Manu Widge

About

Senior Talent Acquisition leader with 19+ years of progressive HR and recruitment experience, including direct regional leadership across Southeast Asia, APAC, EMEA and global markets. Extensive experience leading Talent Acquisition across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, developing multi-country hiring strategies, leading geographically distributed teams and partnering with senior business leaders across complex, multicultural environments. Currently Head of Talent Acquisition at Times Group, with previous Global, APAC/EMEA and Southeast Asia TA leadership experience at Huntsman. Expertise spans TA strategy and transformation, workforce planning, recruitment operations, leadership hiring, talent pipelines, employer branding, early careers, recruitment analytics and AI-enabled Talent Acquisition, with experience leveraging Workday and Eightfold AI to improve hiring effectiveness and operational performance.

Experience

• Head of Talent Acquisition
  Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (Times Group)
  May 2026 – Present
• Global Head of Talent Acquisition
  Huntsman Corporation
  Jan 2026 – May 2026
• Head of Talent Acquisition – APAC and EMEA
  Huntsman Corporation
  Aug 2024 – Dec 2025
• Head of Talent Acquisition – APACI and Global Employer Branding Lead
  Huntsman Corporation
  Feb 2023 – Aug 2024
• Head of Talent Acquisition – South Asia and Southeast Asia
  Huntsman Corporation
  Jan 2022 – Feb 2023
• Head of Talent Acquisition – India Subcontinent, Middle East and Turkey
  Huntsman Corporation
  Jul 2018 – Dec 2021
• Lead Talent Acquisition – Global COE
  Huntsman Corporation
  Jun 2014 – Jun 2018
• Manager – Human Resources
  Lupin
  Sep 2012 – Jun 2014
• Deputy Manager – Human Resources
  Axis Asset Management
  Apr 2010 – Sep 2012
• Assistant Manager – Human Resources
  Essar
  Nov 2009 – Mar 2010
• Senior Executive – Human Resources
  Future Group
  Oct 2007 – Nov 2009

Education

• MBA
  Amity Business School
  Human Resources & Marketing · 2005 – 2007

Skills

• Recruitment
• SAP
• ATS
• Employer Branding
• Workforce Planning
• Recruitment Analytics

Courses & certifications

• Korn Ferry Leadership Assessment
• SHL
• Employer Branding
• AI HR Agents