Bank of America has appointed Sophie Dhariwala as Senior Vice President, HR Business Partner, expanding her responsibilities within the company’s human resources function across the Asia-Pacific region.
In her new role, Dhariwala will be responsible for end-to-end HR partnership for the Analyst and Associate population across APAC. Her mandate combines strategic HR advisory with conduct and risk oversight, bringing together her experience across talent acquisition, internal mobility, HR operations, governance and employee relations.
Dhariwala has spent more than 15 years with Bank of America and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, taking on several roles across human resources and talent functions during her career with the organisation. Before moving into her latest position, she served as Senior Vice President – Head of APAC Lateral Talent Acquisition and Internal Mobility.
In that role, Dhariwala was responsible for experienced hiring and internal mobility across Global Banking, Markets, Technology, Operations and Control Functions in the APAC region. Her work involved supporting talent movement within the organisation as well as experienced recruitment across multiple business and control functions.
Earlier, Dhariwala served as Senior Vice President, APAC Talent Acquisition Operations & Business Management. Her responsibilities during that period included talent acquisition operations and business management across the region.
She also held responsibilities related to contingent labour, HR governance and employee relations. Her experience included supporting the APAC contingent labour programme, HR governance and business risk and governance activities. She also provided interim coverage as an Employee Relations Case Manager for APAC Enterprise and Control Functions.
Earlier in her career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Dhariwala worked in Hong Kong as a Vendor Manager and Recruitment Specialist. These roles added experience in vendor management and recruitment to her broader HR background.
Before joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Dhariwala worked with Antal International as an Associate and with Value Consulting India as an HR Executive. Her earlier professional experience also included a management trainee and training coordination role with Godfrey Philips (L) Limited, along with an internship at the International Centre for Education.
Dhariwala’s public LinkedIn profile identifies her as being based in Singapore and lists Bank of America as her current organisation. The profile also shows her involvement in mentoring and professional activities, including roles with United Women Singapore, the Forbes Human Resources Council, the Global Mentorship Initiative and NUS Business School.
Her career at Bank of America has covered several areas of the people function, including talent acquisition, internal mobility, HR operations, business management, contingent workforce management, governance and employee relations.
The new Senior Vice President, HR Business Partner role brings these areas of experience into a broader HR business-partnering mandate. Dhariwala will work with the Analyst and Associate population across APAC while combining people advisory responsibilities with conduct and risk oversight.
Her appointment marks another step in her long tenure with Bank of America, where she has moved through multiple HR and talent leadership responsibilities across the Asia-Pacific region. Her experience across recruitment, talent mobility, governance and HR operations will now form part of her responsibilities as she takes on the new HR Business Partner role.
