Nominees: Shi Soon Heng, Accesstech Engineering • Yogev Vardi, Apex Retail • Axel Pannes, BMW Group Asia • Paul Chong, Certis CISCO Security • DRSV Varma, Cyient Singapore • Bastien Grandgeorge, Decathlon Singapore • Rowan Tan, dormakaba Singapore • Peggy Chong, Gardens by the Bay • Dirk Peter Van Leeuwen, Red Hat AsiaPacific and Japan • Tony Cousens, Ramada and Days Hotels Singapore at Zhongshan Park • Nicolas Debray, The Body Shop International (Asia-Pacific)
Paul Chong, President and CEO, Certis CISCO Security
Best C-Suite Leader
“We make sure we do the right things in attracting and retaining people. These are things which are deeply ingrained in our DNA.”
Winner Paul Chong, President and CEO, Certis CISCO Security
What does the award recognise?
What the judges said Paul Chong is a leader who drives change management, develops his team, and is results-focused. Most of all, he is interested in his people and their wellbeing. He reconfigured and reorganised the company to transform Certis and implemented various innovative initiatives in leadership as well as in talent development and retention.
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Paul Chong, President & CEO, Certis CISCO Security I’m absolutely elated and it’s a great affirmation of us from the HR profession of our practices. We are very much a people company and we have 16,000 employees. We make sure we do the right things in attracting and retaining people. These are things which are deeply ingrained in our DNA. It’s the results of everything we do. The ultimate test is how our employees respond to our policies.
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his vital category recognises a C-level executive who embraces and champions HR via a demonstrated track record in supporting the function and driving its strategies and initiatives from the top. The winner must have had an ability to lead and create an environment that focuses all employees on the organisation’s priorities, directives and their expected places in the process. That individual will also have played an instrumental role in implementing specific HR initiatives.