Be inspired by our 2026 speakers, keynote leaders, and panelists — a powerhouse line-up shaping the future of HR. Loading Abhinav Kumar Head of Future of Work & AI Transformation Grab Gaston Carrion Managing Director – Global HR Reinvention Lead Accenture Paul Chua Financial Services Director, SP-Generations AIA Singapore Katherine Childress Senior Vice President of Exhibitions Arc Network Mark Lee Research Director Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy linkedin Rita Tsui Founder AsiaHRM Suryo Sasono Executive Vice President of Human Capital Strategy & Talent Management Bank BRI Ley Hoon Quah Group Chief Corporate Officer CapitaLand Investment Marcus Lim Head Catapult Panchalee Weeratammawat Chief People Officer Central Retail Corporation David Maddison Head of Solution Consulting APAC Cornerstone OnDemand Jeslin Lim Head of People & Culture Cycle & Carriage Ethan Jang Chief Business Officer DeepSkill Ozge Yurtsever Director, Global HR Business Partner, Corporate Functions & Global OD and Special Projects Lead DKSH Benjamin Boh Regional Vice President Domino’s Pizza International Peter Whealy CEO & Founder Elevate Potential Will Polese Vice President of Revenue ELSA Corp Rumana Rahman VP, Human Resources APAC FedEx Koljit Singh Vice President, Culture Transformation & Projects FGV Holdings Berhad Scott Friedman Chief Celebration Officer Friedman & Associates Meital Baruch Managing Director Global Mindsets Sameen Khan Regional HR Director – APAC Grey Global Sarah Wong Senior Director, Employee Benefits Howden Timothy Lee CEO HR Tech Korea Thirukkumaran Nagarajan Vice President, Human Resources IBM Asia Pacific Kevin Oakes Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) Lance Bradshaw Director of HR Workforce Transformation Intermountain Health Aaron Lim Global Director of People and Culture International SOS Norhamijah Mohd Hanafiah CHRO KPJ Healthcare Bhd Afeef Hussain Senior Director LUX* Resorts & Hotels Uday Burra Head of People Care – India, China & APJ Nokia Singapore Jason Averbook Co-founder Now to Next Jennifer Pei-Ling TAN Managing Director, Digital HR and People Operations, Group Human Resources OCBC Archana Amlapure Founder & CEO Ojas Yoga & Wellness Joydeep Bose Managing Director and Group CHRO Olam International Min Kim CEO Orblit Vivien Li Senior Director, Human Resources Otis Heena Bose CEO Pacific Prime CXA Singapore Andrew Chan CHRO Press Metal Ruth Kerr Head of People & Culture PropertyGuru Group Steven A Yudiyantho SEVP Human Capital PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Low Peck Kem Chief Human Resources Officer & Advisor (Workforce Development) Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office Jolene Huang Chief Talent Officer Publicis Groupe Zsofia Balatoni Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Rothman & Roman Philippe Beucher Founder & CEO RSight Tanvi Choksi Chief People Officer Savills Asia Pacific Druga Rajendran Partner and Principal Consultant Sequoia Group Jacqueline Wong Senior Partner and Founder Sequoia Group Worawat Suvagondha Chief People Officer Siam Commercial Bank Ufuk Dogus Gul Vice President, Human Resources APAC Sompo Holdings (Asia) 1 2
Moderators Loading Rachael Tay Vice President, InsurTech Doctor Anywhere Effin Jamalludin Group Head of Talent & Organisation Effectiveness ESR Anuradha Khosla Country Head - Malaysia and SVP, Human Capital Management (HCM), - APAC & ME HCLTech Kingley Lim APAC Head of Culture, DEI, CSR & Talent Head SEA ANZ Henkel Betty Gervasini Founder and CEO HR Forte Systems Eveliene Witjes Founder & CEO I-Denty Sharon Sook Yean Foo Group CHRO IHH Healthcare Najmie Noordin Chief Talent Officer JCORP Siti Sabariah Ahmad Murtazam Assistant Vice President, People & Culture, Human Resources Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [KWAP] Dr. Tanvi Gautam HR Influencer, Best Selling Author & Transformational Leadership Expert Leadershift Inc. Dr Andrew Tay Chief Wellbeing Officer National University of Singapore Ross Hill Chief Customer Officer Orgvue Nitin Goil Global Leadership Advisor, Best-selling Author, Keynote Speaker Restoration Labs Shailaja Sharma Executive Director- Learning and Talent Management SGX Group Urvi Jobalia Global Head of Early Careers Standard Chartered Jaejin Lee Research Fellow University of Oxford Christopher Goh Senior Advisor, Enterprise Talent Management and Learning Zebra Technologies
Chairpersons Loading Dr. Damini Chawla Keynote Speaker, Coach & Consultant Alvin Rodrigues Founder and Human Firewall Builder CyFiSafe Rae Fung Founder, Speaker, Coach, Trainer Own Your Voice Sunil Puri Senior Vice President, Head of Research & Engagement Stewardship Asia Centre Glenn van Zutphen Founder & CEO VanMedia Group Grant 'Upbeat' Bosnick Award-Winning Author & Keynote Speaker YES (Your Empowering Solutions) Pte. Ltd.
Masterclass Trainers Loading Henry Liew Principal Data Scientist and Head of Global Innovation BIPO Dominique Rose Van-Winther Chief Executive Officer & Chief AI Evangelist Final Upgrade AI Tarun Samtani Director – Cyber, Data & AI; Former Advisory Board Member IAPP Sajjad Parmar CEO & Founder The Talent Accelerator