Being at the heart of organizational strategy drives the excitement, says the head of people and culture at Roche Canada, noting that organizations both in Canada and globally are “challenging traditional paradigms of the HR profession.”
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is a multinational organization with a 93-year history in Canada. The biotech company has roughly 2,000 employees across the country and 110,000 employees worldwide.
Appeal of Roche: science, research and HR
Before Roche Canada, Raskina attained an MBA in human resources and organizational behaviour from the Xavier School of Management in India.
He then spent over six years at Axis Bank in India, where he rose to the position of assistant vice president for organization development.
“Working at the bank early in my career, and being able to get what I call a foundational experience across multiple facets of HR, was invaluable,” he says. “The fast pace of the organization really helped me also be prepared for Roche.”