Strategic partner to CEO and Board on culture, leadership, and organizational transformation. Enterprise Transformation: Integrated business, culture, workforce and people systems to drive future-ready organization design. Leadership Selection & Pipelines: Co-led recruitment, selection and promotion strategy with Senior Leadership and the Transformation Office, establishing Assessment & Development Centers for Director+ roles. Career & Capability Architecture: Built SUSE’s global Career Framework (levels, skills, competencies) integrated with Workday, LMS & LinkedIn Learning; accelerated career clarity and mobility. Implemented SUSE-native AI enabled HR ecosystem (Skill Cloud, Marketplace, Chatbot), reducing HR queries 40% and improving capability mapping. Talent & Succession: Modernized performance and succession systems; increased leadership readiness 43%. HR Team Leadership: Strengthened global HR team capability, business partnering, and operational excellence. Coaching & Leadership: Coached managers and senior leaders on performance, inclusion, feedback, and conflict resolution. ESG & Sustainability: Member of SUSE’s ESG Committee; contributed to DEI, sustainability and “Green SUSE” programs. M&A: Partnered with Strategy Office on due diligence and integration for StackState, aligning talent, culture, leadership, and workforce strategy. Recognition: Winner – 2025 Gartner Marketing & Communications Award for Supporting Employee Experience Through Change Excellence

Strategic HR partner across 20+ countries during hyper-growth. Transformation & Strategy Execution: Facilitated APJ leadership strategy workshops; region became Best Performing Region within 9 months. Talent Architecture & Pipelines: Modernized career architecture and strengthened leadership pipelines; improved coverage 38% and internal promotions 26%. Achieved full pay equity across APJ & EMEA within one year. Increased engagement 68 → 79% and participation 71 → 88% through leadership diagnostics, coaching, and inclusion programs. Standardized regional compliance and contract frameworks, significantly reducing ER issues.

Partnered with APAC President & Leadership Team to scale business from $330M → $1B, aligning people strategy with regional hypergrowth. Award-Winning Transformation: Winner – Global Change Agent of the Year (2020) for APAC transformation and leadership capability uplift. Designed Director+ leadership selection and promotion processes through Assessment & Development Centers. Built and launched ILM, UK-accredited Asia Pacific Leadership Expansion Program (ALEP) for senior leaders. Developed Technology Thought Leadership Accelerator (TTLA) for technical leaders (Bronze – LPI UK 2021).

Developed and implemented strategies to support the rapidly evolving business units’ strategic priorities at a regional level for staff over 10,000 with accountability to effectively achieve key business results. Increased young talent identification by 40% and total top talent pool by 52%. Implemented competency & career frameworks; architected and launched multi‑level leadership programs. Tied up with various Universities and Polytechnics for Management Associate Program, Specialist Associate Program, Singtel Cadet Program and Enhanced Internship Programs to address short term as well as long term talent pipeline. Successfully implemented online and blended learning solutions, scaling development across 10,000+ staff.

Designed and conducted leadership development programs from Manager to Partner level. Successfully rolled out blended learning and virtual training programs, improving global reach and cost efficiency.

Successfully led HR consulting firm for 5 years with client list below: Accenture, Andrew Telecommunications, Bosch, Capgemini, Essar, Fidelity Investments, GE, HCL Technologies, HSBC, Hughes Software Systems, Huawei, Infosys, LogicaCMG, Misys, Novell, Philips, Quest, SAP, Symantec, Tata Teleservices, T-Systems, Wipro technologies, WNS and Zensar. Delivered fully integrated HR solutions: HR systems, processes, and frameworks across industries. Led M&A integrations, HR offshoring, shared services setups, and HR for startups. Created integrated talent acquisition, performance, competency, and career frameworks. Served as Executive Coach/ Trusted Advisor to senior leaders, including CEOs, on transformation and leadership.

Supporting enterprise capability building at scale

Global HR Leaders Program

NUS & Northwest Executive Education.

2023

Leader as Coach

Coaching & Mentoring, Asia , British Psychology Society

2019

Genos Certified Emotional Intelligence Practioner

Genos International and Swinburne University of Technology

2024