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Priscilia Lim is working as a HR and Administration Manager with Centurion Corporation Limited. She has worked as a HR Business Partner for around 20 years in several industries like hospitality, education, finance, engineering, chemical, semiconductor and construction. She is well versed in the full spectrum of HR works, labour legislation and government regulations. She has managed HR programs in a complex, matrix and global environment. She obtained her Bachelor in Human Resource Management and Management from Murdoch University.

Robin has 15 years of experience in the Human Resource (HR) practice and as a HR generalist has overseen most aspects of Human Resources, including Recruitment & Selection, Compensation & Benefits, People & Organisational Development, Talent Management, Industrial Relations and HR Shared Services. Robin worked for Kuehne + Nagel on National and Regional level in Belgium, the UK & Singapore. He believes firmly on the strategic impact of the HR Business Partner model on companies and organisations. Talent progression and succession planning based on potential assessments and blended learning are currently key topics where Robin is working on within the ‘KN+NextGen’-strategy of Kuehne + Nagel. He is currently also the Chairman of the Logistics Technical Committee which oversees the development of the Skills Framework for the Logistics Sector.

Vishal oversees the human resources domain, from onboarding to off boarding employees for Emerio’s operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and India. Earlier, Vishal was the Regional HR Head, heading HR operations for Kelly Services Asia Pacific. He has two decades of experience as an HR professional having worked in the APAC region in various roles at Discovery Networks, Monsanto and Maruti Suzuki.

He has worked in HR in Merger and Acquisition scenarios, launching of new business verticals and also in setting up a JV. Vishal holds an MBA in HR from XLRI Institute of Management & Research, Jamshedpur, India.

Vishal is married and has a teenage son. He spends his leisure time taking long walks and watching movies.

Annie has over 23 years of HR experience and graduated from The George Washington University (USA) with a Master’s in Human Resource Development (HRD) and a Degree in Business Marketing from Monash University (Australia). She is also an alumni member of the IMD (Lausanne) business school. Currently, as a Global Lead- Diversity & Inclusion at Sanofi, she will catalyse gender balance, embed D&I into human capital strategy, evolve culture to drive Sanofi to be Top 3 global pharmaceutical healthcare company.

Prior to Sanofi, she has experience working regionally with GSK, Pall Life Sciences, Adecco, Lee Hecht Harrison, and has stationed in China - Shanghai for 10 years to setting up Practice Centers of talent acquisition and talent management for AsiaPac.

Ravi is based in Singapore and has worked in Human Resources, Business Transformation Information technology for 20 years.

He is currently the Global Head HR, Talent and OD for Swiss Specialty Chemicals company. In this role he partners with the group executives and business leaders across Asia, Europe and Americas to orchestrate the transformation of the business.

Areas of active interest outside work are mentoring and coaching students, professionals and business startups. His coaching style is to encourage the coachee to connect dots, create insight and take ownership of their actions. His coachees come from various industries and are actively working with him towards their transformation journeys.

Ravi completed his General Management Program from the Harvard Business School and has an MBA as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources. He is also Nuero Leadership trained coach and has certifications in EQ360 Workplace/ Leadership, inventory, MBTI type I and II inventory as well as Hogan’s HPI, HDS, MVPI Assessments.

Anton Handoko Johannes is the Head of Human Capital Development Division in Astra. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Royal Roads University (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), Master of Management from IPMI International Business School (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Bachelor degree in Accounting and Business from Trisakti University (Jakarta, Indonesia). He started his career as a finance and business consultant in several industries before joining Astra Management Development Institute (Astra MDI) in 2007.

Prior to Astra MDI, he has experience in developing structured leadership development program starting from basic to top executive levels for the Group. He has also experience in aligning knowledge management strategies with business and people strategy. On enhancing innovation culture, he has experience in developing corporate-wide innovation-related mindset, process and activities which significatily contributes to the well achieved annual financial performance across businesses.

Some of his main roles as the Head of Human Capital Development Division are assisting Astra Group of companies in accelerating strategic management & organization development-related projects. He is also responsible for group’s talent management and expert program for specialist.

His first appointment as Human Resources and General Affair Director was by virtue of Decree of the State Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Number: SK-222/MBU/II/2015, dated November 9, 2015. He completed his bachelor degree on Human Resources from Pancasila University in 1993. He pursued his Master Degree in Marketing, Massey University New Zealand in 2000, and doctorate degree of Service Management, Northern Malaysia University in 2007. He has held some important positions in Angkasa Pura Airports which are Commercial and Business Development Manager (2008-2012), Commercial and Business Development Deputy Director Zone II (2012- 2013), Business Development Group Head (2013), and Project Portfolio Analyst (2013-2015).

Dr. Denny Turner is an Associate Client Partner at Korn Ferry Indonesia. Denny has more than 20 years’ experience in Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas, working in helping clients deal with the constraints in HR and other business functions for the company to achieve its goals.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry Indonesia, Denny held the role of Principal and Talent Consulting Business leader at Mercer Indonesia.

Denny is active in assisting business leaders in shaping strategic initiatives, integrating operations and implementing strategic initiatives. Denny is very experienced in leading major projects related to HR transformation, reward strategy design and implementation, competency modelling, variable incentive design, performance management design, talent management and various other topics.

Dr. Denny holds a Doctor in Business Administration from the University of the City of Manila, an MBA in International Business from Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Trisakti University and a participant in MBA Exchange Program from International University of Japan

With over 20 years extensive working experiences in various business area. 5 years in Marketing and Sales, General Affairs and 15 years in Human Resources.

Experience and focus in Human Capital Management in various industries, 6 years in Pharmaceuticals, 7 years in Mining’s, 2 years in Financial Institution.

Unwavering focus on people, strategic agility, multi-faceted HR experience, collaborative and empowering approach.

Johan Irwan bin Kamarozaman the founder of Leap Leadership Academy Sdn. Bhd. and the author of Komunikasi Warna. He has a deep passion for helping people to improve their competencies and skills in leadership and communication. Johan has various industries experiences ranging from manufacturing industry, security industry and education industry. Starting his career as an engineer, he further explores his career in marketing and business development before becoming a professional trainer which he believes that he can help even more people to be more successful in life hence contributing to the organization and nation as a whole. Johan received his Bachelor Degree (Hons) in Electronics Engineering majoring in Computer from Multimedia University. He is a Certified HRDF Trainer under Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad. His deep passion in understanding human behaviour leads him to become certified in various Internationally recognized certification such as Directive Communication Trainer by Directive Communication International, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner under National Federation of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and CRG Assessment System from Consulting Resource Group International. He is the Past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and was the president of Multimedia University Toastmasters Club. Johan is a Certified Professional Member of American Institute of Business Psychology (AIOBP). He is also a Professional Member and the current President-Elect of Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS), an association that affiliated with the Global Speakers Federation.

KarFei is the Founder of Life Redesigned. Along with his team, they aim to coach and develop young people in the global workforce to create a better workplace and a better world. His approach is to redesign and remap new strategies for people to succeed in all different aspects of life. He has coached and trained young leaders at workplaces such as Procter and Gamble (P&G), IBM, Accenture, Great Eastern and other clients. Kar Fei also specializes in social business innovation and transformation. KarFei has trained with/for organizations such as MaGIC, Tandemic, and IBM in social business transformations using Design Thinking. He was selected as part of the Hive Global Leaders Program in Harvard Business School to work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Apart from speaking and coaching in more than 15 countries across continents, Kar Fei is the few that were selected to be part of the Global Shapers Community initiative by World Economic Forum (WEF).

Michael Teoh Su Lim is the Founding Director of Thriving Talents, a talent development solutions company focusing on assisting companies to Attract, Retain, Influence and Grow the largest population of Consumers & Workforce - The Millennials. Since 2012, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies across 39 countries while clocking in his global miles speaking in London, Moscow, New York, Shanghai, San Francisco, Sydney, Auckland, Berlin, Toronto, Nairobi, Doha, Bangalore, Mexico City, Zurich, Geneva, Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore and more. He is the Global Advisor for Microsoft ‘YouthSpark’ and SAP on ‘Millennials@Work’ strategies and has had his ideas featured on CNN, BBC and the United Nations. He has shared the stage speaking globally with icons like Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson, Father of Social Business Prof. Muhd Yunus, Rockstar Legend Sir Bob Geldof, AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes and had even received a special visit by President Barack Obama during a workshop organised by Microsoft, in which Michael was a Coach & Facilitator.

Michael was recently inducted into the AIESEC Alumni Hall of Fame in Poland, joining luminaries like Bill Clinton and Bono, whilst being an Honorary Inductee into the Golden Key Society, U.S.A , and an Associate Fellow with the Royal Commonwealth Society, U.K. He obtained his tertiary education from New Zealand, aside from attending special educational courses in Harvard University, Stanford University and INSEAD. He is also a Board Member for various public organisations and government-linked foundations, where his knowledge about Human Capital Development and Youths are sought after.

Aaron Raj heads up the Corporate Solutions team at dahmakan. Before joining dahmakan, Aaron's career spanned across the e-commerce and education sectors where he held leadership roles in both Business Development and Sales. While leading young sales and business development professionals, it became clear that the workplace is changing. Old-school carrot and stick motivation methodologies no longer carried weight with the new generation of the workforce. Individuals now seek meaning to the work they do. Aaron joined dahmakan's Corporate Solutions team to work on a pilot project called dahmakan's Digital Canteen. The objective of the initiative is to change the way companies approach employee engagement in SEA and support HR leaders to create a platform to build connections amongst peers within a company.

A true believer of the “Unlimited Human Potential”, ST Tan is naturally curious about human beings; for tertiary studies, she researched on the “human hardware” and obtained a Bachelor of Biomedical Science. She further explored the “human software” by completing a Masters in Managerial Psychology and is a Certified Practitioner of Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (a personality assessment inventory).

To share her passion in human, learning and food, ST kick-started her career in providing products and soft-skills trainings in the events, hotel, and F&B industry. In January 2014, ST found her “Second Place” in Starbucks.

"Mike Leong is the Founder and Managing Director of ML Talent Solutions, a humble boutique headhunting firm, based in Kuala Lumpur; with more than 16 years of experiences in HR/Talent Acquisition. He has vast working experiences in major multinational companies such as Zurich Insurance Group, Citibank NA, Astro, Honeywell South East Asia, IBM Malaysia and Shell Group, among others. Functional areas of specialization and expertise that he has personally involved in and strong at are in Information Technology, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing and Banking & Insurance, among others.

Professionally, he holds certifications and accreditations in Behavioural-Based Interviewing Skills for companies such as Shell Group, IBM Malaysia and Citibank NA. Academically, Mike holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science from University Science of Malaysia (USM), Penang. Additionally, he is an Australian Certified HR Professional from Australian Human Resources Institute, Associate CIPD from Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development United Kingdom as well as a member of Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management.

He holds memberships in IPMA UK (MPMA), Asia Professional Speakers Singapore (APSS) and Malaysia Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS)."

Trang Nguyen has over 10 years of extensive experience in the Talent acquisition and Customer Service development industries with LeadTalent. As an executive recruiter she has been working with both local and international firms combining her keen sense of intuition and critical problem solving skills. This has allowed her to understand the real needs of the client company bringing into consideration not only the technical requirements but the environmental and cultural fit as well. Through her exhaustive efforts she provides exceptional well fit candidates that has earned her a reputation of being able to fill the most demanding talent requirements.

Utilizing her analytical skill set when understanding company needs, Trang is able to bring to the client transformational expertise in Customer Service. Using the Up Your Service framework which is a industry leading World Class framework she will help any client transform their organization from top to bottom with a new customer oriented service capability changing how the customers see the client but also instilling a new customer service based corporate culture.

Lam Thi Bich Lieu has over 22 years of experience at Senior Human Resources Leader with a proven track record of leadership roles cross Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, Consumer Finance, Retails in multinational companies. Experienced in strategic HR partnership, leadership, talent and leadership development, Performance management, coaching & advisory, compensation & benefits, HR processes and labor relations.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the Education University, major in English and Ho Chi Minh Open University, major in Business Administration.

Andree moved from Germany to Asia where he began a career in recruitment in 2006. A sharp and results-oriented leader, Andree has led the success of various recruitment firms while coaching and developing key talents under his management.

In June 2016, Andree joined Adecco Vietnam – a member of The Adecco Group, the world’s largest staffing firm – as General Director. Under his leadership, the team supports over 6,000+ associates and services 300+ clients across different industries.

From February 2019, Andree starts his new role as General Director of Adecco Malaysia & Vietnam. Overseeing all business activities and operations (200+ employees) of Adecco Malaysia (offices in KL, JB and Penang) and Vietnam (offices in HCMC and Hanoi).

Hoai Linh is currently the Human Resources Director at Navigos Group, the leading company in Vietnam's recruitment industry, operator of the biggest job portal VietnamWorks and an executive search firm Navigos Search.

Joining Navigos Group since February 2015, with a passion for the profession, Ms. Hoai Linh has been building a progressively strong workforce at Navigos Group through effective recruitment, training and employee engagement programs. Some of her outstanding contributions include; Increasing number and quality of recruitment, strengthening and expanding Naviworks University - internal training system, developing an Internal Transfer policy, building Navigos Group to become an engaged, dynamic working environment, attracting young employees. With the goal of achieving the success of employees after joining, Navigos Group creates a working environment where members can constantly learn. In addition to the guaranteed benefits, Dream Makers are always listened to ensure a balance between work and life. The turn-over rate of employees has halved over the past two years.