FOO CHEK WEE Group HR director, SEA, Hong Kong & Taiwan, ZALORA Group
Foo Chek Wee joined online fashion retailer ZALORA Group in August 2014, soon after it increased its headcount to 2,000 employees across Asia. Stepping up to the challenge, he tackled performance management head-on. He aims to further strengthen the employer/employee contract at ZALORA to help staff build careers while serving the company as well. This will be achieved through a revamped performance management system to be implemented in 2016. Due to Foo’s extensive work online, he was named a LinkedIn Power Profile for HR in Singapore in 2015. In addition, he was declared a winner of the inaugural LinkedIn Conscious Business Award in the same year, for being an HR leader who attracts future talent and inspires the workforce. As well as being a digital brand ambassador for ZALORA Group, he uses his online presence to uplift the HR profession in Asia by sharing progressive practices and interesting perspectives on the web.
CY YAU
Head of HR, APAC, NetApp
With 20 years of leadership experience, CY Yau is perfectly placed to promote NetApp’s twin values of corporate culture and innovation. HR initiatives such as Coffee Chat provide one-on-one dialogue between staff and senior leadership, encouraging employees to ask questions and break through APAC’s ‘silent culture’. The art of listening is key to NetApp’s success. Lau uses open-door policies to stimulate conversation between staff and leaders, and then adjusts his HR strategies as necessary to suit both local and regional needs.
KEITH HO
YEOH SAI YEW
CHAN YIT FOON
Keith Ho aligns his strategies with the company’s long-term approach, tackling areas such as people development and succession planning based on years rather than months. He works proudly with Hilti’s executive team, walking that fine balance between commercial and people goals to build up a strong, cohesive team that delivers excellent business results.
Yeoh Sai Yew’s extensive regional experience gives him solid foundations on which to improve staff productivity, operating costs and talent development at Air Asia. In his previous role as head of rewards and people services, he introduced a company-wide rewards model. He now plans to work with senior managers to streamline AirAsia’s already high levels of efficiency.
Chan Yit Foon is in charge of implementing the human capital strategy across Marina Bay Sands’ 9,500-strong workforce, managing staff in fields including hospitality, entertainment, food and beverages, and meetings and exhibitions. A multi-awardwinning HR practitioner, she is dedicated to nurturing the local workforce through her seat on the School of Hospitality Advisory Committee at Republic Polytechnic.
Head of HR, Hilti
Head of the people department, AirAsia
Senior vice president of HR, Marina Bay Sands
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