Xobin HR Awards 2026

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Rahena Somdat

Rahena moves I/O psychology from theory into execution. In enterprise-scale, highly regulated environments, Rahena has led organizational design, workforce planning and change initiatives affecting thousands of employees, partnering with senior leaders to turn strategy into results. At Citi's Finance Division, Rahena designed a centralized intake and governance process that cut cycle time from months to weeks. Rahena also built executive reporting through a Smartsheet-to-Appian migration and Tableau dashboards, and served as the director's proxy across concurrent transformation workstreams.

Organizational Development Practitioner & Doctoral Researcher

Citi

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2026 Certificate of recognition
Certificate of recognition for Rahena Somdat, Xobin HR Awards 2026