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Human Resources Online’s flagship conference, Talent Mobility 2026, returns for its highly anticipated 12th edition in Singapore. With a legacy of driving strategic workforce conversations, expect immersive panels, interactive formats, and pioneering case studies that highlight innovative approaches to global talent mobility and employee experience.
People – they are the driving force steering every HR platform, policy, and process. The innovators who design solutions that make work easier. The consultants who help businesses see what’s possible, and what isn’t. The engineers who create pathways to new and unexplored product features. And the HR leaders who trust in new ideas to create better workplaces and happier employees.
At its heart, HR has always been – and will always be – about people.
Amidst all the talk this year about AI, automation, and analytics, it’s worth remembering that tools are only as effective as the people who bring them to life.
And that’s precisely what the HR Vendors of the Year is here to celebrate: the trusted partners who help organisations harness technology, insights, and creativity into useful products and solutions that make HR’s life easier.
Each year, we refine the process to ensure these awards stay relevant to HR’s evolving priorities. This year’s edition introduces two new categories – Best Expense Claims Management Platform and Best HR Automation Solution, which reflect the growing need for efficiency and precision in HR operations.
As always, every entry was carefully evaluated by an independent panel of HR leaders, who assessed each shortlisted solution not just for innovation, but also for its real-world impact.
The pages ahead reference all the top performers in each category and include the contact details of the winners and finalists for HR professionals seeking trusted partners in 2026.
To our readers, judges, and participants –thank you for your continued support and for sharing your input with us. We hope you will bookmark this annual compilation.
As we wind down the busy year, we wish you the best for the festive session, and a year ahead filled with growth, optimism, and good health!
Enjoy the read.
Aditi Sharma Kalra Editor-in-Chief
For the 20th year running, Human Resources Online has put the spotlight on the region’s most outstanding HR solution providers. With two new categories introduced this year, a distinguished panel of 16 senior HR leaders rigorously evaluated and ranked more than 150 finalists.
In 2025, the HR landscape has advanced at an unprecedented pace, shaped by a dual focus on human-centric strategies and intelligent technologies. As organisations double down on employee wellbeing by prioritising mental health and inclusive cultures, HR leaders have accelerated their adoption of AIpowered tools to personalise learning, streamline operations, and enhance talent acquisition.
This convergence of empathy and innovation highlights the growing importance of trusted external partners who can deliver both technological sophistication and people-first solutions.
Amid this transformation, HR solution providers have continued to be vital allies, helping organisations tackle complex workforce challenges with agility and insight. In recognition of their impact, Human Resources Online proudly presents the 20 th edition of the HR Vendors of the Year – our annual tribute to the partners who continue to elevate the HR function and empower people-first progress.
This year’s edition features winners and finalists across 32 thoughtfully curated award categories, each designed to spotlight excellence in meeting HR’s evolving priorities. Responding to industry feedback, we have added two new categories to better represent the changing needs of today’s workplace:
A RIGOROUS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
To uphold the integrity and credibility of the HR Vendors of the Year 2025 rankings, we continued to follow a comprehensive two-stage evaluation process.
In the first phase, Human Resources Online conducted an extensive online survey to identify the leading contenders in each category. Shortlisted vendors were then invited to submit detailed entries showcasing their strengths across the four Ps: performance, product, people and perspective.
In the second phase, a panel of 16 esteemed HR leaders from across the region evaluated each submission against rigorous criteria, including innovation, client impact, key achievements and the ability to address real-world HR challenges. The judges’ collective expertise, drawn from some of Asia’s most respected organisations, ensured a fair, balanced and insightful assessment.
Based on the cumulative scores, we proudly unveiled the gold, silver and bronze winners in each category, alongside a list of distinguished finalists. These accolades were celebrated at gala dinners held across the region, evenings dedicated to honouring HR’s finest partners and their lasting impact on the world of work.
JURY FOR HR VENDORS OF THE YEAR 2025, MALAYSIA
NAME DESIGNATION
Muhammad Hilman
Rao Abdullah Head of HR East Asia
Vimalambigai
Muthusamy Director, HR Cluster AMEA
Fee Ling Haw Head of People & Culture Business Partner
June Beh Head of Group Human Resources
Balan Krishnan Senior Director APAC HR
Sandy Ma Business HR Director
David Andrew Jansen General Manager - Human Resources
Kee Tui Kua Head of Human Resources
Keat Choon Loo Head of HR
Razila Duah Head of Human Resources, Malaysia
Jenney Kuan Chief People Officer
Mahish Sivaji Ganesan Head of HR Shared Services Center, Asia Pacific
Faiza Mat Saaid Abdullah Director, People Development, Performance & Rewards
Awall Osman Head of HR Partner & Talent Attraction
Haliza Zainal Abidin Head, HR Business Corporate
Morgan Tan Head of People & Culture
COMPANY
Alcon
Barry Callebaut Group
Carsome
Chemical Company of Malaysia
Dexcom
Intel
Jaya Grocer
Mizuho Bank (Malaysia)
OCBC
Qualitas Healthcare Malaysia
Ranhill Utilities
Schaeffler Malaysia
Touch ‘n Go
U Mobile
Vantris Energy
Wasco
This category recognises solution providers that excel in promoting physical and mental wellness among employees of corporate clients. Judges evaluated the vendors' approaches to wellness, including their use of technology and data to track employee health metrics and their ability to provide personalised wellness plans. They also looked at the range of wellness services offered and their track record of success in improving employee health and wellbeing.
ThoughtFull is an Asia-based end-to-end digital mental health platform that aims to simplify mental health, for growth, by equipping organisations to build resilient, high-performing teams, through personalised, evidencebased support. It serves employers, insurers, healthcare providers, and governments across APAC, offering solutions in over 25 languages. Its ThoughtFull app for employees is an always-on companion that provides access to asynchronous text-based coaching, self-guided tools, one-on-one videos, in-person therapy, and 24/7 crisis support. For professionals, the ThoughtFull Pro platform streamlines care delivery and connects certified mental health experts with users in real time.
Website: https://www.thoughtfull.world/
Email: achmad.firdaus@thoughtfull.world
Human Dynamic Malaysia partners with organisations on employee wellbeing, leadership development, and organisational change. As part of the Human Dynamic Group, it supports Malaysian businesses in embedding wellness, resilience, and transformation capabilities into their workforce strategies. The team brings expertise across work life coaching, change management, critical incident management, and people & culture consulting. This enables the delivery of integrated solutions that aim to address not only individual stressors, but also wider systems, leadership behaviours, and transitions that influence workplace health and performance.
Website: https://www.humandynamic.com
Email: steven.khu@humandynamic.com
Vealth.me is a one-stop corporate health and wellness provider offering a range of programmes tailored to meet the unique needs of corporate clients. Its services include on-site health screenings, wellness workshops, and personalised wellness campaigns designed to align with a company’s goals, employee demographics, and available budget. The company eases the burden on HR teams by managing the end-to-end execution of wellness initiatives, thus saving time, reducing administrative workloads, and providing easy access for HR to monitor employees’ results and improvements.
Website: Vealthme.com
Email: kitying@vealthme.com
BookDoc is a digital health and wellness provider offering end-to-end solutions across the healthcare and wellness continuum. Its ecosystem includes health challenges, activity tracking, virtual health coaching, teleconsultation, wellness webinars, gamified engagement, and personalised interventions. Enhanced with AI-powered health coaches, intelligent wellness modules, predictive analytics, and real-time engagement metrics, the company's goal is to deliver hyper-personalised experiences which can be adapted to users’ evolving needs.
Website: https://www.bookdoc.com/ Email: management@bookdoc.com jacktan@bookdoc.com
This category recognises solution providers that offer innovative digital learning solutions for employee development. The judges evaluated the vendor’s technology platform, the quality of their content, and their ability to tailor their solutions to the unique needs of each client. They also looked at the vendor’s track record of success in improving employee skills and knowledge.
WINNERS
GOLD THINK CODEX
SILVER SOCO SALES TRAINING
BRONZE EQWIP
SOCO Sales Training is a global sales optimisation company dedicated to building high-performance sales teams for organisations in Malaysia and around the world through a combination of e-learning, virtual instructor-led training, and in-person training. The company’s e-learning platform aims to make online learning engaging and effective, while enabling leaders to easily monitor and track results. Its e-learning programmes are available in English, Indonesian, Thai, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. Clients include organisations in banking, hospitality, and digital banking, among several others.
Website: www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
Think Codex is a gamification design organisation with a team of in-house consultants and experts trained by IDEO, Pixar, and Wharton Business School. It specialises in developing gamified solutions for leadership, talent management, customer and employee engagement, and learning & development. The team forges strategic partnerships with top organisations in strategy, design, R&D, and sales. The company's proprietary IP and methodologies are actively utilised or licensed to HR consultancies and training partners across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Cambodia, with expansion plans in the works.
Website: https://www.thinkcodex.com
Email: contact@thinkcodex.com
EQWIP is a blended learning solutions provider that is reimagining how organisations future-proof their talent and enable meaningful workforce transformation. Formerly known as Leaderonomics Digital, EQWIP is part of the Leaderonomics Group, an ecosystem of purpose-driven companies with over 16 years of experience in developing people, building communities, and driving organisational change across industries. The company’s solutions combine digital learning, assessments, coaching, and in-context application, making them scalable and relevant across different roles and organisational levels.
Website: https://www.eqwip.tech/
Email: servicehub@leaderonomics.com
These winners have helped companies improve their employee engagement and satisfaction rates. They have showcased successful approaches to boost engagement, including the use of data and analytics to measure engagement levels, along with targeted strategies to improve engagement. They also have a track record of success in helping companies improve their employee satisfaction and retention rates.
Think Codex is a gamification design organisation with a team of in-house consultants and experts trained by IDEO, Pixar, and Wharton Business School. The company specialises in developing gamified solutions for leadership, talent management, customer and employee engagement, and learning & development. The team forges strategic partnerships with top organisations in strategy, design, R&D, and sales. Its proprietary IP and methodologies are actively utilised or licensed to HR consultancies and training partners across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Cambodia, with further expansion plans in the works.
Website: https://www.thinkcodex.com
Email: contact@thinkcodex.com
95% is a business culture consultancy with a vision to turn workplaces into ‘joyplaces’. The organisation achieves this through its ‘Blueprint to Building Business Culture’. Its culture transformation programmes are designed with the ‘Results Pyramid’ in mind, where change happens by creating new experiences that lead to a change in mindset and actions. This includes the need for leaders to be larger than life role models of the change, and to ensure the desired culture is embedded throughout a company’s decision-making process, operations, policies, and ways of working.
Website: https://95percent.co/
Email: askme@95percent.co
Human Dynamic Malaysia is a partner in employee engagement, leadership development, and culture transformation. As part of the Human Dynamic Group, it helps Malaysian companies build connected, motivated, and purpose-driven workforces. Its human-centred engagement solutions aim to activate intrinsic motivation, strengthen trust, and align individual purpose with business goals. Its expertise spans people and culture consulting, strategic engagement programmes, work-life coaching, and leadership enablement; grounded in psychology, coaching, and organisational behaviour. The team supports sectors such as banking, electronics, and more.
Website: https://www.humandynamic.com/
Email: steven.khu@humandynamic.com
This category recognises solution providers which offer the best employer of record (EOR) services to clients. The judges looked at the vendor's ability to manage payroll, benefits, and compliance requirements for clients operating in multiple jurisdictions; as well as they evaluated the vendor's track record. WINNERS
GOLD LINKS INTERNATIONAL
SILVER LINK COMPLIANCE BRONZE AURORA TALENT
Links International offers EOR services designed for rapid, compliant market entry in APAC and the Middle East. It provides full in-country support and representation, access to local HR professionals with regulatory knowledge, and integrated HR services. Links supports the full EOR life cycle – from sourcing top talent to managing immigration, visa, tax compliance, payroll, and corporate services.
Website: https://linksinternational.com/
Email: frontdesk@linksinternational.com maureen.hsieh@linksinternational.com
Link Compliance is a global HR solutions provider that helps businesses expand internationally by simplifying cross-border employment and managing complex HR functions. As an EOR, it acts as the legal employer on behalf of clients by managing employment contracts, payroll, statutory benefits, tax compliance and HR operations to enable fast, compliant market entry.
Website: www.linkcompliance.com
Email: info@linkcompliance.com
Aurora Talent is a specialist recruitment agency delivering talent acquisition and advisory services. It specialises in recruiting for key sectors such as power and new energies, building materials, and oil and gas. Its core services include permanent placements for mid-management roles, project and contract hiring, EOR services, talent mapping, and market insights.
Website: www.aurora-talent.com
Email: lenny@aurora-talent.com
Fair Work is an HR consultancy that manages the full scope of HR functions for corporate clients. Its in-house EOR system and payroll platform ensures accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with all statutory requirements. As the legal employer on behalf of its clients, it handles employment contracts, tax filing and reporting, and statutory payments to make workforce expansion into Malaysia and neighbouring markets straightforward and cost-effective.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
Firms listed here have excelled in providing executive search services for corporate clients. They have proven their ability to identify and recruit top talent for executive positions, successfully placed candidates in high-level roles, and customised their search solutions to specific clients’ needs.
Established in 2017, JP Caliber, a Malaysian boutique recruitment agency, is marking eight years of service in the recruitment sector. As an award-winning start-up, it prides itself on delivering exceptional talent solutions. Its vision is to become a market leader in providing flexible human resource solutions across Southeast Asia. It is committed to delivering top, customised recruitment services, with a focus on building meaningful relationships. By combining industry expertise, smart technology, and a specialised talent pool, the goal is to provide fast, high-quality recruitment, while fostering strong and lasting client relationships.
Website: http://www.jpcaliber.com
Email: Careers@jpcaliber.com
OSADI is an ethical workforce solutions provider delivering executive search and leadership recruitment in the manufacturing sector. A partner to the C-suite and senior leadership, it hires in MIDA’s priority industries such as semiconductors, medical devices, renewable energy, aerospace, and emerging technologies. Its executive search team operates under strict confidentiality, leveraging 30 years of networks, PDPA compliance, NDAs, and conflict-of-interest safeguards. It combines ASEAN-wide market mapping, discreet headhunting, competencybased interviews, and 30 and 90-day postplacement integration checks to ensure lasting success.
Website: www.osadi.com.my
Email: kenwooi@osadi.com.my
Established in 2021, Fair Work is an HR consultancy headquartered in Penang. It specialises in connecting exceptional leadership talent with organisations across diverse industries, attributing its success to its industry knowledge, personal branding, and the innovative use of technology to enhance the recruitment experience. Its process combines detailed talent mapping, in-depth interviews, and thorough assessments with clear communication at every stage to ensure all stakeholders remain confident and aligned. Its commitment to quality and detail has earned it a reputation for delivering consistent and successful placements in pivotal leadership roles.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
The winners and finalist were evaluated on their ability to provide strategic guidance and innovative solutions for clients across a range of HR issues, including workforce planning, talent management, and employee engagement.
MICLOH Consulting Group is an HR consulting firm specialising in HR retainer services, strategic HR transformations, and professional development programmes tailored for SMEs and growing enterprises. Through HR retainer partnerships, the company provides advisory, compliance guidance, and workforce solutions that seek to align clients' HR practices with their business goals.
Website: www.micloh.com
Email: info@micloh.com
SHL, a global provider of talent insights, aims to transform businesses by leveraging the power of people, science, and technology. It strives to uphold its standing as a global leader in talent innovation through continuous investments in its people and products to enhance its suite of decision-making tools, people analytics, and technologies for businesses and HR professionals worldwide.
Website: https://www.shl.com/
Email: LearnMore@shl.com
OSADI is a provider of end-to-end workforce solutions in Malaysia, delivering ethical recruitment, strategic HR outsourcing, and talent development across key industries, including semiconductors and renewable energy. Headquartered in Penang, the company seeks to empower businesses through scalable, compliance-first hiring strategies that align with global standards.
Website: www.osadi.com.my
Email: kenwooi@osadi.com.my
Agensi Pekerjaan Visikerja is an HR integrated recruitment solutions company in Malaysia. Its services include recruitment and executive search, talent outsourcing and staffing, HR consulting, as well as performance management and employee relations. The team has accumulated extensive HR management experience across various industries by offering customised solutions designed to meet each client’s specific needs.
Website: www.visigrp.com
Email: Admin@visigrp.com
Companies listed here have proven to provide top-notch outsourcing solutions for HR management. They have showcased an ability to manage HR processes and functions for clients, including recruitment, payroll, and benefits administration. They have also been successful in delivering costeffective outsourcing solutions and providing exceptional customer service.
OSADI is Malaysia’s leading provider of end-to-end workforce solutions, focused on delivering ethical recruitment, strategic HR outsourcing, and talent development across key industries such as semiconductors and renewable energy. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Penang, OSADI empowers businesses through scalable, compliance-first hiring strategies that align with global standards. The team prides itself on combining data-driven execution with ethical governance. Fully accredited (MOHR license JTKSM 370C) and aligned with ISO and statutory standards, OSADI runs lean yet operates at scale.
Website: www.osadi.com.my
Email: kenwooi@osadi.com.my
Founded in 2016, Aisling Group is a leading Malaysian talent solutions provider, established by industry leader Melissa Norman in partnership with UK-based Benula Capital. The name “Aisling,” which means dream in Irish, reflects the team's belief in limitless possibilities when people and purpose align. The company specialises in three core areas: talent acquisition, HR & workforce outsourcing, and talent development, focused on delivering people-first solutions. From executive search and project-based hiring to payroll, HR outsourcing, and leadership development, Aisling partners with clients to co-create high-impact workforce strategies.
Website: https://aisling.com.my/
Email: Zhafir.f@aislingconsulting.com
Rated as a ‘Star Performer’ by Everest Group and voted among the 'Best HR Outsourcing Partner' category for consecutive years, Links International is recognised as a leading HR service provider specialised in delivering 100% in-country payroll services and tech in Asia & Middle East. As a one-stop provider for HR services, Links specialises in delivering 100% in-country payroll services and tech. Solutions include payroll outsourcing, visa application, PEO/EOR secondment, recruitment, corporate services, employee assistance programmes, and outplacement services. To meet the changing demands of clients and the market, Links is constantly upgrading its products.
Website: https://linksinternational.com/
Email: frontdesk@linksinternational.com maureen.hsieh@linksinternational.com
The winners of this category specialise in recruiting mid-level managers. The judges evaluated their track record of successfully placing qualified candidates in mid-level management positions.
WINNERS
GOLD AGENSI PEKERJAAN JP CALIBER
SILVER AURORA TALENT
BRONZE FAIR WORK
Aurora Talent is a specialist recruitment agency delivering talent acquisition and advisory services. Established in Singapore in 2018, the company has since expanded to Malaysia, Taiwan, Dubai, and Japan, enabling it to serve clients and candidates across diverse markets. Aurora Talent specialises in recruiting for key sectors such as power and new energies, building materials, as well as oil & gas. Its core services include permanent placements for mid-management roles, project and contract hiring, employer of record services, as well as talent mapping and market insights.
Website: www.aurora-talent.com
Email: lenny@aurora-talent.com
JP Caliber is a Malaysian boutique recruitment agency established in 2017 dedicated to providign customised and high-quality recruitment services. The firm’s vision is to become a market leader in providing flexible human resource solutions across Southeast Asia, with a focus on building longterm relationships that make a meaningful difference in people’s careers and lives. This, it says, is reflected in its slogan ‘changing lives’. By combining industry expertise, smart technology, and a specialised talent pool, the team at JP Caliber aims to ensure fast, highquality recruitment, while fostering enduring client partnerships.
Website: http://www.jpcaliber.com
Email: Careers@jpcaliber.com
Fair Work is a mid-management recruitment firm delivering strategic placements for organisations across industries such as manufacturing, engineering, semiconductors, and professional services. It specialises in identifying and securing talented professionals for mid-level leadership roles by combining market insights with a tailored selection process that seeks to ensure the right fit for both clients and candidates. By providing end-to-end support – from talent search and onboarding to payroll and HR compliance –the team adds tangible value and helps clients streamline operations, control costs, and strengthen their employer brand.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
This category recognises companies that excel in designing and delivering engaging and effective training programmes that enhance learning outcomes for employees. The judges looked for providers who demonstrated creativity, innovation, and the ability to tailor training to meet the specific needs of their clients.
WORK INSPIRES
HUMAN INC BRONZE MIT ACADEMY
MINDTRAC CONSULTING
THINK CODEX
THRIVING TALENTS
Human Inc is a Malaysian innovation house founded in 2012 with a mission to help companies succeed through innovation, culture, and future skills. It believes in humanising businesses by making work more meaningful and placing people at the heart of innovation and change. It is distinguished by its learning design approach, which is interactive, co-created, and deeply iterative. Its expert-led training in design thinking, agile, leadership, and AI goes beyond theory by embedding rapid experimentation, feedback loops, and real-world problem solving so teams learn by doing and improving.
Website: https://www.humaninc.co/
Email: letstalk@humaninc.co shen.y@humaninc.co
Work Inspires designs and customises learning and engagement programmes to help companies and their people grow. The company was founded by two industry veterans with 15 years of experience, who have worked with a wide range of organisations, including MNCs, GLCs, and SMEs, both locally and internationally. The expertise is built on a foundation of experienced trainers and partners, complemented by insights from advisors with extensive industry experience. Guided by the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index, its programmes emphasise 21st-century transversal skills that are essential for fostering progressive, peaceful, and inclusive societies.
Website: www.workinspires.com
Email: mallory@workinspires.com workinspires@gmail.com
Established in 1976, the Malaysian Institute of Technology (MIT) Academy holds essential educational licences and accreditations from key governmental and industrial bodies, including the Department of Skill Development, HRDCorp, and PERKESO, ensuring the consistent quality and relevance of its offerings. Its MITmetaverse is a pioneering platform that integrates VR technologies with its learning management system to create immersive and interactive educational environments. It is also developing digital twin software for advanced industrial robots and smart manufacturing equipment for industries seeking to optimise processes and embrace the future of manufacturing.
Website: mitacademy.edu.my
Email: enquiry@mitacademy.edu.my
Founded in 2007, MindTRAC Consulting helps lead transformation and supports companies in navigating a rapidly changing business landscape. Guided by what it calls the ‘head and heart of change’, it believes that real and sustained change is necessary and possible, and that true leadership extends beyond the workplace by positively impacting individuals, families, communities, and society. By connecting these lessons with future initiatives, it aims to create a lasting impact on both clients and communities by building resilient, futureready leaders, who deliver meaningful results.
Think Codex is a gamification design organisation with a team of in-house consultants and experts trained by IDEO, Pixar, and Wharton Business School. It specialises in developing gamified solutions for leadership, talent management, customer and employee engagement, and L&D. The team forges strategic partnerships with top organisations in strategy, design, R&D, and sales. Its proprietary IP and methodologies are actively utilised or licensed to HR consultancies and training partners across six countries, with expansion plans underway.
Established in 2012, Thriving Talents is a Malaysiabased talent development firm present in 42 countries. It delivers future-focused programmes that inspire behaviour change, while sharpening leadership capabilities, and fuelling business growth. Its customised learning interventions span leadership development, sales enablement, and high-impact team dynamics, combining experiential learning with the latest in behavioural science. The team works with HR and business leaders to build capabilities, mindsets, and great cultures.
Website: www.mindtraclearning.com
Email: support@mind-trac.com
Website: https://www.thinkcodex.com
Email: contact@thinkcodex.com
Website: https://thrivingtalents.com/
Email: whatsup@thrivingtalents.com
The firms listed here specialise in helping organisations develop effective leaders. They have showcased the impact of their leadership development programmes on clients' business results, as well as their ability to design and deliver high-quality, personalised leadership development programmes.
The team at Leaderonomics Services Malaysia architects transformative learning journeys. Through its ‘diagnose, design, develop, and deliver’ process, it ensures every solution is innovative, impactful, and authentic. Its learning philosophy is rooted in a simple truth: behaviour change only sticks when learners are fully engaged. This principle drives the team’s signature 30-40-30 blended learning model, which intentionally balances immersive simulations (30%), hands-on experiential learning (40%), and foundational classroom instruction (30%). To lock in these gains, it embeds practical application components and continuous post-programme engagement.
THINK CODEX
Website: https://www.leaderonomics.com/
Email: servicehub@leaderonomics.com
MindTRAC Consulting is a training and consulting firm that was founded in 2007. It works with organisations in various industries to lead transformations and to cope with the rapidly changing business landscape by equipping everyone with the ‘head and heart of change’. Its leadership development programme encompasses experiential facilitated journeys that help leaders feel safe, seen, and equipped to lead amidst the chaos. The programme has been designed for senior and midlevel leaders in organisations undergoing alignment, transformation or a peopleculture reset.
Website: www.mindtraclearning.com
Email: support@mind-trac.com
Think Codex is a gamification design organisation with a team of in-house consultants and experts trained by IDEO, Pixar, and Wharton Business School. With a team that brings 20 years of experience, the team specialises in developing gamified solutions for individual and organisational development, with focus areas encompassing leadership, talent management, customer and employee engagement, and learning and development. Its proprietary IP and methodologies are actively utilised or licensed to HR consultancies and training partners across six countries, with more expansions in the works.
Website: https://www.thinkcodex.com
Email: contact@thinkcodex.com
At &samhoud, people are at the heart of everything. Rooted in its core values of authenticity, intensity, friendship, and playfulness, the organisation has built a culture shaped by trust, freedom and responsibility. It aspires to be a ‘utopia’ for its employees, offering a vibrant environment where vitality, collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning are part of daily life. This vision is captured in its ‘Utopia Framework’, which integrates sustainable whole being, purposeful craftsmanship, and inspiring client work as pillars of how the team operates.
Website: https://www.samhoud.com/
Email: info@samhoud.com
A business culture consultancy, 95% has a vision to turn workplaces into ‘joyplaces’. The firm’s culture transformation programmes are designed with the 'Results Pyramid' in mind: change happens by creating new experiences that lead to a change in mindset and actions. This includes the need for leaders to be largerthan-life role models of the change, and ensure the desired culture is embedded throughout a company’s decision-making process, operations, policies, and ways of working. That, 95% believes, is how culture drives business.
Human Dynamic Malaysia specialises in leadership development and organisational change. It takes pride in its ability to design programmes that respond to the complexity leaders face on the ground. Its ‘Leadership Development Journey for Middle Managers’ addresses the pressures of leading from the middle: balancing strategic direction from senior leaders with on-theground executions. With managers often operating in a BANI (brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible) environment, the programmes equip them with the awareness, tools, and behaviours to lead with integrity.
Ideavit is a business consultancy specialising in three key areas: corporate training, consulting, and employee engagement. The team delivers flexible, tailored, and high-impact solutions, with a focus on quality, relevance, and real-world application. Its corporate training covers soft skills, technical competencies, and OSHA-related programmes, whilst its consulting services include psychometric assessments and audits of KPIs and job descriptions. In the area of employee engagement, Ideavit offers dynamic team-building experiences, mental health initiatives, and awareness talks.
Website: https://95percent.co/
Email: askme@95percent.co
Website: https://www.humandynamic.com/
Email: steven.khu@humandynamic.com
Website: https://www.ideavit.co/
Email: joeyi.tan@ideavit.co
KNOLSKAPE is an experiential learning technology company transforming how leaders are developed. Its product offering has moved from standalone simulations to end-to-end capability journeys powered by Genie, its AI engine which personalises learning at scale. A modular, hybrid-ready platform that supports instructorled, self-paced, and blended formats, it has an expanding library of business simulations covering leadership themes from AI-readiness to systems thinking. Its solution is experiential with a context-rich design, powered by data and rooted in behavioural science.
Headquartered in KL, People Potential has a presence in Singapore, and licensees in Europe and Asia. It has served high-profile organisations from Wall Street and London to Shanghai and Doha. Its mission is four-fold: to design globally recognised programmes, develop worldclass L&D professionals locally, nurture a people-centred culture; and create a professional service firm that’s structured for sustainability and positive social impact. The company's suite of leadership and management development programmes is tailored and grounded in secondary research and practical experience.
Scotwork believes negotiation is best taught by those who’ve lived it. The team includes former sales directors, general managers, and business development leaders who have made high-stakes decisions, led teams, and navigated complex business challenges. Before they step into a training room, every Scotwork consultant completes a rigorous six-month 'Train the Trainer' certification programme – ensuring they deliver the methodology with clarity, consistency, and practical impact, tailored to any audience or industry. Thus, the team is confident in driving measurable improvement.
Work Inspires designs and customises learning and engagement programmes to help companies and their people grow. Participants’ learning journeys are charted along three levels: First, the 'Legacy' approach focuses on people development for lasting positive impact. Second, the 'Protagonist' approach is centred on people development that positions a company as a leading force in its industry. And third, 'Catalyst' is a people development approach with a focus on igniting significant organisational change that accelerates growth and transformation.
Website: www.knolskape.com
Email: marketing@knolskape.com
Website: https://www.peoplepotential.com/
Email: info@peoplepotential.com
Website: www.scotwork.com/my
Email: info.my@scotwork.com
Website: www.workinspires.com
Email: mallory@workinspires.com workinspires@gmail.com
This category recognises providers that excel in designing and delivering effective training programmes to develop the skills of managers. They have demonstrated the impact of their programmes on clients' business results, as well as their ability to tailor these solutions.
FINALISTS &SAMHOUD
AISLING GROUP PEOPLE POTENTIAL PPL PERFORMANCE
SCOTWORK ASIA
SOCO SALES TRAINING
95% is a business culture consultancy with a vision to turn workplaces into ‘joyplaces’. This is done through its wholistic Blueprint to Building Business Culture, which provides clients with a strategic approach to effectively design and cascade their desired cultures without triggering resistance or indifference. The blueprint is customisable for SMEs, GLCs, and MNCs. As a ‘one-stop-centre’ its team of consultants and trainers provides expert advice and recommendations as well as upskills leaders and culture transformation teams through structured programmes for sustainable and results-driven changes.
Website: https://95percent.co/
Email: askme@95percent.co
Work Inspires was built to design and customise learning & engagement programmes to help companies and their people grow. In the space of management training, it partners with organisations to deliver two flagship management training pathways, each meticulously designed to transform potential into performance: the Graduate & Management Trainee Programme, which empowers fresh talent with the skills, mindset, and confidence to thrive as future leaders; and the Mid-Management Leadership Programme that equips experienced managers with advanced capabilities to inspire teams, drive results, and shape organisational culture.
Website: www.workinspires.com
Email: mallory@workinspires.com workinspires@gmail.com
Engage Corporate Training & Consultancy (ENGAGE Consultancy) is the exclusive licensee for Blaze Performance in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, US. In Malaysia, it specialises in leadership and organisational culture development through training, coaching, and consultancy. The firm focuses on driving real behaviour changes that result in sustained performance improvements, with a methodology that aims to bridge the leader-team divide by fostering its Culture of Focused ExecutionTM, underpinned by simplicity, visibility, and accountability.
Website: https://www.engagecorporatetraining.com/
Email: Alice@engagecorporatetraining.com
For leaders who want to realise change in their organisation and society, &samhoud is a family of consultancy & creative boutiques that achieve breakthroughs. It works with clients to solve strategic challenges with creativity and (behavioural) change expertise, supported by AI, technology, and data. The team’s expertise includes purpose, vision and strategy, culture and change, leadership and team, people, and brand. Beyond designing development programmes, it collaborates with clients to shape future-ready strategies and strengthen leadership pipelines.
Aisling Group is a Malaysian talent solutions provider specialising in three areas: talent acquisition, HR & workforce outsourcing, and talent development. From executive search and project-based hiring to payroll, HR outsourcing, and leadership development, Aisling partners with clients to co-create high-impact workforce strategies, with nearly 30 years of experience across Asia and Europe. Whether through AI-enabled sourcing hubs, gamified micro-learning or certified development programmes, Aisling focuses on building a future-ready, engaged, and resilient workforce.
Website: https://www.samhoud.com/
Email: info@samhoud.com
Website: https://aisling.com.my/
Email: Zhafir.f@aislingconsulting.com
People Potential’s lineage traces back to three pioneering consultancies that were established in KL between 1933 and 1977. Since its rebranding in the 1990s, the team has been delivering leadership & management development programmes tailored to address its clients’ specific needs, grounded in secondary research and practical experience. The team embodies a high-trust, high-performance culture that is built on distinctive values –transparency, diversity, inclusion, belongingness, and open communication.
PPL Performance is a people and organisation development company specialising in organisational culture, leadership, and team development. It prides itself on the ability to translate organisational challenges into practical and measurable development interventions that boost stronger team alignment, cultural clarity, and leadership behaviour. Behavioural tools such as DiSC, Motivational Maps, and Hogan Assessments are incorporated to deepen self-awareness and team understanding. The company's programmes are grounded in behaviour change models and system thinking.
Originally rooted and defined in academic research, Scotwork’s methodologies are constantly being refined by working with its customers to give them added value in highly competitive markets. With the belief that negotiation is best taught by those who’ve lived it, Scotwork’s team includes former sales directors, general managers, and business development leaders who have made high-stakes decisions, led teams, and navigated complex business challenges. Because they’ve been in the same situations as clients, they bring credibility, empathy, and relevance to every session.
SOCO/ Sales Training helps develop managers into leaders who can build and lead high-performance teams. It is committed to three promises: customised programmes, effectiveness of training, and ongoing support. As an agile company, it is fast to adopt new technologies and increase the skills of its team and clients in the process. By leveraging tools to analyse role-plays and providing personalised feedback to each participant, it is disrupting the HR industry by integrating AI seamlessly into the learning experience, enabling the team to deliver tailored insights at scale.
Website: https://www.peoplepotential.com/
Email: info@peoplepotential.com
Website: www.ppl-performance.com
Email: enquiry@ppl-performance.com
Website: www.scotwork.com/my
Email: info.my@scotwork.com
Website: www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
In this category, judges looked for those who could demonstrate a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness in their recruitment processes, as well as an ability to customise their services to meet clients' needs. WINNERS GOLD OSADI COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES SILVER AGENSI PEKERJAAN VISIKERJA
FAIR WORK
Agensi Pekerjaan Visikerja is an integrated HR and recruitment solutions provider dedicated to connecting talent with wellknown local employers. Its services include recruitment and executive search, talent outsourcing and staffing, HR consulting, as well as performance management and employee relations. On the recruitment front, whether for regular positions or executivelevel roles, its headhunting team offers tailored recruitment solutions to meet its clients’ specific needs. The company also offers flexible talent outsourcing and staffing services catered to short-term and long-term staffing needs to reduce personnel costs and improve operational efficiency.
Website: www.visigrp.com
Email: Admin@visigrp.com
OSADI is a provider of end-to-end workforce solutions, delivering ethical recruitment, strategic HR outsourcing, and talent development across key industries. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Penang, it empowers businesses through scalable and compliance-first hiring strategies that align with global standards. Fully accredited (MOHR licence JTKSM 370C) and aligned with ISO and statutory standards, OSADI works to ensure every placement is safe, legal, and socially responsible. It believes its blend of commercial performance, ethical recruitment, client trust, and innovation makes it more than an RPO provider, but a workforce transformation partner instead.
Website: www.osadi.com.my
Email: kenwooi@osadi.com.my
Fair Work is a recruitment process outsourcing partner that works to connect the right talent with the right opportunities. It offers attractive salary packages, signon bonuses, and meaningful rewards for candidates who secure roles through Fair Work to ensure each placement is competitive and motivating. This focus helps companies attract and retain highquality candidates, benefiting job seekers and employers. By combining this and its legal guidance, talent pool, personal touchpoints, and digital outreach, Fair Work is a preferred partner for companies seeking reliable and effective recruitment process outsourcing solutions.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
This category recognises providers that specialise in supplying payroll outsourcing services to organisations. They have demonstrated a high degree of accuracy and efficiency in their payroll processing, as well as their ability to customise their services to clients’ needs.
Info-Tech is a global technology company that helps organisations digitise their processes, improve efficiencies, and increase productivity. Launched in Singapore with an attendance management system using barcode and RFID card features, it later moved to a Windowsbased HR system to streamline HR tasks. In 2014, it shifted to the cloud so users could manage HR functions anytime, anywhere.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
FINALISTS
AISLING GROUP
LINKS INTERNATIONAL
QUICKHR BY ENABLE BUSINESS
Ramco Systems is an enterprise software product/platform provider that focuses on accelerating HR digital transformation initiatives, aligning with its ESG principles. Its product, Ramco Payce, uses a range of workforce management tools to offer solutions that can be deployed on the cloud or leveraged as a managed service globally.
Website: https://www.ramco.com/
Email: contact@ramco.com
OS HRS is a payroll partner delivering scalable, end-to-end payroll and HR solutions across Asia Pacific. Founded in 1999 as VSOURCE, it is said to have pioneered business process outsourcing in Malaysia. Today, OS HRS offers HR solutions that include multi-country payroll processing, HRIS and employee self-service platforms, statutory compliance advisory, and Tier-1 regional help desk support.
Website: https://oshrs.com/
Email: marketing@oshrs.com
Website: https://aisling.com.my/
Aisling Group is a Malaysian talent solutions provider specialising in three core areas: talent acquisition, HR & workforce outsourcing, and talent development. Its solutions range from executive search and project-based hiring to payroll, HR outsourcing, and leadership development. Through AI-enabled sourcing hubs, gamified micro-learning, and certified development programmes, it focuses on building a future-ready, engaged, and resilient workforce.
Email: Zhafir.f@aislingconsulting.com
Links delivers 100% in-country payroll services and tech. Its solutions include payroll outsourcing, visa applications, PEO/EOR secondment, recruitment, corporate services, employee assistance programmes, and outplacement services. Links also offers end-to-end corporate services, including company incorporation, accounting, and tax support to streamline market entry for companies looking to establish or scale operations in Malaysia, and beyond. Its integrated all-in-one services reduce complexity for businesses navigating regional regulations, payroll, and compliance.
Website: https://linksinternational.com/
Email: frontdesk@linksinternational.com maureen.hsieh@linksinternational.com
QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysia arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, an HR technology provider with a legacy in Singapore. It officially launched in Malaysia in 2024, bringing over a decade of proven HR tech expertise to support both SMEs and large enterprises. From payroll, leave, and claims to scheduling and time attendance, QuickHR offers an all-in-one, compliancefirst platform that seeks to simplify every stage of the HR life cycle so businesses can operate with greater efficiency, accuracy, and scale.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
This category recognises companies that provide high-quality psychometric testing services to organisations. Their testing tools have proven to be valid and reliable, and they have been able to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
Compana International provides psychometric and people analytics solutions in APAC, helping organisations eliminate bias in the hiring process, while promoting team synergy. As the authorised distributor of Thomas International, it delivers scientifically validated assessments that support hiring, development, succession, and engagement strategies. Its tools help assess behavioural preferences, aptitude, emotional intelligence, personality, and job-specific skills. The company recently underwent a transformation, expanding its regional presence, investing in digital infrastructure, refreshing its brand identity, and introducing enhanced solutions.
Website: https://compana.asia/
Email: Thomas@compana.asia
Epitome is a talent intelligence provider that delivers an ASEAN-built, globally validated, AI-driven workforce optimisation platform that fuses psychometric testing, competency mapping, and real-time labour market analytics into a single, scalable ecosystem. Founded in 2016, Epitome began as a Singapore and Malaysia-based tech innovator. Since 2024, it has been part of Resource Group Holdings (RGH), a London-based recruitment leader, which has allowed the team to expand globally; enhance AI capabilities through cross-border data insights and recruitment intelligence; and deliver end-to-end solutions.
Website: https://epitome.global
Email: melissa.teh@epitome.global
Talogy provides talent management solutions supporting the entire employee life cycle – from recruitment and selection to development and retention. Its offerings include psychometric assessments, employee development programmes, leadership coaching, and performance management systems, all designed to drive individual and organisational performance. Founded on psychological research and data-driven insights, Talogy applies advanced technology and scientific methodologies to deliver accurate, actionable results. This commitment to evidence-based practices ensures clients receive reliable and effective solutions tailored to their needs.
Website: https://talogy.com/
Email: michael.wines@talogy.com
Ideavit is a business consultancy specialising in three key areas: corporate training, consulting, and employee engagement. Its solutions are tailored to the needs of its clients, with a focus on quality, relevance, and real-world application. Its corporate training covers soft skills, technical competencies, and OSHA-related programmes, while its consulting services include psychometric assessments and audits of KPIs and job descriptions. It also offers team-building experiences, mental health initiatives, and awareness talks.
SHL, a global provider of talent insights, transforms businesses by leveraging the power of people, science, and technology. Through talent solutions that are applicable across the employee life cycle, it partners with organisations to identify, develop, and harness the potential of talent to create high-performance workforces and maximise business outcomes. It equips organisational leaders, people managers, and HR professionals with insights to accelerate growth and decision-making, thus enabling talent mobility, and inspiring inclusive cultures with the agility needed for organisations to stand out.
Website: https://www.ideavit.co/
Email: joeyi.tan@ideavit.co
Website: https://www.shl.com/
Email: LearnMore@shl.com
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www.eduAction.com.my
These winners and finalist deliver effective sales training programmes to organisations. They have been able to showcase success in improving sales performance, and an ability to customise their training programmes.
Thriving Talents is a Malaysia-based talent development firm with a global footprint across 42 countries. Its customised learning interventions span leadership development, sales enablement, and high-impact team dynamics. Its approach combines experiential learning with the latest in behavioural science, guided by the belief that people are the ultimate drivers of performance and innovation.
Website: https://thrivingtalents.com/
Email: whatsup@thrivingtalents.com
Scotwork started over 50 years ago, with the application of a robust eight-step framework, that soon established the best practice of the time for both labour relations and commercial negotiations. Rooted in research, this start laid the foundations for the unique approach Scotwork has refined ever since. Today, the team has offices in 50 countries delivering negotiating consultancy and training in 30 languages.
Website: www.scotwork.com/my
Email: info.my@scotwork.com
SOCO/ Sales Training is a sales optimisation company dedicated to building high-performance sales teams for organisations in Malaysia and worldwide. Its commitment is built on three core promises: customised programmes, training effectiveness, and continuous support. The company’s new AI Sales Accelerator course equips sales professionals with the skills to integrate AI directly into their existing sales processes.
Ideavit is a business consultancy specialising in three key areas: corporate training, consulting, and employee engagement. Its corporate training programmes cover soft skills, technical competencies, and OSHA-related topics, while its consulting services include psychometric assessments and audits of KPIs and job descriptions. Ideavit also offers team-building, mental health initiatives, and awareness talks.
Website: https://www.ideavit.co/
Email: joeyi.tan@ideavit.co
Website: www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
This category recognises firms that excel in providing staffing services to organisations. Judges looked for providers who demonstrated a track record of successfully placing qualified candidates in a variety of positions, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
WINNERS
GOLD OSADI COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES
SILVER AGENSI PEKERJAAN JP CALIBER
BRONZE FAIR WORK
JP Caliber is a Malaysian boutique recruitment agency that was established in 2017. It prides itself on delivering exceptional talent solutions, with a vision to become a market leader in providing flexible human resource services across Southeast Asia. The company is committed to continuously delivering customised recruitment services while focusing on building long-term relationships that make a meaningful difference in people’s careers and lives. It believes in differentiating itself through cost efficiency, customised solutions, a team of experts, and high levels of engagement.
Website: http://www.jpcaliber.com
Email: Careers@jpcaliber.com
OSADI is a provider of end-to-end workforce solutions, delivering ethical recruitment, strategic HR outsourcing, and talent development across key industries –from semiconductors to renewable energy. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Penang, the company’s goal is to empower businesses through scalable, compliancefirst hiring strategies that align with global standards. Fully accredited (MOHR licence JTKSM 370C) and aligned with ISO and statutory standards, it seeks to ensure every placement is safe, legal, and socially responsible.
Website: www.osadi.com.my
Email: kenwooi@osadi.com.my
Founded in April 2021 during Malaysia’s post-COVID recovery, Fair Work began its journey near the Bayan Lepas industrial area in Penang with a mission to bring new hope to job seekers facing economic uncertainty. It manages diverse workforce needs, covering local talent, indirect labour, and the whitecollar and blue-collar segments. Its bluecollar placements include contract workers in logistics, warehousing, and production lines, while its white-collar placements focus on professionals in sectors such as semiconductors, engineering, IT, and corporate services.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
This category recognises companies that provide high-quality team-building services to organisations. The judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the effectiveness of their team-building activities in improving teamwork and collaboration among employees.
FINALISTS
IDEAVIT
MINDTRAC CONSULTING
THRIVING TALENTS
VLINKAGE INTL
WORK INSPIRES
Think Codex is a gamification design organisation with a team of in-house consultants and experts trained by IDEO, Pixar, and Wharton Business School. This expertise allows the firm to provide innovative and effective gamified solutions. The team’s focus areas encompass leadership, talent management, customer and employee engagement, and learning & development.
Website: https://www.thinkcodex.com
Email: contact@thinkcodex.com
Vision Building provides team-building and corporate training solutions in Malaysia, driven by its signature LEARNTAINMENT approach. With over 20 years of experience and success stories, the team blends impactful learning with immersive entertainment to create unforgettable experiences. Its methodology combines play-based training, strategic communication, and emotional engagement.
Website: vision.build
Email: anna@vision.build
Edu Action is an experiential learning and team-building company that believes every individual possesses untapped potential that, when harnessed collectively, can drive operational excellence. Its team-building philosophy is rooted in enabling every team member to contribute meaningfully. Its programmes cover AI-driven team-building, sustainability-driven themes, and more.
Website: www.eduAction.com.my
Email: info@eduAction.com.my
Ideavit is a business consultancy specialising in three key areas: corporate training, consulting, and employee engagement. It delivers flexible, highimpact solutions tailored for clients, with a focus on quality, relevance, and real-world application. The corporate training offering covers soft skills, technical competencies, and OSHA-related programmes, while its consulting services include psychometric assessments and audits of KPIs and job descriptions.
Website: https://www.ideavit.co/
Email: joeyi.tan@ideavit.co
Established in 2007, MindTRAC Consulting is a training and consulting firm, that aspires to help organisations and employees thrive, and be successful through change, by equipping everyone with the ‘head and heart of change’. Its approach is focused on four key strategies: capacity building through focus on its people; delivering greater value to customers through product innovation; actively creating partnership opportunities and fostering collaboration, and bringing in novel solutions and ideas from various sources to drive continuous innovation.
Thriving Talents is a Malaysia-based talent development firm covering 42 countries. It specialises in customised learning interventions spanning leadership development, sales enablement, and high-impact team dynamics. It combines experiential learning with behavioural science – with signature programmes such as the 'Ice Bath Challenge' seen as not just activities, but as powerful diagnostic tools. This programme creates a psychologically safe space to simulate extreme pressure, then reveals how teams can communicate, lead, and collaborate when the stakes are high.
VLINKAGE International is a licenced HRD Corpaccredited training company. With a main office in Penang, it delivers corporate training, team building, leadership development, and digital skills enhancement. In 2024, VLINKAGE provided a number of customised team-building sessions for SMEs and MNCs across Malaysia, and has now widened its reach to hospitals, universities, and public sector companies. The team collaborates with other providers and tourism agents, especially for heritage-themed programmes and regional retreats, while expanding its cross-border presence.
Work Inspires was built to design and customise learning & engagement programmes to help companies and their people grow. Its team building programmes balance activities with key reflections and an action plan. Beyond just having a good time, Work Inspires curates team-building experiences that focus on impactful debriefs, aligned with a company’s situation. Technology and interactive apps are used to customise activities according to a client’s needs, allowing participants to capture memories. Further, activities are conducted anywhere required, regardless of location and weather.
Website: www.mindtraclearning.com
Email: support@mind-trac.com
Website: https://thrivingtalents.com/
Email: whatsup@thrivingtalents.com
Website: http://www.vlinkageintl.com/
Email: vlynnee@vlinkageintl.com
Website: www.workinspires.com
Email: mallory@workinspires.com workinspires@gmail.com
This category celebrates businesses founded in Malaysia that are currently independent (i.e., no parent company, no public shareholders, not part of an international network (unless the network is also comprised of fully independent organisations). This category was open to any type of HR partner, vendor or solution provider.
WINNERS
GOLD GKK CONSULTANTS
SILVER PEOPLE POTENTIAL
BRONZE AGENSI PEKERJAAN JP CALIBER
Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, People Potential is an L&D partner that delivers leadership & management development programmes tailored to address specific client needs and grounded in secondary research and practical experience. In early 2024, the firm established a dedicated Artificial Intelligence, Learning and Performance practice led by Dr Caleb Cheah and supported by Dr Yee Kien Ling. A specialised application in sustainability and ESG is also in the works. All these additions add to its behaviour change, microlearning, virtual instructor-led training, and instructional design initiatives.
Website: https://www.peoplepotential.com/
Email: info@peoplepotential.com
GKK Consultants believes that real transformation begins with people. Since 2011, the company has dedicated itself to helping individuals unlock their potential and organisations to future-proof their workforces. From AI and cybersecurity to technoleadership and cloud innovation, its courses are built for the digital age. The team's AIpowered Talent Needs Assessment system is an innovative tool that uses analytics to identify skill gaps, tailor development plans, and drive performance. It tailors learning experiences with an aim to close real skill gaps, while looking to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s strengths.
Website: https://gkkconsultants.com/
Email: gajen@gkkconsultants.com
JP Caliber is a Malaysian boutique recruitment agency that was established in 2017. As a start-up, it prides itself on delivering exceptional talent solutions in the recruitment sector, and seeks to become a market leader in providing flexible human resource services across Southeast Asia. JP Caliber aims to differentiate itself through cost efficiency, tailored solutions, a team of experts, and high engagement. From an HR perspective, it helps organisations hire talent that drives business goals, sources expatriates with specific skill sets, achieves cost efficiencies, plans manpower effectively, and eases HR workloads.
Website: http://www.jpcaliber.com
Email: Careers@jpcaliber.com
Newly introduced in 2025, this category recognises HR automation solutions that help businesses save time and reduce costs by streamlining HR processes. The judges looked for both in-built and independent tools that can automate key HR functions such as recruitment, onboarding, payroll, performance management, and employee data management.
BIPO’s HRMS is an all-in-one SaaS-based HR solution available on the cloud. It integrates with enterprise solutions, thus automating the entire employee life cycle and driving improvements in payroll processing and management. BIPO’s goal is to elevate the HR ecosystem and improve payroll efficiency with a reliable, one-stop solution that scales with companies at every stage of their growth.
Website: www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
Launched in 2024, QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysia arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, a Singapore-founded HR technology provider. It offers an all-in-one compliance-first solution for clients. Built for local compliance, QuickHR fully aligns with Malaysia’s EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, and HRDF workflows. It also allows multi-entity and multi-location set-ups and is certified for data privacy and cloud security.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
Info-Tech is a global technology company focused on transforming how businesses manage HR and accounting operations. Its dedication to continuous innovation and exceptional customer service has made it a trusted partner for over 17 years. The company believes its ability to adapt to market needs while maintaining toptier service sets it apart as a leader in HR and accounting digital transformation.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
Worksy’s HR automation solution is a cloudbased platform that has redefined workforce management by integrating essential HR functions, from recruitment and onboarding to payroll, claims, performance management, analytics, and employee records, into one unified system. The full-suite automation has eliminated departmental silos, streamlining every manual step, from candidate sourcing to payroll, claims, appraisals, and more.
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
This category recognises providers who specialise in attendance automation systems. The judges evaluated providers who could demonstrate the accuracy, efficiency, and ease-of-use of their attendance systems, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
HR2EAZY
Established in 2007, Info-Tech is a nextgeneration global technology company focused on transforming how businesses manage their HR and accounting operations. It delivers cloud-based HRMS and payroll solutions, helping businesses eliminate buddy punching, manage remote teams, and reduce human error. As an HRD Corp-claimable provider, Info-Tech’s digital solutions are also more accessible to SMEs across Malaysia. Its software aims to empower HR teams by enhancing accuracy, improving efficiency, boosting employee adoption, enabling data-driven decisions, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting scalability.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
aunched in 2024, QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysia arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, an HR technology provider with a legacy in Singapore. Since 2013, QuickHR has been a pivotal part of the shift from traditional serverbased systems to modern, cloud-based HRMS. Its attendance automation system is fully aligned with Malaysia’s EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, and HRDF workflows., and accommodates multi-entity and multi-location setups. Designed to meet Malaysia's diverse workforce needs, QuickHR ensures accurate, fraud-proof attendance tracking all that adhere to Malaysian labour laws such as the Employment Act 1955, and the Sabah & Sarawak Labour Ordinances.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
Established in 2016, HR2eazy provides an allin-one HR, payroll, and business automation platform to streamline processes, ensure compliance, and drive efficiency. As a100% Malaysian-owned and locally developed HR technology solution, its platform is designed specifically for Malaysian labour laws, and is available in Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, and Tamil. Its attendance automation system comprises an end-toend ecosystem that combines advanced automation with statutory compliance, offering a unified platform that helps clients manage their attendance operations with accuracy and ease.
Website: www.hr2eazy.com
Email: info@hr2eazy.com
In today’s fast-paced, globally connected workplace, employee attendance has evolved into a vital component of operational efficiency, employee experience, and legal compliance. Recognising this shift, the team at OS HRS set out to transform attendance management from a reactive administrative task into a proactive, automated, and strategically valuable system. Its attendance automation system is a core feature of its all-in-one HR platform, built for companies of all sizes to modernise their time and attendance workflows alongside integration with payroll and regulatory compliance requirements.
Worksy’s attendance automation system is a cloud-based platform that aims to transform how companies track, manage, and optimise employee attendance. Designed specifically for modern workplaces, Worksy seamlessly integrates features such as mobile clocking, biometric authentication, automated shift scheduling, real-time reporting, and customisable policy management via one dashboard. The primary objective of the system is to deliver unmatched accuracy, efficiency, and transparency in managing workforce attendance while significantly reducing the administrative burden on HR teams.
Website: https://oshrs.com/
Email: marketing@oshrs.com
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
This category recognises companies that provide digital wellness solutions to help organisations improve the health and wellbeing of their employees. They have demonstrated the effectiveness of their platforms in promoting healthy behaviours and reducing stress among employees.
WINNERS
GOLD BOOKDOC
SILVER FERMION DEBI
BRONZE THOUGHTFULL
Fermion is an insurance SaaS provider that builds end-to-end insurance ecosystems.
It is part of the Silverlake family, a key player in financial services technology with customers in 80 countries. DEBI is Fermion’s flagship digital platform for employee benefits, designed to build cultures by rewarding engagement, wellness, and recognition – especially for employees in non-desk or remote roles. The app supports healthy habits through intuitive tools and meaningful incentives designed to promote overall wellbeing. Gamified features such as leader boards and a point-earning system with in-app currency seek to drive ongoing engagement.
Website: www.fermion.io
Email: support@debiwellness.com
BookDoc is a digital health and wellness provider that has been offering end-to-end solutions across the healthcare and wellness continuum since 2015. Available on mobile, it features health challenges, activity tracking, virtual coaching, teleconsultation, wellness webinars, gamified engagement, and targeted interventions. Now enhanced with AIpowered health coaches, intelligent wellness modules, predictive analytics, and real-time engagement tracking, it delivers hyperpersonalised experiences that evolve with users’ needs, aiming to improve participation rates and enable organisations to proactively boost productivity, reduce absenteeism, and manage rising healthcare costs.
Website: https://www.bookdoc.com/
Email: management@bookdoc.com jacktan@bookdoc.com
ThoughtFull is an end-to-end digital mental health platform that aims to simplify mental health for growth by equipping organisations to build resilient and high-performing teams through personalised, evidence-based support. It serves employers, insurers, healthcare providers, and governments across APAC, offering solutions in over 25 languages. The ThoughtFull app for employees provides access to asynchronous text-based coaching, self-guided tools, one-on-one videos, inperson therapy, and 24/7 crisis support rooted in psychological first aid. For professionals, the ThoughtFull Pro platform streamlines care delivery and connects certified mental health experts with users in real time.
Website: https://www.thoughtfull.world/
Email: achmad.firdaus@thoughtfull.world
This new category celebrates platforms that have helped simplify the submission, approval, and reimbursement of expense claims through seamless integrations with accounting systems and ensure compliance with company policies.
Info-Tech is a global technology company transforming how businesses manage HR and accounting operations. Now a provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions, the company was launched in Singapore with an attendance management system using barcode and RFID card features before expanding into a Windows-based HR system that streamlines payroll, leave, claims, and time management.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysian arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, an HR technology provider with a legacy in Singapore. Since 2013, QuickHR has been pivotal in the shift from traditional serverbased systems to modern, cloud-based HRMS. It covers payroll, leave, claims, scheduling, and time attendance, offering an all-in-one, compliance-first solution.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
Worksy’s cloud-based expense claims management platform is designed to streamline and automate expense claims processes, specifically tailored for Malaysian businesses. The platform centralises all aspects of expense management, from submissions and approvals to policy adherence and reimbursement tracking, on a mobile-friendly interface.
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
OS HRS is a payroll partner delivering scalable, endto-end payroll and HR solutions across Asia Pacific. Its proprietary 'Employee Self-Service' system is central to this, allowing employees to independently manage payroll-related needs and HR functions such as submitting and tracking expense claims. While not cloud or AI-based, the system aims to distinguish itself through localisation, a user-friendly design, and compliance coverage across 17 countries.
Website: https://oshrs.com/
Email: marketing@oshrs.com
This category recognises companies that provide software solutions to help organisations improve employee engagement. The judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the effectiveness of their software in measuring and improving employee engagement, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
WINNERS
GOLD FERMION
SILVER BUDAYA BY LEADERONOMICS
BRONZE COMPANA INTERNATIONAL
FINALISTS
INFO-TECH
WORKSY
Leaderonomics’ goal is to empower individuals, communities, and organisations through its customised solutions. The team believes that fostering a culture of trust and inclusion, fuelled by strong employee engagement, is the foundation for building high-performing organisations. Its product, Budaya, leverages data for employee engagement via two main components. In the primary mode, the mobile app serves as the foundation, driving sustainable change and capturing qualitative and quantitative data, powered by AI. The second component goes beyond the app, wherein Leaderonomics provides consultation services to support interventions for deeper cultural transformations.
Website: https://budaya.app/
Email: budaya@leaderonomics.com
Fermion is an insurance SaaS provider that builds end-to-end insurance ecosystems for insurers and industry partners. It is part of the Silverlake family, a financial services technology company that provides services for customers in 80 countries. Its flagship digital platform for employee benefits, DEBI, focuses on building cultures by rewarding engagement, wellness, and recognition. Fully flexible and configurable, the platform supports initiatives around behaviour change and culture building, while helping HR teams to enhance employee motivation and satisfaction through personalised choices, enriching activities, and rewarding experiences.
Website: www.fermion.io
Email: support@debiwellness.com
Compana International is an insights-driven talent solutions provider operating across APAC. As an authorised distributor of Thomas International, it delivers psychometric tools with the cultural relevance and localisation required in local markets. Its solutions span the full employee life cycle, from hiring and onboarding to development, retention, and succession planning. Assessments offered include behaviour (personal profile analysis), aptitude (general intelligence assessment), workplace personality (high potential trait indicator), emotional intelligence (trait emotional intelligence questionnaire), job-based e-skills, team engagement, and 360 feedback through platforms such as Thomas Access, Connect, and Engage.
Website: https://compana.asia/
Email: Thomas@compana.asia
Established in 2007, Info-Tech is a technology company focused on transforming how businesses manage their HR and accounting operations. It aims to help organisations of all sizes digitise their processes, improve efficiencies, and unlock new levels of productivity. The company started out as an attendance management system using barcode and RFID card features before introducing a Windows-based HR system that streamlines tasks such as payroll, leave, claims and time management. Today, it is available on the cloud, allowing users to manage HR functions anytime, anywhere.
Worksy’s employee engagement software is a cloudbased HR solution designed to enhance satisfaction, foster meaningful engagement, and improve retention. By integrating key functions such as performance management, continuous feedback, learning and development, and advanced analytics into one intuitive platform, it streamlines processes with a goal to deliver a seamless user experience. The platform’s core objective is to nurture connections, boost motivation, and strengthen loyalty; thus driving job satisfaction and business performance.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
This category recognises HR service providers offering specialised platforms for effective gig workforce management. They have proven to streamline onboarding, real-time communication, and task management.
WINNERS
GOLD GOGET
SILVER FAIR WORK
BRONZE AGENSI PEKERJAAN JP CALIBER
Fair Work is an HR consultancy founded in April 2021 and based in Penang, Malaysia. Its mission is to streamline and strengthen human resource functions, making them more efficient and effective for businesses of all sizes. Through an integrated suite of services, and by combining proven hiring strategies with practical digital tools, the company aims to address the diverse needs of modern workforce management and Malaysia’s expanding contract economy. Its expertise spans the full job application process – from attracting and screening candidates to onboarding them efficiently.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
GoGet has been cited as the first gig workforce management portal in ASEAN to digitally connect employers with gig workers for both dispatch and manpower services. The company brings 11 years of experience in building a platform with a full-stack gig-work infrastructure and modules to help businesses hire, manage, pay, train, and engage gig workers. By leveraging purpose-built matching algorithms, GoGet pairs businesses with verified gig workers, known as GoGetters. The platform also provides real-time job updates, allowing employers to monitor progress and manage tasks efficiently.
Website: https://goget.my/
Email: business@goget.my faisal.hassan@goget.my
JP Caliber is a Malaysian boutique recruitment agency that was established in 2017. The company prides itself on delivering exceptional talent solutions, building on its vision to become a market leader in providing flexible human resource solutions across Southeast Asia. It is committed to continuously delivering top customised recruitment services in Malaysia, focusing on building long-term relationships that make a meaningful difference in people’s careers and lives. This, it affirms, is reflected in its slogan: ‘Changing Lives.’
Website: http://www.jpcaliber.com
Email: Careers@jpcaliber.com
Firms listed here have been in business for not more than five years, but have delivered exemplary value and quantifiable results for clients. They have demonstrated a high-quality and unique approach to recruitment.
WINNERS
GOLD AGENSI PEKERJAAN FIRST KONNECTION
SILVER AGENSI PEKERJAAN VISIKERJA BRONZE FAIR WORK
AGENSI PEKERJAAN ETERNITY
Agensi Pekerjaan Visikerja is an HR integrated recruitment solutions company providing recruitment and executive search, talent outsourcing and staffing, HR consulting, as well as performance management and employee relations. Its flexible offerings aim to help clients meet short-term and long-term staffing needs, reduce personnel costs, and improve operational efficiency.
Website: www.visigrp.com
Email: Admin@visigrp.com
First Konnection is an education recruitment agency connecting talent with companies in the education sector, both locally and across the region. It aims to revolutionise the way recruitment is done by specialising exclusively in education recruitment. Its integrated automation through sequenced messaging allows it to increase its outreach and grow its network of educators.
Website: www.firstkonnection.com
Email: serena@firstkonnection.com
Eternity Recruitment is a licensed recruitment agency incorporated in 2024. The team has successfully placed professionals in roles ranging from entry level to senior leadership positions. It has also expanded its services through innovative methods, including recruitment via creative content, an approach it believes helps it to reach wider talent pools and engage candidates in fresh and effective ways.
Established in April 2021, Fair Work is a recruitment firm that connects talent with opportunities across sectors such as semiconductors, manufacturing, engineering, information technology, and professional services. The team takes pride in providing reliable opportunities and trusted guidance, particularly for young professionals embarking on their careers.
Website: https://fairwork.com.my/
Email: info@fairwork.com.my
Website: https://www.eternity-recruitment.com
Email: marketing@eternity-recruitment.com
This category recognises providers that specialise in providing HR management systems to large enterprises (1,000 employees or more). The judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the comprehensiveness and scalability of their systems, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
WINNERS
GOLD BIPO SERVICE MALAYSIA
SILVER QUICKHR BY ENABLE BUSINESS
BRONZE INFO-TECH
FINALISTS
HR2EAZY WORKSY
QuickHR Sdn Bhd was launched in 2024 as the Malaysia arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, a Singapore-founded HR technology provider. From payroll, leave, and claims to scheduling and time attendance, it offers an all-in-one, compliance-first platform that simplifies every stage of the HR life cycle, allowing businesses to operate with greater efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. Built for local compliance, QuickHR fully aligns with Malaysia’s EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, and HRDF workflows. It also accommodates multi-entity and multi-location set-ups.
BIPO’s HRMS is an all-in-one SaaS-based HR solution. It is available on the cloud, hosted on AWS and Alibaba Cloud, and accessible via a mobile app. Through this product, BIPO provides timely payroll processing, increased productivity, actionable insights, compliance and security, as well as global and local support. By integrating HR, payroll, and data analytics into a single platform, the HRMS helps businesses simplify complex processes, enhance workforce productivity, and maintain compliance – making it a scalable solution that grows with the organisation it is supporting.
Website: www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
Info-Tech is a global technology company that provides cloud-based SaaS solutions. Established in 2007, it serves a range of clients globally, processing payroll for a large number of employees each month. The team believes its ability to adapt to market needs while maintaining a top-tier service is what sets it apart as a leader in HR and accounting digital transformation.
With its headquarters in Singapore, InfoTech has expanded to Hong Kong and India, continuing its mission to deliver innovative and user-friendly digital solutions.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
Established in 2016, HR2eazy provides an all-in-one solution that includes HRMS, payroll processing, attendance systems, recruitment, HR training, immigration, HR consultancy, HR documentation, HR surveys, statutory compliance, and industrial relations. 100% Malaysia-owned and locally developed, the company understands the unique challenges businesses face in managing HR and payroll in Malaysia, and remains committed to delivering tailored, compliant, and user-friendly solutions that meet the specific needs of local employers and employees.
Worksy’s HRMS (enterprise) is an advanced, cloud-based platform engineered to meet the needs of Malaysia’s largest and most complex organisations. Supporting employees across multiple locations, business units, and legal jurisdictions, Worksy centralises essential HR functions, including recruitment, onboarding, leave, payroll, claims, performance management, learning, engagement, compliance, and workforce analytics within a single, secure, and unified environment. By eliminating operational silos and inefficiencies, the platform accelerates HR transactions and decision-making.
Website: www.hr2eazy.com
Email: info@hr2eazy.com
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
This category recognises providers that specialise in delivering HR management systems to small and medium-sized businesses with 100 to 999 employees. Their systems are easy to use, affordable, and customisable.
Info-Tech Systems provides a cloud-based SaaS HRMS tailored for SMEs. The HRMS offers core HR modules along with the proprietary Info-Tech Accounting Software. At the same time, the new Info-Tech AI, an intelligent chatbot integrated within the HRMS, allows users to type natural-language questions and instantly receive answers drawn from their company’s HR data.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
HR2eazy provides a flexible and affordable HRMS designed to meet the needs of SMBs in Malaysia. The HRMS combines advanced automation, scalable features, and statutory compliance, providing SMBs with an easyto-use platform to manage all aspects of HR operations – from employee records and payroll to performance management and leave tracking, with accuracy.
Website: www.hr2eazy.com
Email: info@hr2eazy.com
QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysian arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, a Singaporefounded HR technology provider. QuickHR fully aligns with Malaysia’s EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, and HRDF workflows. It accommodates multi-entity and multi-location set-ups for distributed teams and multi-site businesses, and is also certified for data privacy and cloud security.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
BIPO’s HRMS is an all-in-one SaaS-based HR solution. The platform’s unique selling point is its payroll module, featuring 26 proprietary payroll engines. The system integrates seamlessly with enterprise solutions, automating the entire employee life cycle and driving improvements in payroll processing and management. It elevates the HR ecosystem and improves payroll efficiency by providing a reliable one-stop solution for all stages of growth.
Website: www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
This category recognises companies that provide comprehensive and user-friendly recruitment portals to organisations. The judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the effectiveness of their portal in attracting and matching qualified candidates, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
GoGet is an ASEAN-based recruitment portal catering to contract, part-time, full-time, and gig-on-demand hiring by the hour or shift. It automatically matches businesses with verified ‘GoGetters’ using purpose-built algorithms. All on-demand gig, contract, and full-time job opportunities are on one unified platform, underpinned by verified work experience data that builds a digital resume for workers.
Website: https://goget.my/
Email: business@goget.my faisal.hassan@goget.my
First Konnection is an education recruitment agency working with clients locally and across the region. Its recruitment portal is a user-centric platform designed exclusively for the education sector, connecting leading educational institutions with top talent in teaching, administration, and support roles by providing a streamlined space for job posting and application management.
Website: www.firstkonnection.com
Email: serena@firstkonnection.com
Aurora Talent is a specialist recruitment agency delivering talent acquisition and advisory services. Established in Singapore in 2018, the agency has since expanded to Malaysia, Taiwan, Dubai, and Japan. Its services include permanent placements for mid-management roles, and project and contract hiring, employer of record offerings, talent mapping, and market insights.
Website: www.aurora-talent.com
Email: lenny@aurora-talent.com
Cultivar Staffing & Search is built on the core values of dedication, respect, innovation, vigour, and empathy (DRIVE), which underpin its belief that great organisations can only thrive when they have the right people. Its vision is to be an enabler of organisational excellence by delivering the right talent, while its mission focuses on connecting great talent with great opportunities. When this is fulfilled, the team affirms that the impact extends beyond professional success.
Website: https://cultivar.asia/
Email: info@cultivar.asia
This category recognises companies that have developed innovative solutions to help organisations improve any aspect of their HR processes. They have demonstrated the uniqueness, effectiveness, and practicality of their innovations, as well as their potential impact on the HR industry.
At Info-Tech, innovation is not a feature, it’s a foundation. The team’s HR super app was built to evolve with how HR functions are delivered, experienced, and integrated into daily life, with the goal to deliver instant answers, interactive visuals, builtin motivation, and automated compliance. A next-generation global technology company, Info-Tech enables organisations of all sizes to digitise their processes, improve efficiencies, and unlock new levels of productivity. In Malaysia, clients choose Info-Tech for its proven compliance accuracy, and reliable local support.
GOLD INFO-TECH SILVER BIPO SERVICE MALAYSIA
BRONZE THE TALENT ACCELERATOR
INC LINKS INTERNATIONAL
BY ENABLE BUSINESS WINNERS
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
The Talent Accelerator is an HR tech consultancy specialising in total rewards. Its job evaluation tool, TAREF, was developed to enable organisations to assess the relative value of roles accurately and consistently. Designed for modern businesses, it facilitates internal equity while aligning roles to external market benchmarks. TAREF’s strength lies in its adaptive grade-mapping engine, which dynamically adjusts for company size and industry complexity, offering a contextual and relevant evaluation experience. Unlike legacy models, TAREF introduces a simplified, intuitive framework that is logical and easy to use. FINALISTS HR2EAZY
Athena BI is BIPO’s proprietary business intelligence platform, purpose-built for HR analytics, and integrates with BIPO’s HRMS to deliver actionable insights across workforce and payroll data. It helps HR leaders manage HR complexities, reduce risks, and drive performance by consolidating global HR and payroll data into a single, unified view. It visualises employer of record and payroll metrics across multi-countries to track headcount, costs, compliance, and workforce trends with precision. The aim is to address three challenges – increasing productivity, data insights, and compliance and security.
Website: www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
Website: https://www.the-talent-accelerator.com/
Email: info@the-talent-accelerator.com
HR2eazy is an HRMS designed to revolutionise how businesses manage HR operations. From payroll automation to attendance tracking, performance management, and employee engagement, HR2eazy's unified platform automates and integrates HR processes for businesses of all sizes. Its focus on innovation and efficiency helps companies streamline their HR operations, reduce manual tasks, and enhance employee satisfaction. Key features include a complete employee self service portal; attendance management; leave and overtime requests; claims management; and more.
Human Inc utilises two proprietary tools for organisations to measure training impact and engage employees in culture transformation. The first is 'AI Agents for Post‑Workshop Behaviour Tracking' – after participants complete its workshops, an AI‑powered agent calls participants to evaluate how well they have applied what they have learned. The second is 'Empathy Gallery for Culture' – whereby, based on employee interviews, the team creates AI‑generated personas that share authentic stories in video format. Both tools are designed to address longstanding gaps in HR processes.
Links International is an HR service provider specialised in delivering 100% in country payroll services and tech. Its platform, Links One, is a secured cloud based multi country payroll solution that enables leaders to efficiently run their regional HR functions to create best in class experiences. It features consolidated reporting, smart payroll dashboard capabilities, a time and attendance roster management, and integration to leading HCMs. Users can streamline workforce management with easy roster building and time tracking through highly integrative technology.
Website: www.hr2eazy.com
Email: info@hr2eazy.com
Website: https://www.humaninc.co/
Email: letstalk@humaninc.co shen.y@humaninc.co
Website: https://linksinternational.com/
Email: frontdesk@linksinternational.com maureen.hsieh@linksinternational.com
From payroll, leave, and claims to scheduling and time attendance, QuickHR offers an all in one, compliance first platform that simplifies every stage of the HR life cycle. QuickHR fully aligns with Malaysia’s EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, and HRDF workflows. It also accommodates multi entity and multi location set ups, making it ideal for distributed teams and multi site businesses. It is certified with ISO 27001:2013, ISO 9001:2015, MTCS SS 584:2020 (Tier 3), and Singapore’s Data Protection Trustmark, offering organisations confidence in their data privacy and cloud security.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
This category recognises companies that provide payroll software solutions to organisations. The judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of their software, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet their clients’ needs.
WINNERS
GOLD RAMCO SYSTEMS
SILVER HR2EAZY
BRONZE BIPO SERVICE MALAYSIA
Established in 2016, HR2eazy offers an allin-one HR, payroll, and business automation platform designed to streamline processes, ensure compliance, and drive efficiency. With its 100% Malaysian-owned and locally developed HR technology solution, the company believes it understands the unique challenges businesses face in managing HR and payroll in Malaysia via its tailored, compliant, and user-friendly solutions that meet the specific needs of Malaysian employers and employees. Its offerings include HRMS, payroll processing, attendance systems, recruitment, HR training, immigration, HR consultancy, statutory compliance, and more.
Website: www.hr2eazy.com
Email: info@hr2eazy.com
Ramco Global Payroll provides payroll solutions, with a commitment to environmental, social, and governance principles that guide every aspect of its delivery strategy. Its product, Ramco Payce, leverages mobile technology, chatbots, voice, and facial recognition-based workforce management to deliver advanced end-to-end solutions for global organisations. It features embedded intelligence, device-agnostic capabilities, and API integration, and can be deployed on the cloud, on-premise or as a managed service. It is available in multiple native languages, and can automate a significant portion of operational tasks.
Website: https://www.ramco.com/
Email: contact@ramco.com
The BIPO HRMS is an all-in-one SaaS-based HR solution that integrates HR, payroll, and data analytics in a single platform. It is available on the cloud, hosted on AWS and Alibaba Cloud, and accessible via a mobile app. The platform’s payroll module features 26 proprietary payroll engines, integrating with enterprise solutions to automate the entire employee life cycle and improve payroll processing and management. Its goal is to elevate the HR ecosystem and improve payroll efficiency through timely payroll processing, actionable data insights, compliance & security, increased productivity, and global and local support.
Website: www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
Info-Tech is a global technology company focused on transforming how businesses manage their HR and accounting operations. It works with organisations to digitise their processes, improve efficiency, and enhance productivity. Initially launched in Singapore with an attendance management system using barcode and RFID card features, it later moved to a Windowsbased HR system that streamlines HR tasks such as payroll, leave, claims, and time management. In 2014, it transitioned to the cloud, enabling users to manage HR functions anytime and anywhere.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysian arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, an HR technology provider with a legacy in Singapore. In 2024, QuickHR officially launched in Malaysia, bringing over a decade of proven HR tech expertise to support SMEs and large enterprises. From payroll, leave, and claims to scheduling and time attendance, QuickHR offers an all-in-one, compliance-first platform that aims to simplify every stage of the HR life cycle, thus helping businesses operate with greater efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
Worksy’s payroll software is a cloud-based solution designed with a goal to meet the rigorous demands of accuracy, statutory compliance, and operational efficiency for businesses of all sizes. By integrating modules such as attendance, leave, and claims, Worksy automates the entire payroll cycle, from data collection and precise salary computations to timely statutory submissions and instant payslip distributions. The core objectives of its payroll solution are to eliminate payroll errors, significantly reduce processing times, and minimise compliance risks.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
Info-Tech is a global technology company focused on transforming how businesses manage their HR and accounting operations. It works with organisations to digitise their processes, improve efficiency, and enhance productivity. Initially launched in Singapore with an attendance management system using barcode and RFID card features, it later moved to a Windowsbased HR system that streamlines HR tasks such as payroll, leave, claims, and time management. In 2014, it transitioned to the cloud, enabling users to manage HR functions anytime and anywhere.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
QuickHR Sdn Bhd is the Malaysian arm of QuickHR by Enable Business, an HR technology provider with a legacy in Singapore. In 2024, QuickHR officially launched in Malaysia, bringing over a decade of proven HR tech expertise to support SMEs and large enterprises. From payroll, leave, and claims to scheduling and time attendance, QuickHR offers an all-in-one, compliance-first platform that aims to simplify every stage of the HR life cycle, thus helping businesses operate with greater efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
Worksy’s payroll software is a cloud-based solution designed with a goal to meet the rigorous demands of accuracy, statutory compliance, and operational efficiency for businesses of all sizes. By integrating modules such as attendance, leave, and claims, Worksy automates the entire payroll cycle, from data collection and precise salary computations to timely statutory submissions and instant payslip distributions. The core objectives of its payroll solution are to eliminate payroll errors, significantly reduce processing times, and minimise compliance risks.
Website: quickhr.my/
Email: marketing@quickhr.co
Website: https://worksy.io/
Email: hello@lightman.com.my
This category recognises companies that provide exceptional training experiences to organisations, and have a consistent track record of highquality facilitation. Their programmes have proven to be effective and engaging, as well as customisable to their clients’ needs.
WINNERS
GOLD SCOTWORK ASIA
SILVER EVULX INTERNATIONAL
BRONZE HUMAN INC
FINALISTS
COMPANA INTERNATIONAL ENVOLVE ALLIANCE
IDEAVIT
MINDTRAC CONSULTING
SOCO SALES TRAINING STORYIQ
THE TALENT ACCELERATOR THRIVING TALENTS
A learning experience company, eVULX International provides immersive, simulationbased solutions. Founded on the belief that experiential learning drives deeper behavioural change, eVULX combines the science of human behaviour with the art of gamification to create high-impact, businessrelevant learning tools. Its flagship solutions replicate complex, high-stakes environments where leaders and teams must apply targeted competencies to succeed. These simulations are grounded in real-world scenarios across areas such as geopolitics, ESG, ethics, and innovation. Headquartered in Malaysia, the team works with clients across the globe.
Website: https://evulx.com/
Email: info@evulx.com
Scotwork’s programme design is said to have pioneered experiential learning through video-evidenced coached debriefs based on a series of real-world negotiations. The foundations for its ongoing methodology are rooted in deep research. Insights from this research, including negotiation training ROI, competency prediction, capability assessment, and behavioural preference modelling, continue to ensure its 2025 portfolio delivered the desired ROI and transformation. Its best practice programme saw a refresh in 2024 to ensure it continues to meet best global practices for accessibility and diversity.
Website: www.scotwork.com/my
Email: info.my@scotwork.com
Human Inc is a Malaysian innovation and leadership consultancy. Every training session it provides is designed to be interactive, co-created, and deeply iterative by integrating gamified activities, live role plays, and scenario-based challenges. Its facilitators adapt in real time, reading the energy in the room, pivoting when discussions take unexpected turns, and balancing humour with depth. The team’s 'Learning Arches' framework ensures each programme begins with targeted diagnostics, moves into immersive workshops, and follows through with workplace applications and nudges.
Website: https://www.humaninc.co/
Email: letstalk@humaninc.co shen.y@humaninc.co
Compana International is an insights-driven talent solutions provider operating in Asia Pacific. As an authorised distributor of Thomas International, it delivers globally validated psychometric tools adapted for local markets. Its solutions span the full employee life cycle – from hiring and onboarding to development, retention, and more. Its offerings include assessments for behaviour (personal profile analysis), aptitude (general intelligence assessment), workplace personality (high potential trait indicator), and emotional intelligence (trait emotional intelligence questionnaire), among others.
Envolve Alliance is a Malaysia-based learning and organisational development company that offers customised learning interventions, consulting, and coaching. Its work is anchored in three interconnected pillars. The first is empowerment through learning, which focuses on customised learning programmes, leadership development journeys, coaching and mentoring frameworks, and public workshops. The second, nextgeneration workforce, includes talent management, succession planning, and team engagement initiatives; while the third pillar is organisational excellence.
Ideavit is a business consultancy specialising in three areas: corporate training, consulting, and employee engagement. It delivers flexible, high-impact solutions tailored to clients’ needs, focusing on quality, relevance, and real-world application. With positive testimonials from participants, it is known for its learner-centred approach and professional versatility. Every programme is custom-designed by the in-house educational psychologist to ensure each engagement is aligned with its clients’ unique goals. The team works with industries such as FMCG, finance, insurance, and more.
Founded in 2007, MindTRAC Consulting has guided organisations through transformation and adaptation in the changing business landscape. Its signature leadership development programme, ‘Leading through VUCA and disruption’, addresses the evolving skills for effective leadership. The company emphasises on individual growth through facilitated group learning, to tackle matters such as advancements driven by technological change, geopolitical issues, and market forces. Individual growth is seen as the cornerstone for leadership development and organisational change.
Website: https://compana.asia/
Email: Thomas@compana.asia
Website: https://www.envolve.com.my/
Email: support@envolve.com.my
Website: https://www.ideavit.co/
Email: joeyi.tan@ideavit.co
Website: www.mindtraclearning.com
Email: support@mind-trac.com
SOCO/ Sales Training is a global sales optimisation company. Believing that training should be interactive and engaging, it prioritises the sharing of new ideas and strategies by always giving relevant examples and stories so the ideas can easily be remembered. The team follows this up with group discussions and activities to hear the learners’ take on a topic, which then reinforces the learning. Training is divided into 60-minute modules, each comprising 15 minutes of theory and content and 45 minutes of practical work.
StoryIQ provides data storytelling and data literacy training for professionals. It specialises in delivering practical, engaging learning experiences that transform how teams communicate with data. Its workshops help teams to elevate their analytical thinking, simplify complex ideas, and deliver insights that influence action. Participants also learn to build high-impact dashboards and data visualisations that streamline reporting and align teams around the right metrics. StoryIQ also has courses on generative AI, helping learners to use tools to analyse data and improve productivity.
The Talent Accelerator is an HR tech consultancy specialising in total rewards. Its services include strategic total rewards design, people analytics for data-driven decisions, practical, case-based training, and rewards advisory. It offers two workshops to address key capability gaps in HR: the Total Rewards Masterclass and the HR Analytics Workshop, both of which combine deep functional expertise with real-world application. Participants work through live case studies, engage in discussions, and build functional competencies to solve real business challenges.
Thriving Talents is a Malaysia-based leadership and talent development company. Its training experiences help build leadership confidence, strengthen team alignment, and drive lasting behavioural change. One of the team’s programmes that best showcases its training and facilitation expertise is The Samurai Game ® – cited not as a game in the traditional sense, but as a symbolic and structured simulation designed to be a deeply immersive and high-impact experiential learning simulation tool that challenges participants to cross a psychological threshold into the world of medieval Japanese warriors.
Website: www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
Website: www.storyiq.com
Email: info@storyiq.com
Website: https://www.the-talent-accelerator.com/
Email: info@the-talent-accelerator.com
Website: https://thrivingtalents.com/
Email: whatsup@thrivingtalents.com
This category recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the HR industry and demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities. They have also showcased their impact on the business, as well as their ability to inspire and lead others in the field.
WINNERS
GOLD THRIVING TALENTS – MICHAEL TEOH SU LIM
SILVER PEOPLE POTENTIAL – CALEB CHEAH
BRONZE &SAMHOUD – NUR HAMURCU
FINALISTS
AISLING GROUP – MELISSA NORMAN
HUMAN INC – CHRISTOFFER ERICHSEN
IDEAVIT – TAN MIN KHIAN
INFO-TECH – PETER LEE
MICLOH CONSULTING GROUP – CHENG CHIA YEE WORK INSPIRES – MALLORY LOONE
Dr Caleb Cheah joined People Potential two years ago as a member of its AI applications team. He had no formal background in L&D, HR or tech – yet quickly distinguished himself by proposing a six-month plan of applying AI systematically across the organisation’s functions. Within weeks, teams were approaching him with real problems, and he delivered eight working solutions in his first month. Within six months, he was appointed to head a new practice area and invited to join People Potential’s leadership team.
Website: www.peoplepotential.com
Email: info@peoplepotential.com
Michael Teoh Su Lim is an internationally recognised talent strategist, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honouree, and a TEDx speaker, whose vision is rooted in empowering people to lead with clarity, confidence, and compassion. As Founder and CEO of Thriving Talents, he infuses resilience, high energy, and an entrepreneurial spirit into every facet of the business. Under his leadership, Thriving Talents’ team of facilitators and programme architects continues to deliver training experiences that are immersive, actionable, and aligned with evolving business realities.
Website: https://thrivingtalents.com/
Email: whatsup@thrivingtalents.com
As Co-Founder and Managing Director of &samhoud Asia, Nur Hamurcu leads with a human-first philosophy: value creation starts with people. His vision of people and culture is crystallised in ‘utopia’, a philosophy that reframes what a workplace can be – an environment of deep trust, autonomy, and alignment. In January 2025, Hamurcu made his boldest move yet: the implementation of a four-day workweek, without salary cuts. The decision challenged long-standing assumptions about productivity and has become a defining expression of the firm’s identity.
Website: https://www.samhoud.com/
Email: r.jaafar@samhoud.com
Melissa Norman, Founder and Managing Director of Aisling Group, brings nearly 30 years of experience in the talent industry. Her journey to establishing Aisling was driven by a clear conviction: the future of work must be human led and business aligned. In the past year, she has led a transformative push focusing on six key priorities: expanding into new markets, personalising recruitment and coaching solutions, deepening customer intimacy, digitising operations, scaling internal capabilities, and enhancing Aisling’s visibility as a thought leader.
Website: https://aisling.com.my/
Email: Zhafir.f@aislingconsulting.com
Christoffer Erichsen, Founder and CEO of Human Inc, has a vision for HR to be a custodian of agility, a strategic partner in decision‑making, and a creator of meaningful employee experiences. A year ago, he set clear goals: improve the customer satisfaction scores and strengthen internal team effectiveness to prove that a people‑first approach delivers both client and business outcomes. To bring this vision to life, he introduced initiatives such as AI‑enabled systems, unlimited paid time off, and monthly learning sessions with the CEO.
Tan Min Khian is the CEO of Ideavit. He established Ideavit in September 2024 at the age of 24, with the singular goal of delivering excellence in the HR space, specifically corporate training, HR consulting, and employee engagement. A young man with strong tenacity, he is seen as the driver of Ideavit, with the ability to collaborate with clients across various industries. Khian’s vision for HR is to deliver excellence in corporate training and HR consulting globally, while simultaneously, establishing the presence of Malaysian talent across the world.
Website: https://www.humaninc.co/
Email: letstalk@humaninc.co shen.y@humaninc.co
Website: https://www.ideavit.co/
Email: joeyi.tan@ideavit.co
Peter Lee, Chairman of Info-Tech, is a visionary technopreneur with over 30 years of experience in enterprise software. His mission is to empower businesses with people-first, tech-enabled HR solutions that elevate HR from administrative support to strategic leadership. Peter believes HR is not just a function, but the engine that drives business clarity and insight. He is known as a strategic, hands-on, and pragmatic leader, who reviews product designs, conducts skip-level interviews, and works with enterprise clients.
Website: www.info-tech.com.my
Email: marketing@info-tech.com.my
Tony Cheng Chia Yee, Founder and Managing Director of MICLOH Consulting Group, is a highly respected HR strategist, consultant, and educator. His leadership philosophy is deeply human: build people, and they will build everything else. This mindset shapes how he leads his business, develops his team, and uplifts the HR profession. As such, he remains steadfast in his mission to help companies gain access to structured HR systems and experienced advisors who understand both business and people.
Website: www.micloh.com
Email: info@micloh.com
Mallory Loone did not start as an entrepreneur, in fact, she is an ACCA graduate. Determined to make something additional of her life, she took a leap of faith after graduation to become the youngest project director for the Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum, an NGO brought in by Cradle Fund. Her experience led her to build Work Inspires with her co-founder, Azfarazie, where she now ensures that she and her team go above and beyond for every client, every mentee, and every employee.
Website: www.workinspires.com
Email: mallory@workinspires.com workinspires@gmail.com
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