Rapti Khurana is an accomplished talent, strategy, and HR executive with over two decades of experience leading global people strategy and organizational transformation for companies with revenue from $3.4B to $44B, including F100 companies in the technology, media, consulting, and sports industries. She’s held leadership roles with the NFL, Nielsen, and IBM. 

A proven thought leader, she has built and led Centers of Excellence (COE) in talent engagement, leadership development, inclusion, and performance management. She combines analytics, innovation, and human-centered design to drive measurable impact on culture and growth, and increased retention by 25%.

She most recently served as Vice President of Talent Engagement and Development at the National Football League (NFL), a $24B organization with 3,500 employees. Rapti oversaw a multimillion-dollar portfolio and embedded inclusion across the league and its 32 clubs. She delivered a 15% increase in engagement scores and a 65% increase in learning YoY through the introduction of learning platforms. Rapti ideated and led a digital transformation and a new HRIS, delivering a 30% increase in adoption. She also served as a member of the internal succession planning and compensation committee and supported the board's compensation committee.

At Nielsen, she served as a director and ideated, built, and led a new HR Analytics COE that used predictive analytics to mitigate attrition, identify issues, and create an innovative AI-driven marketplace to identify non-obvious talent for succession planning. She improved the Executive pipeline by 50% globally. Rapti ideated and built an internal coaching practice, secured and supported 20 departments within three months, and improved leader effectiveness by 70%. She served as a member of the due diligence team and led the post-merger integration of over 16,000 FTEs across two acquisitions, a 300-FTE divestiture, and supported due diligence for a JV with 550 FTEs.

As Managing Consultant at IBM, she supported F100 clients by leading large-scale transformations where she designed and led change management for a $44B multinational engineering company, improved leadership accountability by 40%, led change readiness for a $7B media company, and led organization transformation for a $13B CPG company.

She is a Certified Executive Coach through the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and has frequently presented at industry forums. She has a certification in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and is a trained Indian classical dancer who enjoys reading and gardening.

Rapti would be honored to serve as an advisor for the Global Advisors program, particularly in the area of Executive Coaching, Organization Development, all aspects of HR, team development and effectiveness, and succession planning.