Waqas Waseem PHRi, Team Lead HR, Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Limted
He attains the credential “Competent Practitioner/Consultant/Auditor ISO 30414: Guidelines for Internal and External Human Capital Reporting Standard
Waqas Waseem brings with himself over 14 years of multi-faceted experience in Human Resources in FMCG and Financial sector of Pakistan. During his career, he has worked in key HR disciplines such as talent management, people operations & development, strategic planning, culture & values, automation & digitalization, performance management, employee relations, compliance, to name a few. Having graduated with a specialization in HRM, and a degree in law, he had the opportunity to have worked with one of the top companies in Pakistan from the FMCG and Financial/Insurance sector. Waqas is a staunch believer of excellence through continuous development, self-assessment and coaching, and has undergone various professional training along with international certifications to keep up with global workplace trends. A futuristic HR leader with focus on measurement, planning, and service delivery, Waqas’ passion is making work and workplace meaningful, and making people at their natural best through cultural dynamics, investment in people, and technology use.
ISO 30414 certification was an amazing learning experience for Waqas that provided him greater insight to the HR profession. It reshaped his thinking with a wider perspective of HR’s approach to organizational needs with a global perspective in mind. After the certification, he is not only able to better assess organizational dynamics, and leadership, people & workplace issues as well as analyzing organizational performance with that of competition/industry, but also feels himself confident to provide data-backed solid strategic interventions, and report the same to stakeholders in a standardized and transparent way. This ushers a culture of predictive analytics, transparency, improved employee relations, and greater understanding of financial/non-financial returns due to Human Capital investment. To Waqas, this is a phenomenal development in HR in recent times and will go a long way in establishing HR as one of the critical functions in any organization.