TALENT
LADDER
Nitin Seth
Sai Yew Yeoh
Tan Ai Sim
Nitin Seth has been named the Chief People Officer of Flipkart. He will lead the HR function at the online marketplace, and will partner with the leadership team to build an organisation for the future. He will also foster a distinctive culture to fuel business performance. In his new role, Seth will report to Binny Bansal, CEO and co-founder of Flipkart. Before this, Seth was the Managing Director and Country Head for Fidelity International in India where he was responsible for the company’s offshore operations across India and Tunisia. Prior to that, he was with international consultancy McKinsey & Company, where he was the Director of the group’s global knowledge center in India. Seth brings with him more than two decades of experience in entrepreneurship, strategy, consulting, operations management and business process redesign. Commenting on Seth’s appointment, Bansal said, “Nitin brings with him a unique mix of cross-sectoral experience, deep understanding of business, entrepreneurial DNA, and a long track record of building and nurturing winning teams.” “I am confident that Nitin will play a key role in enabling the team at Flipkart to fulfill our long-term mission of transforming commerce in India through technology.”
Yeoh Sai Yew has moved up the ranks to become Head of the People Department at Air AsiaX. His responsibilities include covering all aspects of HR in the organisation. He will also wear the hat of Group Head of Rewards for the whole AirAsia group. In addition, he will become the HR adviser for AirAsia India’s HR function. He has been with AirAsia group since 2010 where he has mainly led the group rewards function. Most recently, Yeoh was the Group Head, Rewards and People Services at AirAsia. He held this role for four years after holding the position of Head of Rewards and People Services. Yeoh brings with him a total of 17 years of HR experience. He has worked in various industries, including retail, telecommuncations, information and technology outsourcing, banking shared services, and leisure and hospitality. In the early stages of his career, Yeoh said his roles were geared towards that of an HR generalist. He was the HR Relationship Manager at Scope International, and the HR Manager of the Computer Science Corporation. However, over the past 10 years, his positions have been more focused on HR rewards. On his new appointment, Yeoh said he will place a strong emphasis on talent development and aims to improve HR customer service and boost staff productivity.
Schneider Electric Singapore has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Tan Ai Sim as HR Director. In this new position, she will cover all aspects of HR but will have a special focus on employee engagement, talent management and promoting Schneider Electric’s employer value proposition. Prior to Schneider Electric, Tan spent eight years at Lenovo where she was the HR Director and supported the Southeast Asia sales and marketing business. In total, she has gathered 22 years of HR business partnering experience across the technology industry, working with multinational companies such as Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. Tan hopes that her new role will allow her to grow both personally and professionally. “At a personal level, I am very excited to be part of Schneider Electric as it is one of the world’s most ethical companies (awarded six times in a row by Ethisphere Institute),” she said. “At a professional level, I have always been in regional roles, and this country role with Schneider will certainly give me a good perspective of our operations in Singapore.” “As a Singaporean, I am keen to see how we can showcase the great work that Schneider Electric is doing globally to help position the organisation as an employer of choice to talents based in Singapore.”
Chief People Officer, Flipkart
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Head, People Department, AirAsiaX Berhad
HR Director, Schneider Electric Singapore