Acquelia Colaco Joins Omnicom Global Solutions as India CPO

Omnicom Global Solutions (OGS) has named Acquelia Colaco as the Chief People Officer for India and Philippines. Acquelia is an experienced HR professional with over 22 years of experience in human resources, people management, leadership development, employee experience, and organizational transformation. She has worked in a variety of contexts including multinationals in technology, business services firms, and global capability centers.

This appointment marks the elevation of a seasoned HR professional to the people leadership role. This will help in developing organizational capabilities and meet OGS’s changing business needs to bolster its people leadership and talent strategy in select Asian markets.

Key Highlights:

• Acquelia Colaco joins Omnicom Global Solutions as CPO for India and the Philippines
• She brings over 20 years of HR leadership experience across global organizations
• Previously, Acquelia held senior HR positions at XBP Global and Tesco Business Solutions

Sharing her excitement for the new role, Acquelia took over to LinkedIn and commented, “I am pleased to share that I have joined Omnicom Global Solutions as Chief People Officer for India and Philippines. I am excited to join the organization at such an important stage of its growth journey. My focus will be on strengthening leadership capability, enabling meaningful employee experiences, building future-ready talent, and fostering a culture that empowers people and teams to perform, grow, and succeed. I look forward to partnering with colleagues across OGS as we build what’s next together.”

Acquelia will be responsible for overseeing all the people agenda in OGS operations in India and Philippines. This will include the development of leadership capability, enhancing talent management practices, creating better employee experience, and preparing the staff for future business needs. She will also foster creation of high performance culture focusing on employee development and collaboration.

As OGS builds its integrated capabilities and increases its support to agencies and its clients, talent management continues to play an important part in the priorities of the organization.

Before her appointment with OGS, Acquelia had been the Chief Human Resources Officer at XBP Global, a multinational tech firm providing services around intelligent workflow management, digital transformation, and automation. She has gained additional experience within the international corporate setting, with the operations spanning across 20 countries, managing a workforce size reaching up to 11,000 employees and more than 2,500 clients.

Acquelia has gained over six years of experience working with Tesco Business Solutions in various positions of HR leadership. Her last leadership role was as Head Colleague Experience after having served as the HR Leader for property, product, people services, customer engagement, and COO/CEO Offices.

In her stint with Tesco Business Solutions, Acquelia has managed HR strategy for about 70% of Tesco’s operations in India positively impacting more than 3,000 people in the various business segments. She was also the HR Lead for finance, enterprise analytics, business assurance and solution design and transition.