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Harmeet Pannu

Delivery Head, India, Pune

Harmeet specializes in driving strategic innovation and operational excellence within legal operations, with a focus on integrating advanced technologies and optimizing cross-functional team performance to deliver exceptional client outcomes across diverse industries.
	Harmeet Pannu

Experience

As the Delivery Head of DWF India Legal Operations, Harmeet excels in strategy development, ensuring coherence across all client projects with streamlined and adaptable processes.Utilising innovative technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, he continuously refines workflows, enhancing service delivery and pioneering innovative solutions for the firm.

Harmeet oversees the entire delivery team in India, which encompasses practice areas, including Contracts, Litigation, Legal Analytics/Horizon Scanning, Compliance, and Cyber Incident Response. His ability to harness the strengths of these diverse teams and drive synergy among them has been a key factor in delivering exceptional results for clients across various industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, automotive, consulting, real estate, and software.

With a strong background in project management and business transformation, Harmeet has a proven track record of collaborating with major investment banks, where he played a critical role in ensuring adherence to complex regulatory requirements such as client money rules and Basel III norms.

His expertise is further demonstrated through his comprehensive reviews of procedures in challenging markets like Taiwan, Brazil, and Korea, particularly within stock borrow lending desks of large investment banks. Additionally, Harmeet has led transformative initiatives in contract lifecycle management and trading systems, optimizing both efficiency and resource allocation.

Throughout his career, Harmeet has been at the forefront of numerous process improvement initiatives. By leveraging automation, system enhancements, and lean methodologies, he has delivered substantial annual cost savings for his clients, reinforcing his reputation as a leader who drives tangible results. Harmeet’s academic achievements include a Master of Business Administration from Christ University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Central Queensland University.

Outside of his professional life, Harmeet is an avid reader, biker, and runner who also enjoys exploring new destinations, continually seeking inspiration from the world around him.