CHRO Series SINGAPORE

Navigating the Human + AI Workforce Revolution:

Shaping Culture, Capability and Competitive Advantage in the Agentic Era

6 – 8 October 2026

One Farrer Hotel, Singapore

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Shaping Culture, Capability and Competitive Advantage in the Agentic Era

As AI evolves from assistant to autonomous collaborator, CHROs are entering a defining era of leadership. In 2026, the mandate is no longer just digital transformation — it is workforce reinvention at scale. From agentic AI and skills intelligence to rewards innovation, culture resilience, workforce wellbeing and leadership trust, HR leaders are now orchestrating the intersection of technology, humanity and business growth.

At CHRO Singapore 2026, over 200 senior HR and business leaders will come together to explore how organizations can build adaptive, high-performing and deeply human workplaces in an age of constant disruption. Expect bold conversations, practical case studies and actionable strategies on the future of work, AI-powered people ecosystems, next-generation talent strategies and culture transformation.

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Singapore

One Farrer Hotel, 1 Farrer Park Station Road,
Singapore 217562

7th October 2026

8.15am
Registration & Networking
9.10am
Organiser’s Welcome Address
9.20am
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
9.30am
[KEYNOTE]
The Human Advantage in an Agentic AI World
  • Why CHROs are becoming architects of human + AI collaboration
  • Building organizations where AI enhances creativity, trust and decision-making
  • Rewiring culture for speed, adaptability and continuous reinvention
9.50am
[CXO THINK TANK]
Singapore Inc. Rewired: The CEO, CFO & CHRO Playbook for Sustainable Growth
  • Balancing business growth with lean workforce strategies in a high-cost operating environment
  • Driving productivity and innovation as Singapore competes for global talent and regional leadership
  • Building agile, future-ready workforce plans across multi-generational, hybrid and highly skilled talent pools
Moderator:
Panelists:
10.30am

Case Study: Partner Showcase
10.50am
Morning Tea Break
11.20am
Case Study: Partner Showcase
11.40am
Culture by Design: Building Belonging in a Digitally Accelerated Singapore Workplaces
  • Preventing “culture drift” in hybrid, AI-enabled organizations
  • Embedding trust, transparency and psychological safety at scale
  • Turning culture into a measurable business and performance driver
12.00pm
Case Study: Partner Showcase
12.30pm
Lunch & Networking
02.00pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS [60 MINS]

Ask the experts and have your say! Structured to maximise interaction and in-depth focus on a topical subject matter, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a roundtable of their choice, which has close relevance to their area of expertise and/or scope of responsibility. We will conclude with a 15mins sharing session, where each Roundtable Leader will present key highlights and takeaways from the group discussion.


ROUNDTABLE A

Agentic AI in HR: From Experimentation to Enterprise Scale

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ROUNDTABLE B

Rewards That Matter: Rethinking Compensation for a New Workforce Reality
ROUNDTABLE C

The Culture Reset: Rebuilding Trust in High-Change Environment

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ROUNDTABLE D

Learning Without Limits: Reinventing L&D for the AI Era
ROUNDTABLE E

The Future Leader: Coaching Humans in an AI-First Organization
ROUNDTABLE F

Workforce Wellbeing 2.0: From Burnout Prevention to Human Sustainability

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3.10pm
Case Study: Partner Showcase
3.30pm
Afternoon Tea Break
4.00pm
Fireside Chat
The New Employee Experience: Hyper-Personalisation at Scale
  • Using AI and behavioral data to personalise the employee journey
  • Creating meaningful workplace experiences across generations
  • Balancing efficiency with empathy in digital-first organizations
Moderator:
4.40pm
[Panel]
The End of Traditional L&D: Learning in the Flow of Work
  • How AI copilots and immersive learning are transforming capability development
  • Building adaptive learning cultures instead of static training programs
  • Elevating human skills: creativity, influence, resilience and critical thinking
Moderator:
5.20pm
Closing Remarks & End of Conference

8 OCTOBER: CHRO MASTERCLASS AGENDA

THE RESILIENT ORGANISATION: HR When AI Meets Turbulence

Date: 8th October 2026
Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Facilitator: Joanne Flinn, Chairwoman - ESG Institute

WORKSHOP DELIVERABLES

79% of Singapore organisations have deployed AI agents. Yet only 23% of your workforce feels equipped to advance their careers. The Strait of Hormuz just triggered what DPM Gan called “the most severe global energy disruption since 1973.” And your board expects HR to build workforce resilience while nobody’s sure which roles survive the next quarter.


Singapore gave the world its first governance framework for agentic AI. While the Workplace Fairness Act is coming. The infrastructure for responsible AI is here. What’s missing is the capability to use these under pressure.

These aren’t separate challenges. They’re the same stress test. And it’s running now.

In this post-conference workshop, Joanne will work with you to build the capability engine that makes your organisation stronger under pressure — not despite the turbulence, but because of how you respond to it.

DAY 2: CHRO WORKSHOP AGENDA

Owning the AI Transformation Agenda

Date: 10th October 2025
Time: 9am to 5pm
Facilitator: Dominique Rose Van-Winther, CEO & Chief AI Evangelist - Final Upgrade AI
Today’s AI transformation is less about tech and more about people, culture, and change. The best tech in the world will not create results if the workforce is not engaged with it. That is why HR belongs in the driver’s seat of what is fundamentally the biggest and fastest workforce transformation of our time. As the stewards of culture, the success of AI depends on how you shape that culture and drive change. This workshop is built to equip you to lead your organization, demonstrating how AI-empowered talent can create a lasting competitive edge in volatile markets and times of transformation.

Key objectives:
  • Equip HR leaders to drive the biggest workforce transformation of our time, using AI as the catalyst for lasting cultural and operational change
  • Focus on what delivers AI-powered results, with hands-on activities and real-world examples that cut through the theory
  • Learn how to embed AI into daily habits, processes, and decision-making so change sticks and drives measurable business impact
  • Exchange lessons with peers on what’s working, what’s failing, and how different industries are approaching AI adoption
  • Drive HR’s own transformation, turning the function into a living example of AI-powered efficiency, innovation, and service excellence
  • Leave with a practical, step-by-step roadmap for rolling out AI initiatives, from setting clear policies to building champions and creating organization-wide readiness

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

08.30am
Registration & Coffee
09.00am
Session 1: The Capability Gap Not Measured
Governance is in place. Adoption is high. So why does only 23% of your workforce feel ready? This session exposes what got missed.
  • Why governance without capability is a compliance exercise, not a competitive advantage
  • The skills paradox: 79% deploying AI, 4 in 5 professionals not AI-ready
  • What the Hormuz shock revealed about resilience you thought you had
  • Quick-fire quizzes to spot high-value use cases and avoid low-impact “shiny toy” projects
10.30am
Morning Coffee Break & Networking
11.00am
Session 2: Resilience Is a System, Not a Slogan 

The next disruption won’t send a calendar invite either. This session reframes resilience as something HR builds before the crisis, not during it.

  • The three resilience layers: operational continuity, workforce adaptability, strategic optionality — and which one HR actually owns
  • How AI deployments create hidden dependencies that break under pressure
  • Workplace Fairness Act implications: when AI decisions need to be traceable, explainable, and defensible in a crisis
12.30pm
Networking Luncheon
1.30pm
Session 3: Building the Capability Engine

Skills frameworks gather dust. Training programmes tick boxes. This session moves from skills-as-inventory to capability-as-engine — a system that compounds.

  • From skills mapping to capability architecture: what actually builds adaptive capacity
  • The 70% question: which skills are genuinely valuable, which are legacy?
  • Using AI to accelerate human capability — not just automate human tasks
15.00pm
Afternoon Tea Break
15.30pm
Session 4: Your Resilience Audit — From Diagnosis to Your 100-Day Plan

The capability you build determines the resilience you have. This session makes that visible and actionable.

  • Five resilience indicators applied to your organisation: governance, capability, adaptability, transparency, trust
  • Where Singapore’s regulatory sophistication helps you — and where it creates obligations you haven’t addressed
  • Your 100-day action plan: one capability to accelerate, one dependency to reduce, one conversation to initiate

    • You leave with: a completed resilience scorecard, a capability engine design, and the regulatory map — built on your reality, not a template

5.00pm
Summary, Q&A and End of Workshop

2025 CHRO SPEAKERS

Prakash Satagopan

Director, Compensation & Benefits – APAC
Western Digital

Patsy Ng

SVP, HR Asia Pacific
Hilton

Uday Burra

Head of People Care – APJ & India
Nokia

Chloe Zhou

Global Head of Talent Acquisition, BSO
CBRE

Sneha Chopra

VP – Group Talent & People Development
CapitaLand Investments

Deepthi Chandra

People & Organization Director
DB Schenker

Jiejun Yan

Senior Vice President, APAC Workplace Advisory Lead
Edelman

Jeanette Tan

Deputy Director – Digital Academy
GovTech Singapore

Rob Dunderdale

Head of Talent Attraction
KPMG

Aaron Lim

Global Director of People and Culture
International SOS

Katie Birch

Senior Director, Outside Sales
Indeed

Stuart Jones

Director, Sales
Indeed

Annella Heytens

VP Human Resources
Microsoft Asia

Ng Chow Yong

AGM, Learning & Talent Development
M1 Limited

Joydeep Bose

Managing Director & Group CHRO
Olam Group

Amanda Dew

Group Director of Talent Acquisition & DEI
PropertyGuru Group

Shirley Chua

Head of Local Employee Benefits & Flex, Corporate Accounts Department
Pacific Prime CXA Singapore

Richard Preece

Vialto Alliance Resilience Director
Oakas

Peter Skalberg

Director, Southeast Asia
Simitri Group International &
Adjunct Lecturer, RMIT University

Megha Mansharamani

Global Head HC Strategy & Global Corporate HCBP
SATS Ltd

Sujay Bhat

Sr. Director HR Strategy Advisory
SAP SuccessFactors Southeast Asia

Melvyn Yeo

Director of Sales
SAP SuccessFactors

Heena Bose

CEO
Pacific Prime CXA Singapore

Rich Lewis-Jones

Vice President APAC
SmartRecruiters

David Huxley

President & CEO
Simitri Group International

Ben Neumann

Singapore Leader
Vialto Partners

Grant ‘Upbeat’ Bosnick

Award-Winning Author, Keynote Speaker & MD
YES

ESG MASTERCLASS SPEAKERS

Joanne Flinn

Kris Wadia

Jonathan Cheung

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ticket prices and information for CHRO Singapore

Delegate Pass
*For in-house HR professionals and end-user organisations
6 October 2026: Workshop 1 S$ 599 per delegate
7 October 2026: CHRO Conference S$ 399 per delegate
8 October 2026: Workshop 2 S$ 599 per delegate
[Bundle A] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 1) S$ 899 per delegate
[Bundle B] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 2) S$ 899 per delegate
[Bundle C] 3-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Two Workshops) S$ 1,149 per delegate
Vendor Pass
*For HR technology, solutions, and service providers
6 October 2026: Workshop 1 S$ 599 per delegate
7 October 2026: CHRO Conference S$ 899 per delegate
8 October 2026: Workshop 2 S$ 599 per delegate
[Bundle A] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 1) S$ 1,249 per delegate
[Bundle B] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 2) S$ 1,249 per delegate
[Bundle C] 3-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Two Workshops) S$ 1,499 per delegate

Take advantage of our Early Bird pricing up to July 31, 2026.
Note: Prices will increase after this period.

 
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Prakash Satagopan

Director, Compensation & Benefits – APAC –Western Digital
Bio

Prakash Satagopan is an accomplished Human Resources leader with over two decades of experience in designing and delivering total rewards, performance, and benefits frameworks across global and regional markets in both technology and financial servies. Currently serving as Director, Compensation & Benefits – APAC at Western Digital, he oversees total rewards strategy for 30,000 employees across Asia-Pacific.

Prakash has successfully led large-scale HR transformations, including job architecture redesign, M&A integration, and benefits harmonization. His career spans leadership roles at Scotiabank, Standard Chartered, Hewlett Packard, and Dell, where he consistently drove initiatives in compensation strategy, digital HR transformation, and employee well-being programs. Notably, he played a pivotal role in setting up a total rewards framework for new international locations, led critical restructuring efforts, and delivered cost-efficient, market-aligned HR solutions.

An advocate for collaboration and integrity, Prakash combines strategic vision with hands-on execution, making him a trusted advisor to senior leaders and a people-focused leader across industries.

Patsy Ng

SVP, HR – Asia Pacific Hilton
Bio

Patsy Ng is the Senior Vice President, Human Resources Asia Pacific leading the HR function in the fastest growing hospitality company comprises over 1,100 hotels and 92,000 Team Members in this region. Patsy started the first decade of her career in the petrochemical industry in both HR generalist and specialist roles. She then joined the fast-moving consumer goods industry where she led the APAC Rewards function for another decade, before joining Hilton to first lead the APAC Rewards function and progressed to lead the APAC HR function in 2021.

Since joining Hilton, Patsy’s passion has been focused on delivering an industry-leading Team Member experience, culminating in Hilton’s award-winning culture, and defining the future of work to drive growth in APAC.

Under her leadership, Hilton has cemented its reputation as the region’s most awarded employer in hospitality – most recently ranked as #1 Best Workplaces in Asia™ by Great Place to Work®. In addition, Hilton has secured top honours for its extraordinary workplace culture across key markets including #1 Best Workplaces in Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Greater China and #1 Hospitality Company in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. These achievements underscore Patsy’s unwavering commitment to building a thriving, inclusive workplace culture that sets the benchmark for the industry. Crowning these achievements, Hilton was named the #1 World’s Best Workplace in 2023, a testament to the strong, people-first culture Patsy champions across the region.

Uday Burra

Head of People Care – APJ & India –Nokia
Bio

Uday Burra is an Executive Coach, HR Strategist, and strong believer in Normalizing mental health conversations. He has close to three decades of experience contributing to various HR & Leadership roles across various countries & cultures. He is Currently Leading People Care function for Nokia APJ.

He is PCC Trained and a Master Coach at Nokia. As Executive Coach his focus is on solution-oriented approaches to work & life overall. He practices solution-oriented coaching methods. He has many years of experience coaching senior organization leaders, first time entrepreneurs and sales professionals.

His experience includes working for Dell, TATA Group & Sapient where he made significant impact in HR service delivery, leadership development & business partner leadership roles.

Chloe Zhou

Global Head of Talent Acquisition, BSO – CBRE
Bio

Chloe Zhou is a globally recognized talent acquisition leader with over a decade of experience driving strategic hiring initiatives across diverse industries and geographies. Currently serving as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition for CBRE’s Business Services Organization (BSO), Chloe leads global recruitment strategies that align with business growth, innovation, and DE&I priorities.

Prior to her current role, Chloe was the APAC Head of Talent Acquisition for CBRE’s Enterprise & Data Center Solutions business, where she led a team of 45 TA professionals and delivered transformative hiring outcomes across the region.

Her expertise includes global talent acquisition, strategic HR leadership, executive search, employer branding, and change management. Chloe is passionate about building inclusive hiring ecosystems and shaping the future of work through data-driven and human-centric talent strategies.

Sneha Chopra

VP – Group Talent & People Development – CapitaLand Investments
Bio

Over the past 15 years, Sneha Chopra has partnered with organisations across Financial Services, Retail, Technology, and Government to accelerate their people transformation journeys by building agile workforces and future-ready leaders. She is currently the Vice President, Group Talent & People Development at CapitaLand Investment (CLI), where she leads the Centre of Excellence for Talent—overseeing Group Talent Management, CLIMB (CLI’s learning academy), and Workforce Sustainability.

Sneha brings deep expertise in talent management, leadership development, and organisational strategy, shaped by a global career that has spanned India, Costa Rica, and the last 10 years in Southeast Asia. Prior to CLI, she was with GIC, where she led succession planning and talent management for senior leaders. Her earlier roles at PwC Southeast Asia, Willis Towers Watson, and McKinsey & Company saw her driving largescale HR strategy and transformation initiatives across diverse industries and cultures.

She is known for her collaborative and future-focused leadership style, empowering teams to think boldly, act with purpose, and co-create inclusive, high-impact talent solutions.

Deepthi Chandra

People & Organization Director – DB Schenker
Bio

Deepthi Chandra recently stepped into the role of Global Business Partner, People & Organization with DSV A/S, supporting the newly integrated company following DSV’s global acquisition of DB Schenker. Currently based in Singapore, she will soon relocate to Copenhagen, Denmark to continue in her new role at DSV’s global head office.
Previously with DB Schenker, she was APAC Regional HR Business Partner for Business and Functions and Chief People Officer for Cluster Mekong, where she led HR strategy across Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos.

She has also held HR positions with Becton Dickinson & Company, Keppel Corporation, Human Capital Leadership Institute, and Harvard Business School Publishing across India, the Philippines, and Singapore.

With a background that combines technology, business, and people, Deepthi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Engineering, a Master’s in Finance & Marketing from India, and a Master’s in Human Resource Management from the ILR School, Cornell University.

Jiejun Yan

Senior Vice President, APAC Workplace Advisory Lead – Edelman
Bio

Jiejun leads Edelman’s Workplace Advisory practice across Asia Pacific, consulting leaders on their employee experience programs and employer brand communications. She helps organisations and leaders build trust with their employees to flourish in times of transformation.

A certified change practitioner, executive coach, and organisational development specialist with 2 decades of experience, she pivoted from a financial regulatory background to pursue her passion for building human-centred workplaces.
Drawing on organisational and positive psychology, Jiejun facilitates employee experiences that support performance and wellbeing. Her work includes partnering leaders on impactful communications to diverse workforces across Asia Pacific, building psychological safety between leaders and teams, and creating large-scale employee event experiences (300+ sessions, with up to 15,000 participants).
She takes a human-centered and systems-focused perspective to cultivating thriving workplaces. Her recent INSEAD Master’s in Change thesis explored how unconscious organisational dynamics impacted wellbeing and performance in global cross-market virtual teams with diverse members.

To recharge, Jiejun enjoys mindfulness walking (and pickleball!), listening to her Korean café vibes playlist, and quality time with family and friends.

  

Jeanette Tan

Deputy Director – Digital Academy – GovTech Singapore
Bio

Jeanette is a strategic learning and development leader with over 13 years at GovTech Singapore, currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Digital Academy. She has successfully launched and scaled the Academy to deliver 146 unique programmes across 10 tech domains within the first year, building partnerships with global tech companies to drive ICT workforce transformation.

Jeanette brings two decades of talent management expertise across public and private sectors, with particular strength in succession planning, competency frameworks, and leadership development. She previously held senior HR roles at The Ascott Group, Ascendas, and multinational organisations, leading global HR transformations and organisational development across Asia.

Jeanette holds an MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Currently drives future-skilling initiatives for public officers, developing blended learning programmes that address digitalisation imperatives and emerging technology implications for public service leadership.

 

Rob Dunderdale

Head of Talent Attraction – KPMG
Bio

Rob Dunderdale is a high-impact HR executive leader with deep expertise in transformation, talent strategy, and workforce innovation. As Head of Talent Attraction at KPMG Australia, he leads national strategies across experienced hires, emerging talent, contingent workforce, global mobility, and employer brand. With a career spanning senior leadership roles at Afterpay and PwC in both Australia and the UK, Rob brings a unique blend of technology consulting and HR expertise. Recognised as an energetic and innovative leader, he partners with executives and boards to deliver people-first, commercially aligned outcomes.

Aaron Lim

Global Director of People and Culture – International SOS
Bio

Aaron Lim is a dynamic HR leader with close to 20 years of global experience shaping high-impact people strategies across hospitality, tech, and healthcare. As the Global Director of People & Culture at International SOS, Aaron leads transformative initiatives that elevate organisational culture, champion employee well-being, and future-proof talent strategies across 90+ countries.

A trusted voice in the HR community, Aaron brings a rare blend of strategic foresight and operational excellence. His career journey includes pivotal leadership roles such as Group HR Director at Park Hotel Group and Southeast Asia Regional HR Director at Klook, where he played a key role in scaling people operations during periods of hypergrowth and disruption.

Returning to International SOS after a decade, Aaron brings fresh perspectives and a renewed commitment to building inclusive, purpose-driven workplaces. He is passionate about unlocking human potential, embedding respect and care into the fabric of organizations, and enabling leaders to lead with empathy and impact.
As a speaker and thought leader, Aaron inspires audiences with his authentic storytelling, data-informed insights, and actionable strategies for navigating the evolving world of work.

Katie Birch

Senior Director, Outside Sales – Indeed
Bio

Katie has over 20 years of commercial experience including coaching, sales and management in the advertising and marketing industry. As a result of her unique blend of experience, creative strategic thinking, storytelling and enablement, Katie contributes thought-leadership and data-driven insights for recruitment and employer branding to empower businesses to attract, support and retain top talent. In her role at Indeed, Katie leads the commercial team and is the Director of Indeed operations in Singapore

Stuart Jones

Director, Sales – Indeed
Bio

With over 20 years of rich experience, Stuart has worked across multiple industries from Banking & Finance to Information Technology and services. In his current role as Sales Director, he helps Enterprises and Mid-market customers with relevant talent and market insights to help them hire better on Indeed.

Annella Heytens

VP Human Resources – Microsoft Asia
Bio

As Human Resources (HR) Vice President for Microsoft Asia, Annella Heytens leads the people and talent strategy aligned to Microsoft’s mission and business goals across the region and ensures that the company is creating a culture that attracts and inspires the world’s most passionate talent. In her role, she is focused on providing HR leadership to the business, aligning people strategy, and enabling business performance by making Microsoft an exceptional place to work and empowering our more than 40,000 employees across the region to thrive.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2022, Heytens gained more than 20 years of global HR leadership experience, most recently at Amazon Web Services where she was the Head of People Experience and Technology for the APJC region. She also held leadership positions at the Coca-Cola Bottling Investments Group, Cisco Systems and Willis Towers Watson.

Heytens is a passionate advocate of Diversity and Inclusion and is a certified Master Practitioner from the Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP), awarded to her in recognition for her active involvement with and thought leadership of the HR industry. She holds Master’s Degrees from Tufts University, Massachusetts and Cornell, and has lived and worked in the United States, India, Indonesia, Greater China Region and Singapore and is deeply connected to the Asia region.

Ng Chow Yong

AGM, Learning & Talent Development – M1 Limited
Bio

Chow Yong is an accomplished learning and development practitioner with over 20 years of experience spanning various sectors, including telecommunications, higher education, logistics and healthcare. Currently serving as Assistant General Manager at M1 Limited, he spearheads initiatives in both learning and development and organizational transformation. Throughout his career, he has led high-impact projects involving workforce transformation, cultural change, leadership development and competency mapping. His consistent focus has been on aligning people strategies with business goals, building future-ready workforces, and promoting values-driven organizational cultures.

Joydeep Bose

Managing Director & Group CHRO – Olam Group
Bio

Joydeep possesses extensive expertise in the field of human resources, having worked across diverse industries, including chemicals, technology, food and agriculture. His areas of specialisation encompass organisation performance enhancement, transformational change, and mergers and acquisitions. Joydeep’s previous engagements involved serving as a HR Consultant for prestigious Fortune 100 companies in the United States.

Furthermore, Joydeep has been an active member of the HRD Workgroup of WDA, a Singapore government agency dedicated to enhancing the skills of HR professionals in the region. Joydeep has also been a member of the Singapore Ministry of Manpower’s HR Alliance and the Human Capital Leadership Institute’s CHRO Advisory Panel, which bring together influential HR leaders from a wide array of industries.

Additionally, Joydeep has been invited to join the Educational Technology Alliance, a sub-group of the Emerging Stronger taskforce established by the Government of Singapore to guide the country’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amanda Dew

Group Director of Talent Acquisition & DEI – PropertyGuru Group
Bio

Amanda Dew is a global HR leader, with over two decades of experience implementing consistent, scalable, Talent Acquisition Centre Of Excellence functions, building high-performing teams and shaping recruitment strategies for Fortune 1000 companies in the technology and consumer sectors.

Originally from the UK, Amanda is MCIPD-certified and has lived and worked in 7 countries spanning across Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Currently at Singapore-headquartered PropertyGuru, Amanda is a member of the Group HR Leadership Team, with direct responsibility for transforming the Group’s global Talent Acquisition & DEI strategy.

  

Shirley Chua

Head of Local Employee Benefits & Flex, Corporate Accounts Department – Pacific Prime CXA Singapore
Bio

Shirley Chua leads the Local Employee Benefits & Flex division within the Corporate Accounts Department at Pacific Prime CXA. With more than 17 years of experience in the employee benefits and insurance industry, Shirley brings a strong track record in client relationship management and advisory, with a focus on delivering health and flexible benefits solutions that drive measurable value.

Richard Preece

Vialto Alliance Resilience Director – Oakas
Bio

Richard Preece is a recognized international expert in organizational resilience. With over 35 years of experience spanning the British Army and consulting across sectors such as financial services, energy, oil and gas, marketing, education, law enforcement, and defense, Richard is known for his systems thinking approach that empowers leaders to “think fast and right” in complex, regulated, and rapidly changing environments. His expertise connects strategy, governance, risk, and capability development to drive organizational agility and resilience.

Richard has a proven track record advising C-suites, boards, and managers on strategic and operational challenges. His work integrates leadership, management, and communications with personal, physical, and cyber security, privacy, AI and novel technology implementation, and supply chain risk management, all within relevant legal and regulatory frameworks.

Richard serves as Chair of the PIMFA Cyber and Operational Resilience Working Groups, is a co-opted member of several British Standards Institute governance and risk committees, a UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Assured Training Scheme trainer, and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Data Protection and Privacy. He holds two master’s degrees, is a graduate of the Australian Advanced Command and Staff Course, and has contributed to books and academic programmes on cybersecurity risk and governance. His current research explores the intersections of geopolitics, climate change, the energy transition, societal change, economics, and emerging technologies.

Peter Skalberg

Director, Southeast Asia – Simitri Group International & Adjunct Lecturer – RMIT University
Bio

With over 25 years of leadership experience across Asia-Pacific, Peter is a former CEO who has built and scaled creative agency networks in fast-changing markets. At Simitri, he drives strategic growth across Southeast Asia and designs learning journeys that connect closely with clients’ business priorities.

Alongside his corporate work, Peter lectures at SIM for RMIT University on Cross-Cultural Management and Integrated Business Problem Solving, bringing academic rigour together with practical business insight. His facilitation style blends curiosity, empathy, and a commitment to meaningful transformation, making him a trusted voice in leadership and learning.

Megha Mansharamani

Global Head HC Strategy & Global Corporate HCBP – SATS Ltd
Bio

Megha Mansharamani is the Global Head, Human Capital Strategy & Global Corporate HCBP at SATS, a multinational organisation with a workforce of 55,000 employees across 27 countries. In her role, she leads HR systems and analytics, drives post-acquisition people and culture integration, and is the business partner for Global Corporate functions. Drawing on more than a decade of HR experience, Megha has developed people and culture strategies for large-scale transformation and integration. She is passionate about aligning people and purpose, and creating meaningful employee experiences that enable both organisational and individual growth.

Sujay Bhat

Sr. Director HR Strategy Advisory – SAP SuccessFactors Southeast Asia

Melvyn Yeo

Director of Sales – SAP SuccessFactors

Heena Bose

CEO – Pacific Prime CXA Singapore
Bio

Heena has more than 18 years of experience in operations working in various departments related to HR outsourcing and shared services within the functions of customer service, accounts payable, retirement, transitions and have managed flex and broking operations in the Employee Benefits and Insurance industry. She is responsible in providing strategic, financial and operational leadership for the company and will closely coordinate and work with the senior leadership team.

She spent a significant part of her career working with numerous multinationals helping them in manage their operational performance and client deliverables and have forte in developing, streamlining, documenting processes and delivering client centric services. Heena is Six Sigma Green Belt certified and have built efficiencies in existing processes through automation, resource management, implementing new technology and process simplification for Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong region.

 

Richard Lewis-Jones

Vice President APAC – SmartRecruiters
Bio

Richard Lewis-Jones boasts over decade of strategic leadership in talent acquisition and HR technology. He has been pivotal in establishing the SmartRecruiters APAC region, partnering with enterprise organisations to navigate transformative shifts in hiring and workforce strategy, including the integration of AI. His expertise lies in spearheading high-impact solutions that deliver measurable value, particularly leveraging AI to optimise the hiring process. Known for his collaborative approach and deep industry knowledge, he facilitates executive discussions on future trends and AI’s role in hiring.

  

David Huxley

President & CEO – Simitri Group International
Bio

David, co-founder of Simitri in 2003, boasts over 40 years of business experience in the FMCG and IT industries. A certified coach and lawyer, he has spent more than 30 years coaching senior leaders. At Simitri, as CEO & President, David leads strategy for business development and manages the company’s VIP clients.

Ben Neumann

Singapore Leader – Vialto Partners
Bio

Ben is an international tax advisor with 20+ years of experience and Vialto’s APAC Remote Work Lead, helping organizations manage global talent while ensuring tax compliance. He also co-leads Vialto’s Global Sports & Entertainment Practice, advising athletes, sports clubs, and promoters on tax and immigration.

Starting at PwC Sydney in 2000, Ben has managed expatriate tax programs and advised on international tax, equity awards, and individual tax planning across Sydney, London, and Singapore. He now leads Vialto’s Singapore team. A Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ), he holds a Bachelor of Commerce.

Grant ‘Upbeat’ Bosnick

Award-Winning Author, Keynote Speaker & MD – YES
Bio

Grant ‘Upbeat’ Bosnick is an award-winning Author, Keynote Speaker, Musician, and the Managing Director of YES (Your Empowering Solutions), a boutique HR consultancy. Using psychology and neuroscience, he has partnered with over a hundred Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 clients in 45 countries on 6 continents to transform people’s mindsets and behaviour to achieve results and perform at a higher level. He loves switching on light bulbs with people – triggering those ‘aha moments’ – insights – that change mindsets and open up new possibilities. His passion is all about helping people, teams and organizations re-imagine the future, for a better vision and better results… His latest award-winning book, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership: A Bite-Size Approach Using Psychology and Neuroscience, was published by Routledge in 2023, with a foreword by Marshall Goldsmith.

Joanne Flinn

Chairwoman of the ESG Institute
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Thought leader, award-winning author and respected international keynote speaker, Joanne Flinn has brought inspiration, insight, and action to audiences across countries and industries. Her deep experience enables her to share true insights about digital disruption, change and leadership. Her empathy and realism help people succeed in business and life. As the Chair of the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Institute, Joanne works with Chairman and CEOs of global entities to develop, scale and deploy sustainability strategies.

Kris Wadia

CEO of Humanized Leadership
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Kris Wadia is the CEO of Humanized Leadership. He focuses on putting human beings, not processes or technology, at the core of any business that wishes to be successful. A former Partner at Accenture, with global experience across multiple industry verticals, his career journey has spanned over 70 countries. Most recently, Kris was a keynote speaker on ‘Habitual Hybrid Leadership’ for the UK’s Centre for Army Leadership, with a world-wide audience of over 6,000 attendees.

Jonathan Cheung

CEO of the ESG Institute and ASEAN Development Advisor Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
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Jonathan Cheung comes to the helm of the ESG Institute with over 37 years of leadership experience in 20 countries across the Asia Pacific region, North America, and Europe. His deep expertise in business, procurement and supply chain are uniquely situated to help organisations successfully tackle scope 3 emissions and improve value chains.

Jonathan brings invaluable expertise, collaborative muscle and big-picture vision to the ESG Institute through his external role as the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) ASEAN Development Advisor and his commercial acumen developed while the Executive Director/Regional Head of Citibank Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Services as well as his years at EDS, American Express, PwC Consulting, CAPCO, HP, and KPMG.

He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS); a licensed CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme assessor for Asia, and a Chartered IT Professional (CITP). He is also an Exco member of The Supply Chain Asia (SCA) Procurement Council.