Founder, Leadershift Inc.

Tanvi is a multi-award-winning keynote speaker, executive coach, author, senior faculty and program director at Singapore Management University (Executive Development). she takes a 360-degree intervention approach with clients including Accenture, Mastercard, Coca Cola and Microsoft, Merck, Electrolux.

Tanvi combines the best of corporate execution focus with the depth of academic frameworks to create the shifts needed to lead in a world characterized by disruption. The first Asia-based leader to be listed on the “Game Changer” list by Workforce Magazine (USA), her ideas have been published and quoted on Forbes.com and BBC World as well as in publications such as the Harvard Business Review. She is the author of two books and the first woman of color to be appointed president of the Asia Speakers' Association, Singapore (2021).

Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Carrot Fertility

Asima is Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Carrot Fertility, the leading global fertility care platform. As Carrot’s CMO, Asima leads clinical strategy, overseeing the company’s expansive network and telehealth program, which offers access to more than 10,000 reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, adoption experts, mental health experts, OB/GYNs, doulas and midwives.

In addition to her role at Carrot, Asima is a practicing reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist. She is double board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and infertility as well as obstetrics and gynecology. She earned a combined medical and public health degree from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her residency in OB/GYN at Yale-New Haven Hospital and her fellowship training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of California, San Francisco. She has worked alongside and received mentorship from former ASRM presidents Dr. Hugh Taylor and Dr. Marcelle Cedars. Asima’s work has been published extensively in academic literature and internationally on a wide range of topics related to infertility, reproductive and hormonal health, gynecologic malignancies, and patient safety.

Asima has been recognized by Entrepreneur magazine and Fierce Healthcare on their Women of Influence lists and named to Business Insider’s 30 under 40 in Healthcare list. Additionally, she has spoken at the World Economic Forum and has been featured on Good Morning America, NPR, CNN and more.

Director, Human Resources, Total Rewards (Asia Pacific), Procter & Gamble Company

Sampurna is Director of Human Resources, Total Rewards (Asia Pacific) for the Procter & Gamble Company and is based in Singapore. She has worked in P&G for over 10 years. Sampurna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Masters’ degree in Human Resources Management. She started her P&G Career in 2013 in P&G India as the India Sales Business Partner and drove the Go To Market Strategy for the India Sales Team. Then, in 2015 she moved as the HR leader for a manufacturing plant in India. In 2017 Sampurna relocated to Singapore as the HR Business Partner for the Singapore Innovation Centre of P&G which hosts the R&D team. She has worked extensively with the Sg EDB for establishing the GrowthWorks (Lean Innovation) Team in Singapore. In 2019 she started working as the HR Business Partner with the Beauty Asia team driving super employee value equation.

Sampurna is a strong advocate for future ready organization. She is passionate to inspire talents and organization to unleash potential via lean innovation and digital transformation.

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific Japan Channel, Dell Technologies

As Dell’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific Japan, Tian Beng oversees the company’s overall channel business in the region. He has responsibility for Dell Technologies’ business across the end to end portfolio with all channel partners. These partners include distributors, resellers, system integrators, service providers, etc.

Tian Beng joined Dell in 1998 and has held several senior management roles since that time. Most recently he held the role of Senior Vice President & Managing Director, South Asia and Korea, where he was responsible for Dell’s business for both commercial and consumer customers in the region. Other previous roles include being the General Manager for Singapore and Brunei, Director of Dell’s Global Accounts business with responsibility for Dell’s largest global customers throughout Asia-Pacific and Japan, and Enterprise Director for South Asia, where he was responsible for Dell’s server, storage and networking lines of business. He joined Dell after having worked for Sony Electronics Devices, where he was responsible for sales of computer peripherals to OEMs and distribution channels in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Tian Beng currently serves as a council member in the Singapore Manufacturing Federation and since 2007 has also served in various leadership roles with SGTech, formerly known as the Singapore Infocomm Federation (SiTF). He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Santa Clara University in the United States and an MBA from University of Western Australia.

VP, People Insights and Data Excellence, Schneider Electric

With a career spanning nearly the entire HR spectrum across diverse industries and cultures, Gagan enjoys partnering with business and HR leaders to deliver desired business outcomes through HR strategy, programs and analytics. He is passionate about creating a culture of empathy, accountability, innovation and data-based decision-making within the HR domain.

Gagan began his journey with Infosys Technologies in 1999, where he was the HR Business Partner for the EMEA region, based in London. In 2007, he switched to NDTV, one of India’s most prominent television networks, and was the CHRO until 2015. Gagan joined Schneider Electric in 2016, where he has held several different global HR roles, based in Hong Kong. Currently, Gagan is the VP — People Insights and Data Excellence, based in Singapore.

Founder and COO International Markets, Compport

With over 22 years of experience in the HR and HR Technology space, Senem has established herself as a thought leader in compensation management and talent analytics. Prior to Compport, Senem's experience traverses several industries like finance, telecommunications, technology and life sciences having worked for companies like Akbank, Turkcell, Abbott, Takeda and Sanovel. Senem has been Compports founder since 2018 turning it into a profitable company under her leadership with clients across India, SEA and the Middle East. With Compport, she aims to help organizations transform the way the manage compensation, make it more data-driven and aligned with business objectives. 

Global Head of Content, Tigerhall

Nicky is the Global Head of Content at Tigerhall and leads a team of content experts who work closely with business leaders worldwide to understand the current trends in business and tease out their expertise and advice on how to navigate them. 

Before joining Tigerhall, Nicky worked for The Economist Group, which she joined in February 2014. She spent the first couple of years working predominantly in emerging markets, with a heavy focus on Africa, and managed projects that looked at financial inclusion, environmental sustainability, global trade, and healthcare and involved the participation of leading policymakers and world-renowned business leaders. The quality and success of these projects soon saw her promoted to head of programs for EMEA.

In 2018, Nicky became the Global Head of Programs and spearheaded the delivery of some of the group’s most significant initiatives across Hong Kong, London and New York. She moved to Singapore in 2019 as Program Director within Economist Impact and was central to the Asia region’s successful shift to digital content in an industry that has seen significant disruption over the past few years.

Nicky strongly advocates for diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond and has a multicultural perspective, having lived and worked in Kuwait, Nigeria, Paris, Argentina, London and Singapore.

Head of Global HR Transformation and Programs, Frasers Property Limited

Michelle is the Head of Global HR Transformation and Programs for Frasers Property. She has gained 20 years of professional experience and insights across private, public and people sectors. Her repertoire spans consulting, global and regional corporate for MNCs, including heads of compensation and benefits, along with business line managers in sectoral development.

More recently, as part of the Singapore Government, Michelle helped to build industry-level capacity in manpower, data analytics, organization strength, change management and innovation. In her role, Michelle served hundreds of social services organizations and charities and their workforces of 17,000+, helping them transform to deliver better social impact.

Currently back in the private sector in a global role, Michelle looks forward to transforming to the “next level.”

APAC Head of Reward, UBS AG

Andrew is the APAC Regional Head of Reward for UBS. He is currently based in Singapore and manages a team driving UBS’s compensation, benefits and well-being strategy across the region.

Andrew has worked for UBS for over 20 years, in a number of different HR roles and geographies.

Associate Professor, NUS

Fermin has ample experience in human resources, including consulting, corporate and academic roles in 40 countries across every continent. As a consultant, he has advised major multinationals, large local companies and public sector organizations at the board and C-suite levels in topics related to total rewards, executive compensation, sales compensation, human capital strategy and HR analytics. Fermin has also managed P&L for businesses in several geographic locations. Some of his clients include Asia Development Bank, Agricultural Development Bank, Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Public Service Division (Singapore), AIA, Citibank, ANZ, UOB, OCBC, Maybank, Banco Santander, Bursa Malaysia and SGX. As an HR leader, he has served as Regional Head of HR for two large MNCs in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

Fermin is the former Deputy CEO and Group Head of Human Resources for Singapore’s National Council for Social Service, where he is still active as a senior advisor. He is also an adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore, at Singapore Management University and at Nanyang Technological University. He has written three books: Human Capital and Global Business Strategy, The Remuneration Handbook: International Edition and Fundamentals of HR Analytics.

Fermin has also previously taught business policy and strategic planning. He has been teaching WorldatWork courses for more than 20 years in the US, Puerto Rico, Australia, the UK, South Africa, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

In addition, he has served on the Board of the Jurong Health Systems, where he was a member of the HR Committee. He was also a member of the HR Committee at the National University Health System Group and has served in the Singapore Management University Business School Advisory Board, Taylor’s Education Group Advisory Board, the Children’s Cancer Foundation Board and the Board of Directors of WorldatWork, where he is currently on the Global Advisory Council. Fermin is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of HR Professionals, where he chaired the Assessments and Insights Committee and where he is currently the Dean of HR Education. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Fermin obtained his PhD from Singapore Management University, his MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Michigan.

Fermin was named a Top HR Influencer in Asia. He is a frequent speaker at regional and global forums on topics related to compensation, strategic HR, talent management and development, career planning, mergers and acquisitions from an HR perspective, building teams, global HR, education, public sector HR practices, and HR analytics.

Head of Human Resources, Asia-Pacific, Citi
 

Joel is the Asia-Pacific Head of Human Resources at Citi, appointed to this role in August 2022. He is a member of the Citi Asia-Pacific Operating Committee and the Global Human Resources Operating Committee.

Based in Singapore, Joel is responsible for the strategy and execution of all human resources objectives, including leadership development, talent management and retention, compensation and benefits, and diversity, equity and inclusion across Asia-Pacific.

Before his current role, he was the Asia-Pacific Head of Human Resources for the Institutional Clients Group (ICG). Joel has also been the Head of Human Resources for Singapore and ASEAN, leading the human resources strategy in Citi’s ASEAN markets.

Joel joined Citi in 2011 and was the Head of Human Resources for Citigroup Japan before moving to Singapore in 2020. He has more than two decades of human resources experience across the financial services industry in New York, Tokyo and Asia-Pacific.

Joel holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in the US.

Global Head of Talent Deployment and Resourcing Head for TTO, Standard Chartered

Urvi is an award-winning senior leader, panelist, speaker and strategist with 20 years in transformation, people partnering, talent acquisition and DEI.

Currently the Global Head of Talent Deployment and the Resourcing Head for TTO, she has led multiple global and regional roles, ranging from multinationals to startups across various industries, including banking, telecommunications, software and consulting, with a focus on functions that drive technology and innovation.

In the past two decades, Urvi has built people strategies and successfully executed end-to-end transformation of the talent function, set up and led a robust and impact-driven recruitment and DEI function, and driven multiple reorgs, massive ramp-ups, mergers and business closures. Her focus has been creating a world-class employee experience while promoting skills-driven transformation with agility and measuring the impact of the strategy on current and future business outcomes in a VUCA environment. She has built and led the people agenda through the lens of the future of work, talent and capability building, and DEI to create a high-performance culture.

Head of Global Rewards, Suntory Beverage and Food

Jingying is Head of Global Rewards in Suntory Beverage and Food, a leading global company in the beverage, health enrichment and food products sector. After more than 25 years in the industry, Jingying has gained strong specialist skills in designing rewards programs that drive cultural and commercial transformational journeys for organizations in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Prior to joining Suntory, Jingying undertook local, regional and global rewards program design at Shell, Nokia and BHP, which also involved project-managing the transformation of global HR functional operating models, conducting large-scale M&A negotiations and re-shaping significant business bottom-line and cultural shifts. These cross-disciplinary and multi-cultural experiences have made her into an agile and inclusive rewards leader.

Head, Global Innovation Hub, BIPO (Asia) Pte. Ltd.

Henry heads BIPO’s Global Innovation Hub as Principal Data Scientist. Based in Singapore, Henry leads a team of data and benchmarking analysts to ensure the successful delivery of the group’s data science initiatives, including the application of robotics process automation (RPA) within its proprietary cloud-based HR management system.

Before joining BIPO, Henry held key leadership roles, including President/CEO’s Executive Staff Assistant and Head of Analytics for SATS Singapore and Senior Vice President, Head of People Science, for Lazada Group (Alibaba).

Henry earned his MBA from the University of Cambridge in 2016 and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Master of Engineering in materials science in 2008.

Passionate about giving back to the community, Henry is a member of the HR Committee of the National Kidney Foundation. An avid sportsperson and pianist, he also holds a Grade 8 (ABRSM). 

Director, Global Total Rewards and Performance, Schneider Electric

With over 15 years of experience in the Human Resources domain, Sonia specializes in rewards and career architecture design. She joined Schneider Electric in 2022 and is currently a member of the Global Centre of Excellence team for Total Rewards and Performance. In this role, Sonia is responsible for driving the group's rewards strategy, and contributing to the ongoing innovation efforts to modernize the total rewards and performance policies. She is part of the core team dedicated to establishing a skills-focused job architecture, which will pave the way for fair, equitable and transparent pay.

Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Sonia served as the Practice Leader of a global HR consulting firm, where she has partnered with clients from various sectors, including multinational conglomerates and organizations worldwide.

Director, Benefits APAC & EMEA, Kantar

Award winning global mobility leader who transitioned career in 2021 to employee benefits and well-being, responsible for driving the benefits strategy, ensuring inclusive, competitive, harmonised and value you add benefits across EMEA and APAC for the Kantar Group, the worlds leading data, insights and consultancy company.

CEO, Singapore Post Limited

Su Yin was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Post in 2021, having joined the organization as Vice President, Customer Experience, two years earlier.

Su Yin has more than 20 years of experience in operations and customer experience. Prior to joining SingPost, she was General Manager at CAG, managing the ground operations and customer experience within the terminals. Before CAG, Su Yin had a distinguished 17-year military career with the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Su Yin holds a master’s degree in occupational psychology from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She is also a graduate of the United States Naval War College in Rhode Island.

Chief People Officer, GIC

Deanna is Chief People Officer at GIC, responsible for human resource and organization as well as corporate governance for the GIC group. GIC is a global investment management company established to manage the foreign reserves of the Government of Singapore, investing in public equities, fixed income, real estate, private equity and infrastructure assets.

As Chief People Officer, Deanna oversees people strategy to attract, develop and retain talent for enterprise performance, seeded with the right values and culture for GIC. As part of the Group Executive Committee, her areas of focus include talent strategy, leadership development, reward and engagement for organization effectiveness. As Company Secretary, she oversees corporate governance and client relations.

Deanna was previously Director, Finance, from 2009 to 2014, where she headed the Finance Group responsible for financial management across GIC’s portfolio, covering financing arrangements for assets, tax planning, investment holding structures, accounting, and management of revenue and expenditure. Deanna is currently a board member of Swiss Re Ltd, the National University Health System and Wealth Management Institute International Pte Ltd. She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and completed the Stanford Executive Program.

Head of Benefits, Standard Chartered Bank

Rahul is the Head of Benefits for Standard Chartered Bank globally and is based in Singapore. In his role, he oversees all of the bank’s non-retirement benefits and strives to ensure that they are designed and delivered in an accessible and equitable manner for all of his colleagues. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Rahul was with Allianz in Singapore and Mercer in San Francisco where he worked in the retirement and health & benefits space across both technical and customer-facing roles.

Head of Talent Strategy and Transformation, Eightfold

Andrea is the Head of Talent Strategy and Transformation for Eightfold, where she partners with executives to help them leverage skills-building AI and deliver on talent priorities and human capital productivity.

Before joining Eightfold, Andrea had a 25-year career at American Express (Amex). As the head of Global Talent Acquisition, she led a two-year global transformation that included the implementation of Eightfold AI. While at Amex, Andrea held many roles, including leader for Amex’s flagship Consumer Platinum and Centurion Cards, leader for the OPEN small business credit card portfolio, and the head of Global Payroll. The common theme in her diverse roles has been her focus on transforming and delivering improvements to products, processes and performance. 

Andrea worked in a variety of industries earlier in her career. She was a founding partner in a marketing firm helping Fortune 500 companies reach immigrant communities in the US, and she spearheaded AT&T’s inaugural multicultural marketing strategy for international long distance.

Group Chief Human Resource Officer, National University Health System

Priscilla has more than 28 years of experience leading various HR functions in the high-tech, banking and healthcare sectors. As Group CHRO, NUHS, she heads up the HR function covering three hospitals, one community hospital and seven polyclinics serving the western population of Singapore. Priscilla plays a key role in the digitalization of HR and led the successful implementation of Success Factors in 2021, making NUHS the first public healthcare institution to be on a cloud HR and mobile-app-enabled platform. She is passionate about driving transformative HR changes and actively partners with business stakeholders to engage and maximize the potential of every employee. NUHS won The Straits Times Singapore Best Employers award in two consecutive years of participation and was ranked 26th among the top 250 companies in 2023, up from 64th in 2022, retaining its number-one spot among the public healthcare clusters.

Vice President, Global Total Rewards, SAP

As Vice President, Global Total Rewards, Syed leads a global organization focused on creating and delivering innovative solutions to enable SAP’s global business and people strategy. Syed has more than 15 years of experience in total rewards and has worked for some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Microsoft, Johnson Controls, Nokia and GE.   

CEO, Gleneagles Hospital Singapore

Thomas was appointed Chief Executive Officer for Gleneagles Hospital Singapore in January 2023. On top of running one of Singapore’s premier private tertiary hospitals, he is responsible for rolling out a new electronic medical records system for the IHH Singapore group of hospitals.

Thomas started his career in the Singapore Armed Forces, where he held various command and staff appointments. He joined the National University Health System in 2010 as Head, Corporate Planning & Development, at the National University Hospital. Thomas was later appointed as Director for Regional Health Planning & Development at NUHS, where he headed the newly formed department to develop the strategy and plans for the regional health system. He was later appointed COO of National University Polyclinics, leading and managing the operations of six polyclinics and helping to develop and integrate private and public primary care in NUHS. In 2017, he joined The Ascott Limited, the hospitality arm of CapitaLand Investment as Managing Director, Middle East, Africa, Turkey & India, and later South China, while concurrently responsible for Senior Living and Strategic Projects.

Senior Vice President and Regional Health Consulting Leader — ASEAN and Hong Kong, Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB)

Eima is a senior vice president and MMB’s Regional Consulting Leader for ASEAN and Hong Kong, based in Singapore. She has more than 16 years of experience in general insurance, broking, advisory and consulting.

Eima supports the regional and country leaders on health and benefits consulting, workforce health consulting, global and regional thought leadership, new-age product and solutions development, ESG-focused solutions enablement, and market consulting capability enhancement.

Before her current position, she led the North India consulting team and delivered on client experience and business growth.

Eima is the co-author of MMB’s Rising Costs and Healthcare Inequality in Asia — Impact on Middle-Class Workforce and Solutions report, featured on MMB’s People Risk podcast series. She has also authored several blog posts and point-of-view articles on health trends and people risks. Eima regularly speaks on topics such as mental well-being, sustainable health, women’s healthcare and flexible benefits.

Chief Revenue Officer, Mercer | Mettl

Anirban B Roy is the Chief Revenue Officer at Mercer | Mettl, - one of the largest technology-led Skills Assessment players globally. Passionate about scaling Technology enterprises globally, he has two decades of expertise in leading Sales, Marketing, and Strategy functions across industries. A part of the founding team of Mercer | Mettl, he currently serves as its global Chief Revenue Officer, striving towards leadership for the company in the skills space. Being a renowned thought leader in the Skills Assessment space, Anirban has consulted with large organizations across industries to deliver impact through talent measurement practices.

Senior Partner and Global Advisory Solutions & Insight Leader, Mercer

Kate is a senior partner and Mercer’s Global Advisory Solutions & Insight Leader.  She has worked in Asia, Australia, US and Europe, helping organizations achieve a talent advantage through their people. In her current role, she supports Mercer’s thought leadership agenda, knowledge management and colleague sales enablement, as well as leading on solution innovations for the HR buyer and colleague learning in the Talent Reward & Transformation practices.  She has held office, practice and market leadership roles at Mercer; prior to her current position she was the Career Global Practices Leader, and before that the Growth Market’s regional practice leader for Talent Strategy and Organisational Performance.

She is the author of Mercer’s annual Global Talent Trends study and speaks regularly on the “Future of Work.”  She is currently partnering with the World Economic Forum under their Good Work Alliance project to define Good Work standards and metrics.  She is a non-executive director of Digital Frontiers.

Senior Principal, Head of China Career Products, Mercer

Elley is Senior Principal and the leader of Mercer China Career Product business. She is based in Shanghai. With over 20 years of HR consulting experience, she has expertise in a wide range of key areas, including the design of compensation systems, job grading systems, benefits and incentives and mobility programs, as well as talent acquisition and retention. Her clients include many multinational, private and state-owned enterprises.

Elley speaks regularly on HR issues at conferences.

Prior to joining Mercer, she worked for another leading global HR consulting firm as a consultant on the compensation solution team.

Elley holds a master’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Associate Principal, Rewards Consulting, Singapore, Mercer

Eugene is an associate principal in the Rewards Consulting practice at Mercer Singapore, where he is focused on the project management and delivery of compensation framework design for clients. Having built a career in both consulting and corporate HR, Eugene is experienced in organization-wide job evaluation and grade structure alignment, compensation and benefits benchmarking, fixed compensation design, variable compensation design (short-term incentive, sales incentive), performance management system reviews, competencies development and implementation, and employee communications and change management.

Principal, M&A Advisory Services, Mercer

Candy is a principal with Mercer’s M&A Advisory Services business, based in Singapore. She specializes in cross-border due diligence and post-deal stand-up/integration of global HR programs. Candy has advised both private equity and corporate clients across the US, Europe, and Asia and has worked on more than 200 transactions, covering various sectors, including aviation, chemical, manufacturing, energy, financial services, retail, healthcare, media and IT/telecommunications industries.

Rewards Design Practice Leader, India, Mercer

Debasmita is a principal and the Rewards Design Practice Leader for Mercer India. She leads all executive remuneration, board compensation and incentives design projects in the country. Debasmita has a total of 18 years of experience in the areas of rewards consulting, performance management, manpower budgeting, merit modeling, LTI plan design, variable pay design, executive remuneration and post-M&A C&B integration.

Before joining Mercer in 2011, Debasmita was part of the Corporate HR team at ICICI Bank. In her previous role at Mercer as Technology Industry Leader, she ran two industry rewards forums — The India IT Services Forum and The Mercer Internet/E-commerce Forum. She has extensive experience in designing rewards for technology clients. Debasmita has a postgraduate degree in management with a specialization in HR.

Partner and Business Leader, Career, Asia, Mercer

Lewis is Partner and business leader for Mercer’s Singapore Career business. Voted a top 101 Global Employee Engagement and Experience Influencer, he is contributor to publications such as the Harvard Business Review and Talent Quarterly  and speaker in the areas of people science, HR data, employee engagement and leadership. In his commercial work, he leads a team of economists, social scientists, engineers and consultants to help clients and customers implement data-driven reward, talent, leadership and employee experience programs to improve organizational performance.

Lewis has supported the development of several organization and HR capabilities programs, including a leading role in the development of the national Skills Frameworks in Singapore. He has extensive expertise in making people programs relevant for C-level executives in global companies as well as facilitating senior leadership teams to help them unlock leadership effectiveness. 

Lewis is chartered by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as an Occupational Psychologist, and is also qualified by the BPS to use both ability tests and personality questionnaires in order to assess talent. He holds a bachelor’s degree (with first-class honours) in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, as well as a master’s degree in occupational psychology, from the University of Nottingham in the UK.

CEO, Mercer | Mettl

Regional Industries Leader, Asia Pacific, Mercer

Disha is a senior principal and the Regional Industries Leader for the hospitality, life sciences and energy sectors for Mercer’s Career business. In this role, she spearheads client and market development for these sectors for APAC through key account management, working with a broad spectrum of HR leaders. Disha is passionate about her role as a strategic advisor for initiatives focused on solving business and people challenges in the areas of rewards and talent management, organizational development, and change management.

Over the past 18 years, she has acquired consulting and corporate HR experience working with industry majors in the banking and financial services, IT, pharma, consumer goods, and hospitality and logistics industries across India, China and Singapore.

Before joining Mercer, Disha honed her skills in the areas of rewards consulting, talent and performance management, manpower planning, and HR policy design in HR generalist and specialist roles.

Disha holds a master’s degree in human resource and organizational development from the Symbiosis Centre for Human Resource Development in India.

Multinational Client Leader — Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Africa, Mercer Marsh Benefits

Mike is the MMB Multinational Client Leader for Asia, Pacific, India, the Middle East and Africa. He oversees existing MMB global and regional benefits management teams and MMB’s Darwin proposition for multinationals across these regions. Mike is currently based in Singapore, where he connects with clients to help them navigate their benefits journeys. His particular focus is in the areas of financing; mobility insurance; environmental, social and governance (ESG); and stewardship and governance.

Mike has worked for MMB for more than 10 years supporting clients headquartered in all regions around the world. This experience has given him a unique perspective on different markets and cultures.

Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Portsmouth and an MBA from Warwick Business School, both in the UK.

President, Asia, Mercer

Peta is President of Mercer Asia. She is accountable for the performance of the firm across 11 markets in Asia, along with practice and portfolio strategy. In addition, Peta is responsible for fostering greater collaboration across all four businesses under Marsh McLennan — Mercer, Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman — to support clients in the region with their evolving needs.

Before being named President of Mercer Asia, Peta served as CEO of Mercer Singapore and Chair of Marsh McLennan Singapore. As Chair, she was responsible for driving internal synergies between the four businesses and optimizing Marsh McLennan’s overall portfolio of risk, strategy and people capabilities for greater market impact. Before joining Marsh McLennan, Peta held various leadership roles at KMPG, IBM and Kenexa.

Outside of Marsh McLennan, Peta is a board member of WorkWell Leaders, an ambassador for she1K’s chiefX angel investment syndicate and an active member of Women Corporate Directors.

Peta has a master’s degree in organizational psychology from Birkbeck, University of London, in the UK and a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney in Australia. She has also completed the Singapore Management University’s Business & Industry Insights executive education program.

With extensive experience in advising multinational companies on change and workforce transformation, Peta is passionate about making a difference and always seeks to drive high performance through people in an authentic and sustainable way. This stems from her background in organizational psychology and experiences of living in many different parts of the world.

Associate Principal - Talent Solutions Consulting, Singapore, Mercer

Hannah is an Associate Principal with Mercer’s Talent Solutions business in Singapore. Focused on understanding how to build a sustainable workforce, Hannah helps clients to translate what the future of work means for jobs and skills.  She leads the Employee Engagement and Experience solution area for Mercer Singapore and a number of public and private sector projects across the wider talent and transformation area. Before moving to Singapore in 2018 with Mercer, Hannah worked for Willis Towers Watson in London.

Hannah has extensive experience working across a wide portfolio of solutions areas, including competency and career framework development, employee value proposition development and employee engagement communication. She has gained valuable industry and cultural insights working with clients across multiple sectors, notably financial services, retail, education, manufacturing and FMCG, in both the United Kingdom and Singapore.

Hannah holds a bachelor’s degree (with honors) in history from University College London.

Regional Mobility Leader, Asia Pacific, Mercer

Tracey is the Regional Mobility Practice Leader for the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining Mercer, Tracey was the global mobility program manager for a Fortune 500 company, supporting over 200 expats on assignments in more than 20 countries across America, Asia, Australia and Europe. She also has extensive experience in mobility consulting and compliance as well as global compensation. Tracey’s clients comprise various organizations, including large state-owned enterprises, multinational companies and private enterprises. She earned the GPHR certification from HRCI and holds the Chartered Tax Adviser designation from the Australian Tax Institute.

Senior Principal, Regional Careers, Asia- Pacific, Mercer

Manisha is a senior principal within the regional Career business in Asia-Pacific. She has more than 20 years of consulting experience, particularly in the areas of rewards and talent management. Working with clients to identify and advise on emerging trends impacting workforce rewards and HR plan designs, Manisha has had in-depth exposure across multiple industries within the region. Before joining Mercer, Manisha held an HR business partner role within the information and communications technology industry. In this role, she led the design and implementation of key HR programs for the market aligned with the organization’s growth strategy. Manisha holds an MBA with a specialty in human resources.

Strategic Initiatives Leader, Asia, Mercer

Kabir has been at Mercer for 8 years and has supported the business in a variety of roles. 

He is currently the Strategic Initiatives Leader for Mercer in Asia and Chief of Staff to Peta Latimer (Mercer Asia President), he is extremely passionate about making time, information, and decision-making more effective for Mercer’s most diverse and fastest growing region.

Prior to his current role, Kabir spent 7 years as Mercer Singapore's Skills Transformation Leader in the Career Practice. With over 12 years in HR Consulting, he has effectively tackled complex people-related challenges at the crossroads of Talent and Reward in diverse markets like Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Middle East, and Shanghai. His primary areas of focus include workforce transformation, strategic workforce planning, and talent management.

Kabir holds a BA degree in Economics from St. Stephens College and a MBA degree from London Business School and The University of Hong Kong.

President, Singapore, Mercer

Neil is President, Mercer Singapore as well as Business Leader, Mercer Marsh Benefits Singapore. He is passionate about employee well-being and creating a culture of purpose at the workplace. He draws on a demonstrated history of working in the HR industry across North America and Asia as a consultant.

Neil was the Retirement Leader for Asia from 2016 to 2018. Prior to this, from 2010 to 2016, he was the Retirement Service Centre Leader in the GOSS (Global Operations and Shared Services) office located in Gurgaon, India. He led a team of 300 employees and managed the delivery of over 2,000 pension and post-retirement medical valuations to 10+ countries.

Before relocating to India, Neil was the Retirement Service Centre Leader in Toronto, Canada. He joined Mercer in 2003 as a Retirement Consultant and Actuary at the same Toronto office. Prior to joining Mercer, Neil worked at another consulting firm, specializing in Canadian retirement benefits. 

Neil holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics from the University of Western Ontario. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (US) and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

CEO, South-East Asia, Marsh McLennan

Based in Singapore where she has lived for the past 17 years, Godelieve spearheads the growth and expansion of Marsh McLennan in South East Asia — covering Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Her expertise in designing and delivering impactful people and risk solutions empowers Marsh McLennan’s clients in their business, risk and workforce transformation as they navigate the realities of a constantly changing environment. Prior to this role, Godelieve was the CEO of Mercer’s South-East Asia Growth markets, helping companies navigate the health, wealth and career needs of the fast-evolving workforce in this dynamic region.

Throughout her career, she has played a critical role in designing innovative talent solutions and has worked closely with leading clients across the high-tech, life sciences, FMCG, chemical, retail and hospitality industries. She is a keen advocate of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, with a relentless focus on creating a sustainable and enabling working environment across the firm.

Godelieve holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands.

Regional Employee Engagement Solutions Leader — AMEA, Pacific and LATAM, Mercer

Marieke van Raaij leads the Centre of Excellence team, based in Singapore, to support the business development and operational success of employee listening engagements across the broad region.

Marieke’s career as a Human Resources Consultant spans over two decades, with the last 15 years spent in Hong Kong and Singapore. She spent much of her career at Willis Towers Watson: her previous role with them was in Hong Kong, where her team focused on driving employee engagement and a positive organizational culture. 

Marieke’s previous roles have included leading a boutique consulting firm that focused on designing, implementing and brokering HR solutions to enable clients’ digital transformation journey. She has also worked with a technology company focusing on gamification. Her role included designing assessment, development and engagement solutions, using technology and gamification to create an immersive employee experience. 

Marieke holds a bachelor’s degree in international hospitality management, with a specialization in finance, from the Institute of Hospitality Management in The Hague

Health Consulting Leader, Singapore, Mercer

Julia is a principal and the Health Consulting Leader for Mercer in Singapore, leading a team of employee benefits experts who empower clients to make data-driven decisions regarding their employee health and benefits programs. She manages an extensive portfolio of clients and is focused on helping companies evolve and balance differing priorities in the health and benefits space through flexibility, mental health and preventive care.

Before her current role, Julia was Mercer’s Regional Global Mobility Leader for APAC. In this role, she supported companies operating in different markets in creating programs to attract and retain global talent. 

She is also a passionate advocate of well-being and is often invited by clients to share trends, data and insights in this area.

Julia holds a Diploma of Human Resource Management from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and also has a bachelor’s degree in social psychology.

Global HR Transformation Leader, Mercer

Leveraging his diverse experience in both corporate HR and consulting, Armin helps clients reinvent their human resources functions, while optimising its value and delivering an exemplary employee experience. He enables the HR function to succeed on its journey to workforce and organisation transformation, using the full potential of digitalisation. Armin works with companies across the globe, transforming their HR strategies, processes and systems. He is an acknowledged global expert on Target Interaction Model architecture, employee experience and emerging HR roles.

Global Chief Revenue Officer, Mercer | Mettl

Business Leader, Career Products East China, Senior Principal, Mercer

Justin Shen is Senior Principal at Mercer. He is the business leader of the East China Career Product, and also leads China Chemical Industry. He is based in Shanghai.

During his career in Mercer, Justin has led many HR consulting projects on issues including job evaluation, salary structure, compensation analysis, talent assessment and performance management. Multinational companies such as AkzoNobel, Bayer, BASF, DOW Chemical and Nippon number among  his clients.

Justin has been with Mercer for 11 years. Prior to that, he gained approximately five years of experience at two state-owned enterprises in the telecommunications and energy industries respectively. During this period, he worked as HRBP and C&B supervisor, which helped him gain solid corporate HR knowledge.

Justin holds a bachelor’s degree in human resource management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University as well as a master’s degree from Fudan University’s Executive MBA program. 

Associate Principal, Talent and Transformation, Singapore, Mercer

Chitralekha is an Associate Principal with Mercer. Based in Singapore, she leads our Talent Marketplace solution and works across Talent Management and Skills. She brings a unique blend of consulting and corporate experience gained over 13 years across strategic and operational roles and has extensive knowledge of people issues in Asia markets.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in technology and information technology from the Vellore Institute of Technology and an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. 

Senior Partner & Career Business Leader - Asia, IMEA & Pacific, Mercer

Puneet is senior partner and leader of Mercer’s career business in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. With over 23 years of consulting experience, Puneet has provided advice to leading local and multinational organizations across more than 25 countries in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

Puneet has worked extensively in areas of talent engagement & management, total rewards, workforce analytics, talent assessments & proctoring, HR & workforce transformation, and cloud implementation areas, with in-depth exposure to multiple industries across the region. He has also advised organizations on HR audits, managing people issues in mergers and acquisitions, and compensation outsourcing.

Puneet is an experienced facilitator and instructional designer, with competencies in designing and delivering HR workshops and training for clients.

Prior to joining Mercer, he worked with AON (formerly Hewitt), where he headed their broad based rewards practice for SEA. Puneet has also worked with ABN AMRO Bank in UAE where he was head of HRBP for ABN’s Consumer and Private Banking Business.

Puneet holds a postgraduate diploma in management.

Principal, Rewards Consulting Leader, Mercer

Andrea is a principal and the Rewards Consulting Leader for Mercer in Singapore. Before joining Mercer, she was Associate Director, Rewards, with another leading human resource consulting firm. Her most recent role was as the Global Head of Rewards and Talent Management for a Singapore-headquartered high-tech company with presence across Asia, Europe and the US. Andrea has more than 17 years of experience across HR consulting and within in-house HR roles.

Her experience includes designing and implementing broad-based compensation and talent management programs for large, multinational firms. Previously, Andrea was based in Chicago, working closely with large American multinational firms. Through her project experience with clients from around the world as she lived and worked in multiple countries, Andrea is adept at managing clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Regional High Tech Leader, Asia Pacific, Mercer

Currently Regional High Tech Leader for Asia Pacific, Harrison has held a variety of key roles in the business since joining Mercer in 2008. These include being the lead for the supply chain management industry as well as the regional career products team located out of Hong Kong from 2018 to 2021, and leading Mercer’s insights and products business in Malaysia (2015–18) while double-hatting as the regional benefits leader during 2015 and 2016.

From 2013 to 2016, he led Mercer’s Asia Pacific Employee Benefits products line and was responsible for Mercer’s benefits surveys and related benchmarking services across the region in Singapore. He also had a two-year stint (2011–12) in Shanghai as the China Employees Benefits product leader, during which he was responsible for setting up the infrastructure in survey and project delivery within the country.

Harrison holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences (with honors) from the National University of Singapore.

Principal Consultant, Rewards, Singapore, Mercer

Helmi leads the most complex rewards projects across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Prior to joining Mercer, he was a Senior Rewards Consultant with another leading human resource consulting firm. Helmi has managed or supported a range of HR consulting projects in the areas of rewards, sales incentive plan design and competency design. He has experience working with clients Asia-wide across a range of industries such as engineering, air transport, media, chemicals and sovereign wealth funds, as well as in the public sector.

Helmi holds a bachelor’s degree in business management  from Singapore Management University, with a double major in marketing and organization behavior & human resources (OBHR).

Senior Principal, M&A Advisory Services Leader - Greater China & SEA, Mercer

Haze is a senior principal and Mercer’s Greater China M&A Advisory Services Leader. She specializes in undertaking operational and HR diligence and leading post-deal integration engagements for private equity and corporate clients. She is also proficient in identifying and quantifying synergy benefits and related implementation costs.

Prior to joining Mercer, Haze gained over fourteen years of experience working for PwC, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, L’Oréal Asia Pacific and Coca-Cola, with extensive exposure in organizational restructuring, strategic workforce planning and project management.

Haze holds a master’s degree in organization and human resource management from the University of Hong Kong.