCC – Precious Metals & Global-markets trading operations, India / Dubai HQ / Hong Kong
Vintage Global Developers – Real Estate, Commercial Development & Investment Projects (High-rise towers & Commercial spaces)
Luxe Getaways Holiday Homes

Worked as Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/Head of Recruitment - Real Estate & Investments at THE CAPITAL DUBAI.

Led and mentored a team of 5-6 recruiters, driving hiring outcomes and earning promotion to Talent Acquisition Lead. Owned full-cycle recruitment for 15-20 hires across multiple markets and built ATS and candidate pipelines.

Worked as Talent Acquisition Specialist at THE CAPITAL DUBAI.

Worked as Recruitment & Human Resources Advisor - iGaming / FinTech Business at Xpoint.

Led end-to-end technical recruitment across the UAE and Europe, scaling global technology teams from 15 to 70+ employees. Built competency frameworks and coordinated international hiring and contractor onboarding via Remote.com.

Led full-cycle technical recruitment and mentored junior team members within a FinTech environment, sourcing across APAC and US markets.

Worked as Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/Team Lead - Technology & Services / Outsourcing (US) at iLabs.

Worked as Human Resources & Talent Acquisition Specialist - Software Development (AU Based) at Elegant Media Australia.

Managed talent acquisition and HR generalist functions supporting a global app-development/technology business, including developer and engineering hires, in a fully remote capacity.

Delivered HR operations, recruitment, and employee-relations support across a technology partner organization.

Worked as Human Resources Generalist - ERP Services and IT Consulting at Pristine Solutions (Pvt) Ltd.

Served as HR Executive in an earlier career role.

Coordinating of Training and Development Programs for all Production line workers.
Engaged in the Recruitment and Selection Process, attending to Job/Career fairs conducted by Local Universities.
Conducted employee on boarding & Induction programs/site visits.
Maintaining of Human Resources Information Systems & leave management.

Worked as Events Coordinator at Human Resources Management Institute.

Served as Administrative Coordinator in an earlier career role.

Issued Apr 2026 · Expires Apr 2027

Issued Jan 2025

Issued Dec 2022

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Human Resources Management & Services from the University of Northampton, UK, completed in March 2022.

Issued Sep 2021

Issued Nov 2021

Issued Sep 2021

BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business Management from Pearson College London, completed between 2015 and 2018.

Certificate in Human Resource Management
Advance Certificate in Human Resource Management

Certification in Human Resources Management from the Human Resources Management Institute, Sri Lanka, completed between 2014 and 2015.

Was a member in school western band, athletic team, netball and football team.
Was an active member in the Christian association
Was a prefect in the prefect guild - 2014