Eva Thangaraja Hruscova

Senior Manager, People and Change Advisory Services

KPMG in Malta

Eva is a Senior Manager in the People & Change unit of KPMG Malta, where she focuses on talent management, succession planning (identification of high performer and high potential), performance management and individual development planning, strategic workforce planning, job grading, job evaluation, people analytics, development of organisational structure, delivering soft skills training, psychological research and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Prior to joining KPMG, Eva worked for more than 4 years at Shared Service Centre in Slovakia where she implemented mentoring and career counselling programs, was responsible for talent development and performance management, succession planning, led the end-to-end recruitment process and implemented improvements of employer branding strategy. She was responsible for the performance and development of 30 internal trainers group. She developed and delivered soft skills training for the workforce and was responsible for data management at HRIS. Eva delivered more than 180 soft skills training for senior managers, specialists, internal trainers, project managers, university staff, students and career counsellors in Slovakia, Malta and Armenia and she led HR strategic improvement projects in the United Kingdom and Austria. She formed part of psychological research project teams in Slovakia and Armenia and has extensive experience with creating surveys, validation of psychological tests, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and delivering courses in psychology to MBA students. Eva is the author of more than 20 psychological articles published in scientific and psychological journals, and she was inviteded speaker in national and international psychological conferences. Eva received the Young Talent Learning & Development Award 2017 in Slovakia for her innovative way of leading soft skills training, HR Talent Award 2018 in Slovakia for leading HR strategic projects and Award of Rector of University of Presov in Slovakia.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic Workforce Planning   Job grading   People Analytics   Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis   Employee Engagement   Organisational Culture   Talent Development   Strategic Talent Management   Succession planning   Performance Management   Employer branding   HR Project management

  • PhD in General and Experimental Psychology, University of Presov, Slovakia

  • Master of Psychology, University of Presov, Slovakia

  • Bachelor of Psychology, University of Presov, Slovakia

  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, Slovakia

  • Talent Management Masterclass Certification, France