HR Leaders Summit 2016, Delegate Book

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Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa, Thailand

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WORKING IN ASIA: KEY HR AND LEADERSHIP PRIORITIES FOR 2016 Saradevi Gopal and Daniel Lucy

Working in Asia: Key HR and leadership priorities for 2016

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Leading and learning Dearest delegates, A warm welcome to the HR Leaders Summit 2016, the third consecutive year of our handcrafted signature retreat. Held on the grounds of this striking Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa, we couldn’t have asked for a more picturesque break away from our reporting desks, or a greater opportunity to learn from you all.

Once you’ve arrived and made yourself comfortable today, you can look forward to catching up with 50 of your peers, joining us from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Cambodia – for three days of group sessions, informal networking opportunities, gala dinners and leisure activities to create a distinct, interactive forum.

What is especially unique about all this, is that we have not only handpicked the industries you all represent with devotion, but have also endeavoured to build an agenda that incorporates the most of our time together, but leaving adequate space for work and play.

With keynote presentations covering topics such as the changing role of the CHRO, utilisation of HR analytics, and gender diversity in the boardroom, there will be plenty of opportunities to share your ideas. Moreover, for the first time, we have presentations pencilled in from leaders external to HR, such as from managing directors and marketing, providing a valuable viewpoint to everything we do in HR.

At the end of the retreat, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that you all go back to your home countries having developed strong friendships with each other, and a promise to catch up over HR issues you face at the workplace, going forward.

Our team is thrilled to produce this retreat, not to mention the opportunity to hear real-life stories of challenges and achievements from all of you. As with all of our events, our team remains active on social media, driving through some key content through Twitter (@mag_HR or #HRLS2016), Facebook and LinkedIn – so feel free to join us there.

It’s not often that we all get together in a setting like this, so let’s make the most of our time here! It is a pleasure to have you here – so please enjoy the HR Leaders Summit.

Aditi Sharma Kalra Regional editor Human Resources aditis@humanresourcesonline.net

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Agenda – conference day 1 | 16 May BREAKING THE ICE AND MEETING YOUR PEERS 2.00PM

Attendee registration opens @ Hotel Lobby Come by at your leisure to register and collect your materials

6.00PM

Welcome address Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor, Human Resources magazine

REORGANISING C-SUITE PRIORITIES 6.10PM

C-Suite insider: HR as a business partner • What do C-Suite leaders expect from HR? • How can HR better contribute to true business value?

• What do you see as HR’s biggest opportunity to increase its credibility and value in the eyes of the wider business?

• What are the three to five-year plans that company leaders are putting in place to manage their human capital to stimulate innovation and growth?

Speaker: Stephen Mosely, president and managing director, L’Oréal Hong Kong

6.40PM

Keynote: Moving to digital HR – people, leaders, and the innovation culture • Redefined employee experiences for the digital age • Predictive analytics and data-driven decisions by leaders • Changing role of CHROs to drive the innovation culture Speaker: Haroon Bhatti, chief human resource officer, Digi Telecommunications

7.10PM

Keynote: Exploring new ideas to strengthen engagement and foster productivity • Exploring additional elements of employee engagement • Increasing productivity that focuses on the human dimension • Examining compassion in the workplace at individual and organisational levels to improve performance • Highlighting the need for resilience at the individual level Speaker: Michael Jenkins, chief executive officer, Roffey Park

7.40PM

Opening evening reception @ The Lounge Great food and drinks, and even better company and conversation

9.30PM

End of day one

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Agenda – conference day 2 | 17 May THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND THE HR LEADERS GALA DINNER 6.30AM

Breakfast opens @ Loca Vore Full buffet awaits

10.15AM

Keynote: Redefining HR’s role as an advocate for innovation, change and growth • Learning expeditions as a tool to understand the strategic business landscape, the people you lead, and yourself • How do you create a purpose-driven organisation to stimulate innovation, engagement and productivity? What is HR’s evolving role in facilitating this process?

• Developing your current and future leaders with a clear strategic benefit • Recruiting change agents within your organisation to reach strategic transformation goals • Go beyond reacting to industry trends and become an innovation leader by opening up your organisation to change Speaker: Sunil Narang, president and CEO, WDHB Strategic Learning

10.45AM

CHROs panel: Driving overall HR effectiveness in achieving business objectives • How HR leaders can work most effectively across lines of business to develop strategies and workforce solutions to mitigate inhibitors to business growth • Implementing effective communication behaviours to strengthen your relationships across the business • Bridging the skills and talent gap in this fast-changing business environment • How to innovate and adapt to stay ahead of competitors Moderator: Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor, Human Resources magazine Panellists: Haroon Bhatti, chief human resource officer, Digi Telecommunications Ravi Bhogaraju, global HR leader, Archroma Mohd Najid Yahya, chief human resources officer, Felda Global Ventures

11.25AM

Citi’s case study: Putting employees in the driving seat of their career • Providing the tools and resources for employees to build a career, but real success comes from individuals having insight into both their current performance and future aspirations • Implementing a sustained change initiative that enables employees to choose to own and drive their careers • Focusing on people, having honest development conversations, accessing world-class learning and development, and having a robust plan for the future • Adopting a social and collaborative approach to learning that includes meaningful development experiences, exposure to others and a structured education Speaker: Douglas Hamer, chief operating officer, talent and learning, Citi

EMPLOYER BRANDING IN TODAY’S DIGITAL AGE 11.55AM

Case study: Utilising social media and employee value propositions to drive talent attraction • How to optimise the use of multiple social recruiting channels • How do you measure ROI on social media recruitment?

• Accelerating employee engagement and building brand awareness to attract top talent • Integrating strategic workforce planning into talent acquisition Speakers: Paul Hotchan, assistant vice-president, human resources, Galaxy Entertainment

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Agenda – conference day 2 | 17 May 12.30PM

Lunch

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Panel: Bridging the gap between marketing and HR • What marketing can teach HR: How to sell your company to top talent in the same way brands market to consumers • Forging a close working relationship between marketing and HR to drive an integrated employer branding strategy • Analysing the best channels for communication and the importance of aligning employer branding to changing social media strategies • Best practices for an enduring partnership and for leveraging HR’s value into the marketing plan Moderator: Akankasha Dewan, senior journalist, Human Resources magazine Panellists: Jean-Michel Wu, chief talent officer, McCann Worldgroup John Mullins, chief development officer, Ruder Finn Ken Hoskin, head of APAC talent, Airbnb

2.45PM

Afternoon tea break Time to pause and refresh

3.15PM

New opportunities for HR to impact: A focus on business culture, engagement and technology • The time has come – impact of the digital world on HR • Analytics, gamification, simulations – the new buzzwords • Utilising technology to impact engagement to stay ahead of the game • Providing a data-driven business case to guide leadership decisions Speaker: Norbert Modla, global head of human resources, JF Hillebrand Group

3.45PM

Day two closing remarks Followed by free time for emails, calls, and relaxing before the evening’s activities

6.30PM

Gala dinner @ The Hotel Lawn An excellent meal with your fellow peers

9.30PM

End of day two

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Agenda – conference day 3 | 18 May ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS AND THE END OF HR LEADERS SUMMIT 2016 6.30AM

Breakfast opens @ Loca Vore Full buffet awaits

10.00AM

Case study: Thriving in HR in male-dominated businesses – the only woman in the room • Knowing yourself and presenting yourself in a corporate environment • Using confidence to get ahead and positioning so that you are not excluded • Getting on with others and keeping focused when things get tough Speaker: Lisa Mulligan, executive director, human resources – international, MRC Global

10.30AM

An interactive opportunity to discuss and debate with your peers about key talent issues, trends and challenges currently affecting the day to day operations of your business, while maintaining an invigorated workforce. As we close out the day, each roundtable moderators are tasked to share their conversations and three key takeaways related to their topic.

Topic 1

HR as a business driver of innovation and transformation As organisations in Asia look to innovate, human resources has a unique opportunity to drive and manage large-scale changes. How are HR departments fostering a culture of innovation within their organisations? What programmes are harnessing their employees’ creativity and capacity for invention? How can employees be both encouraged and enabled to create new projects and roles within their organisations?

Moderator: Joyce Foo, country human resources director, NXP Semiconductors

Topic 2

Understanding why HR strategy implementations can fail Failure in implementing an HR strategy is one of the most common causes of a struggling enterprise. HR leaders need to ensure the HR strategy integrates with the organisational strategy before you can venture onto the journey of execution and success. It is important to examine the root causes of the common failures in the implementation of an HR strategy to avoid potential execution trouble spots and how to overcome them.

Moderator: Asha Menon, director, human resources, Agility Logistics

Topic 3

Mitigating workforce and business risks through strategic workforce planning and analytics Everyone is talking about workforce planning and analytics these days; often the challenge is in gaining alignment on how and what to do, and what the actionable result is and should be. Why do companies have so much difficulty developing effective workforce plans? How can HR leverage on data analytics to predict workforce trends and drive business strategy?

Moderator: Charles Hughley, general manager, global talent management, Johnson Electric

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Talent management strategies to attract the best and brightest: Winning the war for talent The war for talent has never been more competitive. Companies everywhere are struggling to attract and retain top talent, resulting in bandwidth constraints, expertise needs and talent gaps. Potential employees are increasingly seeking meaning, mentorship, and most importantly, flexibility when choosing where to work. How do you win the war for top talent when employees are no longer motivated by the old HR toolkit?

Moderator: David Heng, managing director and head of talent management and culture building, CIMB Bank

Topic 5

The role of HR in overcoming uncertainty and pursuing business growth The modern workplace is constantly evolving and HR leaders need to be able to anticipate and respond to these changes. What are the critical challenges facing HR, and how are HR departments adapting to meet those challenges? How is HR aligning itself with the broader strategic objectives of their organisations?

Moderator: Adrian Ole, regional HR director – Asia, International SOS

11.30AM

Summary of discussions by roundtable moderators

12.00PM

Closing address Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor, Human Resources magazine

12.10PM

Lunch and end of HR Leaders Summit 2016

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Speakers Asha Menon

Ken Hoskin

Director, human resources and administration Agility Logistics

Head of APAC talent Airbnb

Asha Menon offers more than a decade of accomplishment-laden experience in the field of human capital management in diverse industries, managing and driving achievements in HR systems, compliance and governance leading to strategic HR. She has proven expertise in policy design, system development and implementation, talent acquisition, rewards and recognition mechanisms, continuous learning and development, competency mapping, capability building and effective performance management systems, employee relations and industrial harmony, restructuring and change management and strategic planning, resulting in organisational development.

She recently relinquished her role as vice-president of human resources at Citigroup. The past 13 years have been a learning curve of going through corporate chapters of setting up HR departments, building talent pipelines, harmonisation work in mergers and acquisitions, organisational cultural transformation, design, leading and managing teams and individuals with the aid of change strategies, coaching and developing talent from middle level to leadership roles.

Ravi Bhogaraju

David Heng

Global head of HR textile chemicals and head of HR Asia Archroma

Managing director and head of talent management and culture building CIMB Bank

Ravi Bhogaraju is the global HR leader for the textile chemicals business and the head of HR for all businesses in Asia for Archroma. His main focus is to partner with the global business president and regional leaders across Asia, Europe and LATAM to grow and transform a $1billion business across the globe.

He is passionate about leveraging talent, technology and culture to create a win-win outcome for the individual and business. He has gathered a comprehensive understanding of HRM and a diversified experience in the chemicals, petrochemicals, technology, software, real estate and investments and life sciences sectors in various capacities – spanning country, region and global. He has also been involved and has successfully orchestrated large-scale organisational transformations within demanding and challenging environments.

He has completed a general management programme from the Harvard Business School, US, and has an MBA from T A Pai Management Institute India as well as a postgraduate diploma in human resources from the Academy of HRD, India.

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Ken Hoskin works closely with the rest of Airbnb’s APAC management team and with the global employee experience team, led out of San Francisco, to make Airbnb the “most loved place to work in the world”.

This entails driving Airbnb’s talent programmes at a local and regional level, and more explicitly, fostering its fantastic culture across Asia Pacific.

He’s responsible for creating the systems to help talent grow their career rapidly and successfully in an environment that encourages learning and gives opportunities for individuals to challenge themselves.

Before joining Airbnb, he led talent in the region for two advertising industry leaders as chief talent officer of APAC for McCann Worldgroup based in Singapore, and regional talent director for Ogilvy based out of Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in human resources and talent management, especially across the marketing and communications industry. His specific expertise is in talent development and retention planning, recruitment and training, compensation and benefit strategies, global mobility, employee-related legal matters and salary budget management.

David Heng has been the managing director and head of talent management and culture building at CIMB Bank for more than five years.

He has lived and worked in Asia, the US and Europe focusing on enabling organisational governance to sustain growth during periods of significant changes with the right leaders and culture level.

His career journey has been filled with growth opportunities provided by selfless mentors, authentic co-workers and partners and strategic pragmatism.

He holds a master’s in organisation development from Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management and a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the National University of Singapore.

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Speakers Douglas Hamer

Chief operating officer, talent and learning, Asia Pacific Citi Douglas Hamer is the chief operating officer for the talent and learning function at Citi, based in Singapore and covering 14 markets in the Asia Pacific region.

In this role, he is focused on HR strategy and planning, HR transformation, and operational management of the function, which comprises talent management, learning and development, performance management and diversity and inclusion. He is also faculty for Citi’s suite of leadership development programmes and an executive coach.

He joined Citi in 2006 in the campus recruiting team in London, supporting the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He then held a number of specialist HR roles before taking up his current position in 2012.

Before joining Citi, he gained experience across the non-profit, private and public sectors.

Mohd Najid Yahya

Haroon Bhatti

Chief human resource officer Digi Telecommunications

Haroon Bhatti was appointed the chief human resource officer at Digi on 1 July 2013. Before that, he was the senior vice-president of people development at Telenor Asia. He has held leadership positions within Telenor Asia’s business units, including chief people officer in Grameenphone, Bangladesh and dtac, Thailand.

He began his career with the Telenor Group in 2005 with Telenor Pakistan.

He is a graduate of McGill University in Canada. He holds a master of arts in political science (international relations), and a bachelor of arts in economics and political science.

Paul Hotchan

Chief human resources officer Felda Global Ventures

Assistant vice-president, human resources Galaxy Entertainment Group

Mohd Najid Yahya is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley (UK). He was the regional head of human capital for Maybank Kim Eng and its overseas units before landing himself at Felda Global Ventures as the chief human resources officer.

He was the director of human resources at Al Rajhi Bank and was one of the pioneers who helped set up Al Rajhi Bank before the official inception in early 2006.

He was with Sime Darby Berhad as group head of rewards and employee relations from 2004 and was with Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia as the senior manager of employee relations and benefits administration from1997. He is a former army officer with 15 years tenure as a military commander.

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Paul Hotchan has spent more than 18 years in the hospitality and consulting industry covering areas such as talent strategy and executive search across Europe, the Middle East, China and Hong Kong.

He joined Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) in 2014 as an assistant vice-president within the centre of excellence – recruitment, specifically to spearhead corporate and executive recruitment and workforce strategy, including HR technology, employer brand marketing and onboarding.

Before joining GEG, he spent almost seven years with a leading HR consulting organisation, leading the Asia Pacific executive search practice out of Hong Kong.

With his extensive background, he has been able to leverage his experience and networks to provide a diverse portfolio of clients with integrated solutions to the HR challenges they face, and in his new role, he is able to bring that exposure and experience into a new platform.

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Speakers Adrian Ole

Norbert Modla

Regional HR director – Asia International SOS

Global head of human resources JF Hillebrand Group

International SOS (internationalsos.com) is the world’s leading medical and travel security risk services company. We are passionate about helping clients put duty of care into practice. With us, multinational corporate clients, governments and NGOs can mitigate risks for their people working remotely or overseas.

As the regional HR director for Asia at International SOS, Adrian Ole is a HR partner to a business of 2,000 employees in 15 countries across Asia. He is responsible for leading a team of HR practitioners to deliver the full spectrum of human resource services for the region.

Before joining International SOS, he was a human capital consultant for more than 15 years with the likes of Ernst & Young, Cap Gemini, Atos and Deloitte. In this capacity, he worked with a range of multinational organisations, including BHP Billiton, Shell, PTTEP, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Westpac Bank on business transformation initiatives around the world. He joined International SOS in 2011 as the group talent director for finance, IT and global shared services.

He holds a master’s of science in human resources from the Fox Business School and a bachelor of business administration.

Charles Hughley

General manager, global talent management Johnson Electric Group

Charles Hughley is the general manager of global talent management for the Johnson Electric Group, headquartered in Hong Kong. He is responsible for all aspects of global talent management and talent development for the organisation.

Before moving to Hong Kong, he was based in the US as the general manger of human resources for the Americas. He is a tireless human resources professional who brings with him more than 20 years of public and private sector experience in human resources, strategic planning, continuous improvement, and workforce analytics.

Over the course of his career, he has led large domestic and international organisational redesigns, labour negotiations in the US, Brazil and Mexico, as well as significant M&A due diligence projects in Europe and the Americas.

Before joining Johnson Electric, he held a number of leadership roles with Fortune 500 companies, including ITT Corporation, Eaton Corporation and the Ford Motor Company.

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Norbert Modla is the global head of human resources at JF Hillebrand Group. He comes with more than 18 years of international experience across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He has worked in a diverse mix of business (P&L responsibility), management consulting and HR professional experience.

He considers his expertise lies within strategic planning, general management, HR strategy, talent and succession planning, organisational transformation, employer branding, compensation and benefits, labour relations, sales, training and development and recruitment.

He has a proven track record of delivering value while leading cross-functional and regional teams in emerging and mature market environments. He has demonstrated strategic agility, leadership and business acumen in connecting with and impacting senior management teams globally in complex multinational organisations across several industries such as consumer goods, banking, insurance, telecom, life science and oil.

Stephen Mosely

President and managing director L’Oréal Hong Kong

Stephen Mosely holds degrees in economics and law from Cambridge University in England and an MBA from IMD in Switzerland.

He has worked in Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

He was previously a member of the executive board of the World Economic Forum, worked for Procter & Gamble in China, where he launched many major brands, including Pantene, Rejoice, Safeguard and Crest and was regional director of Asia for Maybelline Inc, where he set up the first wholly foreign owned beauty products company in China.

Following the acquisition of Maybelline by L’Oréal in 1996, he was appointed regional director of Asia for L’Oréal’s consumer products division. After three years at the headquarters in Paris he returned to Asia, where he has been successively the managing director of several L’Oréal subsidiaries, including Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and Hong Kong/Macau.

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Speakers

Lisa Mulligan

Jean-Michel Wu

Executive director, human resources – international MRC Global Australia

Chief talent officer, APAC McCann Worldgroup

Jean-Michel Wu is the APAC chief talent officer for McCann Worldgroup.

McCann Worldgroup is united across 120 countries by a single mission: to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives. This commitment focuses the network on creating work that earns a role in people’s lives by being interesting, evocative and useful.

It’s powerful and effective creativity that helps clients grow their brands and businesses. Wu was previously with WPP, a world leader in communications services. While managing the team in 2011, WPP was the inaugural winner of the Cannes Lions “Group Holding company” of the year award, and then again in 2012, 2013 and 2014 with leading agencies, including Ogilvy, JWT, GroupM, Y&R Brands, Grey, H&K, BM, Kantar, Agenda, Wunderman, Possible WW, Millward Brown and TNS. He has more than 20 years of talent acquisition experience and increasing consulting and managerial responsibility within the human resource and executive search industries.

Joyce Foo

Lisa Mulligan has more than 18 years of experience in human resources and organisational development gained at domestic and global-listed companies operating in the retail, distribution, insurance, FMCG, port management and manufacturing industries. Her passion and focus is developing people, and in particular, leaders in organisations to help them create an effective organisational culture.

She is the director of HR international for MRC Global, a Fortune 500 US multinational and the largest distributor of pipe, valve and fitting products and services to the energy and industrial markets.

She has gained experience across APAC, the Middle East and Europe in devising and driving HR strategy, acquisition integration, start-up businesses and delivering key talent development programmes.

She has undergraduate qualifications in applied science and business and a master’s of organisational coaching.

Michael Jenkins

HR director NXP Semiconductors

Chief executive officer Roffey Park

Joyce Foo joined NXP on 1 September 2014 as the country HR director for regional projects.

She is an accomplished senior HR leader with extensive HR experience of more than 25 years with achievements in building multiple best-in-class organisations such as in Seagate, General Electric, Teleflex Medical and Singtel.

She is a savvy team leader who is skilled in attracting the most qualified employees to where they best fit. She has her own talent search company and was an entrepreneur for eight years before she joined General Electric to start its ASEAN talent acquisition centre of excellence which she singlehandedly started from scratch.

Over the years, she has proven to be a pivotal contributor to senior leadership executives, providing HR leadership for multiple mergers and acquisitions to integration and assimilation to an organisation’s culture.

She is an innovative problem solver and a strong communicator and people manager.

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Michael Jenkins was born and spent his early years in Malaysia. He graduated from Durham University in Chinese followed by postgraduate studies in Japanese language, politics and economics at Nanzan University, Japan ,after which he worked for Toyota Motor Corporation for four years.

Returning to the UK in 1988, he worked at the University of Bath as director of the foreign languages centre.

In 2001, he returned to Asia as director of INSEAD Executive Education in Singapore and subsequently as managing director of the centre for creative leadership, Asia Pacific.

In 2009, he joined Roffey Park in the UK as CEO. He contributed to the Singapore Ministry of Manpower’s publication, Asian Leadership: What Works (edited by Dave Ulrich and Robert Sutton) in the areas of purpose, multi-culture and culture, and leadership transition in Asia.

In 2013, HR Magazine named him as one of the UK’s most influential thinkers in human resources.

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Speakers John Mullins

Sunil Narang

Chief development officer Ruder Finn Asia

President and CEO WDHB Group – Strategic Learning

John Mullins is the chief development officer for Ruder Finn Asia.

Reporting to the chairman, he has responsibility for human resources, training and development and managing affiliate relationships across the Asia Pacific region.

He also works with the regional senior leadership team to develop and implement the regional business strategy, including fostering key client relationships and new business development.

He is a 20-year veteran in the public relations industry in Asia Pacific.

During his career, he has lived and worked in Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore where he has held senior roles for leading public relations companies.

Having worked in both agencies and in-house, he has acquired expertise in all aspects of public relations from strategic planning to programme implementation, event management and professional writing. He specialises in corporate and marketing communications and has provided strategic counsel for companies and government entities in a diverse range of industries throughout the Asia Pacific region. He is also an expert in crisis and issues management and an accomplished trainer in media handling skills and crisis preparedness.

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Having worked and travelled to more than 75 countries managing cross-functional teams for major oil and gas and telecommunication companies, Sunil Narang established an independent firm focusing on transformation and people management.

In 2010, he acquired WDHB. It is an international pioneer in developing programmes and people strategy. It designs and organises experiences that push leaders out of their comfort zone, which enforces individual and collective creativity as the growth engine of innovation.

While orchestrating the evolution of WDHB into the first-choice partner for any corporation seeking change in culture, performance and innovation, he has found a platform to apply his cross-cultural expertise and engaging facilitation style to the intense and intimate work with international leadership teams in extraordinary situations of re-orientation.

He lives in Colorado and when not working enjoys spending time reading and pursuing sports.

Akankasha Dewan

Regional editor Human Resources

Senior journalist Human Resources

Aditi Sharma Kalra leads all editorial content for Human Resources in its print, online and social media forms.

In her role, she is responsible for leading thought-provoking and quality industry content for a growing senior-level HR readership, as well as strategically growing the brand’s presence and reach online, and through a growing number of industry events, conferences and awards shows.

Kalra joined Lighthouse Independent Media as a senior journalist in September 2014, having worked previously at Hay Group as part of the marketing team.

Before Hay Group, she worked with monthly HR magazine The Human Factor, published by New Delhi-based Planman Media, where she was part of the core team to transform the publication from an academic journal to the most widely read HR magazine.

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As a senior journalist at Human Resources, Akankasha Dewan takes a lead role in producing thought-provoking editorial print and online content across Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Dewan enjoys leading compelling HR-related conversations with senior industry professionals, and is establishing herself as an insightful columnist who is dedicated towards continuously exploring the wideranging secrets of the HR industry.

She joined Lighthouse Independent Media as a journalist and content producer towards the end of 2013, and has also produced conferences themed around topics such as training and compensation.

A master’s graduate in English, Dewan has been in Singapore for more than two decades. She has interned as a reporter in various local media houses, and has worked in Unilever’s HR division.

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The Naked Coach Ltd & Rock the Boat Ltd

Naked Coach grants your organisation access to the best coaches around the globe at a competitive rate.

By conveniently facilitating a direct connection between client organisations and executive coaches, organisations can find the best coaches that are the right fit for their culture, while saving time and resources. With Naked Coach you can manage your coaching project pipeline and ensure your staff are getting the coaching support they need to develop themselves and grow your organisation.

Rock the Boat Consulting focuses on leadership development, executive coaching and diversity. With over 50 associates and coaches located across the globe, we are committed to having only the best facilitators and coaches who are experts in their field.

We believe everyone has the potential to deliver more than they are currently contributing, and Rock the Boat is committed to helping organisations create the right conditions for success.

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Renaissance Phuket Resort and Spa

Renaissance Phuket Resort and Spa is located right on Mai Khao Beach.

Nestled amid tropical gardens, the chic boutique–like resort offers privacy and is only a 15-minute leisurely drive from Phuket International Airport and adjacent to Sirinath Marine National Park.

The resort offers 26 pool villas, including an ocean front pool villa with a private pool and large patio, four suites and 150 deluxe rooms.

There are also two outdoor swimming pools, Quan Spa with eight treatment rooms, steam rooms, outdoor massage sala and a fitness centre. Bike rides, board games, diving lessons, a children’s pavilion with an indoor recreation area and outdoor pool and a golf course is available nearby.

Visit us at www.renaissancephuket.com.

HR Leaders Summit 2016

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