Our Team

Our Team

Experienced advisors bringing together leadership hiring, talent strategy, wellbeing, coaching, and human-centred career support.

Introduction

At People Anchor Advisory, our work is led by people who understand both business expectations and human potential. We combine deep experience in talent, leadership, coaching, counselling, and advisory work to help organisations and professionals make better people decisions.

Leadership
Ashwin Jacob, Founder & CEO, People Anchor Advisory

Ashwin Jacob

Founder & CEO, People Anchor Advisory

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Ashwin brings over two decades of experience in Talent Acquisition, HR leadership, executive hiring, GCC (Global Capability Centre) hiring, and recruitment strategy across IT, banking, financial services, and consulting environments. His work has focused on helping organisations build strong hiring engines, improve leadership hiring outcomes, strengthen recruitment governance, and align talent strategy with business growth.

At People Anchor Advisory, Ashwin leads the firm as Founder & CEO, anchoring support to founders, business leaders, HR teams, and senior professionals through hiring advisory, executive search, interview preparation, and leadership career development. His work focuses on bringing clarity to senior hiring, improving role definition, strengthening assessment quality, and helping organisations make better people decisions with structure, judgement, and market understanding.

With experience partnering closely with CXOs, business heads, HR leaders, and global stakeholders, Ashwin brings a practical and grounded view of talent, leadership, and organisational growth. His approach combines business understanding, hiring discipline, candidate insight, and human judgement to help both organisations and professionals navigate important career and hiring decisions with confidence and clarity.

Executive HiringTalent Acquisition AdvisoryLeadership HiringInterview CoachingGCC Hiring Strategy
Divyan Varghese, Partner and Practice Head, Wellbeing, Coaching & Counselling

Divyan Varghese

Partner and Practice Head, Wellbeing, Coaching & Counselling

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Divyan brings a strong background in counselling, coaching, leadership development, and wellbeing focused support for individuals, professionals, and organisations. His work focuses on helping people build self awareness, emotional clarity, confidence, resilience, and healthier ways of navigating personal and professional challenges.

At People Anchor Advisory, Divyan leads the Wellbeing, Coaching & Counselling practice, supporting professionals, leaders, and teams through structured conversations, reflective coaching, and human centred guidance. His work also includes training individuals to become effective and emotionally aware managers, helping leaders identify and respond to mental health risks within teams, and strengthening workplace culture through psychologically informed practices.

With experience in psychological assessment, social and emotional wellbeing, conflict resolution, and behavioural insight, Divyan works closely with individuals and organisations to improve communication, leadership capability, team functioning, and overall workplace wellbeing.

WellbeingCounsellingLeadership CoachingEmotional ClarityProfessional Growth

Together, we bring a balanced approach to people advisory, combining business understanding with human insight.

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