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The Curious Mind Series

Website: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCuriousMindSeries

Entrepreneur + HR Consultant

Sept,2023 – Present

The Curious Mind Series’ is an initiative to drive ‘LinkedIn Live’ or Social Media Live Online sessions / podcasts with Entrepreneurs, Corporate Leaders, Middle Managers, Sportspersons, Celebrities etc from various walks of life in a unique, authentic, engaging and especially ‘Curious’ manner seeking answers of the unknown which result in providing relevant information, motivation and guidance to the viewers across all spectres on life.

The service applies to a series of educational, professional and entertainment related content offered through talk shows, presentations, webinars, seminars, live streaming, podcast streaming, video interviews, media recordings, in person events and workshops across diverse digital platforms. The content can be viewed live, on demand or recorded.

Tata Technologies Ltd

Website: https://www.tatatechnologies.com/in

Recuiter

April,2003 – May,2004

Key roles and responsibilities:

Responsible to source, attract and hire SAP as well as CAD, CAM, CAE professionals. Manage the overall recruitment lifecycle and source the best talent from a range of sourcing channels.

Key achievements:

Successfully recruited over 800 individuals for a range of technologies including CAD, CAM, CAE and SAP.

Assistant Manager - HR : (Senior HRBP & Recruiter): India

Website: https://www.hsbc.com/careers/our-business-areas-and-teams/digital-business-services/careers-in-technology

Head of Recruitment & Interim Head of HR: Malaysia
Assistant Manager – HR : (Senior HRBP & Recruiter)

May,2004 – May,2012

Key roles and responsibilities:

2010 – 2012 : Set up HSBC Global Technology Centre in Malaysia from an HR perspective and establish its footprint as an employer of choice Head the Talent Acquisition and Talent management function leading a team of 4 HR team members Interim “Head of HR” from June,2011 – May,2012 responsible towards driving all HR functions for 500+ employees2004-06 : Drive the Talent Acquisition initiative solely
responsible for attracting and hiring 1500+ Java / J2EEprofessionals across all levels

2006-10 : Sr.HRBP supporting 4 Business Unit’s driving the business HR priorities working closely with Leadership Team, internal business stakeholders leading a team of 4 HRBP’s overall responsible for 2400 employees.

Provide HR leadership as a strategic Business Partner for APAC, LATAM, North America, Europe, and Middle East regions

Key achievements:

Won the HSBC “Team Award” in 2010 towards leading the Recruitment team
Achieving steep ramp growth plans from 30 to 500 IT people within 1 year in HSBC Malaysia Successfully structured the compensation model for over 2400 Associates from across 5 Business Units.

HSBC Global Technology Centre

Website: https://www.hsbc.com/careers/our-business-areas-and-teams/digital-business-services/careers-in-technology

Head of Recruitment & Interim Head of HR: Malaysia
Assistant Manager – HR : (Senior HRBP & Recruiter)

May,2004 – May,2012

Key roles and responsibilities:

2010 – 2012 : Set up HSBC Global Technology Centre in Malaysia from an HR perspective and establish its footprint as an employer of choice Head the Talent Acquisition and Talent management function leading a team of 4 HR team members Interim “Head of HR” from June,2011 – May,2012 responsible towards driving all HR functions for 500+ employees2004-06 : Drive the Talent Acquisition initiative solely
responsible for attracting and hiring 1500+ Java / J2EEprofessionals across all levels

2006-10 : Sr.HRBP supporting 4 Business Unit’s driving the business HR priorities working closely with Leadership Team, internal business stakeholders leading a team of 4 HRBP’s overall responsible for 2400 employees.

Provide HR leadership as a strategic Business Partner for APAC, LATAM, North America, Europe, and Middle East regions

Key achievements:

Won the HSBC “Team Award” in 2010 towards leading the Recruitment team
Achieving steep ramp growth plans from 30 to 500 IT people within 1 year in HSBC Malaysia Successfully structured the compensation model for over 2400 Associates from across 5 Business Units.

AirAsia Berhad

Website: https://www.airasia.com/

Head of Performance & Talent Management – Malaysia

May,2012 – Feb,2014

Key roles and responsibilities:

Lead & Drive the Performance and Talent management function covering 5500 staff. Drive the resourcing initiatives to attract talent and consistently identify opportunities for improvement within internal policies and procedures.

Key Achievements:

Awarded the “Highest Impact” award from LinkedIn on behalf of AirAsia.
Fast track promotion from Manager – Resourcing to Head of Talent and Performance Management

British Council

Website: https://www.britishcouncil.org/

Head of HR – Cluster Lead (MY/IDN/PH)
Regional HR Business Partner – East Asia
Regional Resourcing Leader – East Asia

July,2018 – Oct,2022

Key roles and responsibilities:

Responsible to lead and drive strategic and operational HR interventions across the cluster(Malaysia/Indonesia/Philippines) and region (East Asia – 11 countries) along with providing desired leadership to HR team members. Driving Recruitment in East Asia region (11 countries), delivering high quality talent and efficient service to stakeholders across all business areas and markets along with meeting aggressive targets and leading a regional recruitment team.

Key achievements:

Achieved highest volume growth plans in East Asia amongst British Council locations globally.
Successfully driving the HR transformation towards embedding HRBP model within English & Teaching business unit.

PwC South East Asia Consulting

Website: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/consulting/south-east-asia-consulting.html

Regional Talent Acquisition Leader

Nov,2022 – Aug,2023

Key roles and responsibilities:

Responsible in driving the massive growth plans for COE’s in Malaysia & Philippines along with leading the Talent Acquisition team in SEAC and engaging with internal + extermal stakeholders across all levels and sourcing channels.

Key achievements:

Achieved high volume growth of close to 200+ hires within SAP, Oracle etc. space in a short duration of 6 months.

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

Website: https://www.baesystems.com/en/digital/home

HR Business Partner – SEA
Recruitment Manager – APAC

March,2014 – June,2018

Key roles and responsibilities:

Lead the Strategic Business HR function for Malaysia & Singapore responsible for 400+ people Head the Talent Acquisition for APAC leading a team of Recruiters covering Malaysia, Singapore,Philippines & Australia Driving Global Mobility related matters in Malaysia with keyfocus on driving the EP’s & PVP’s process.

Key Achievements:

Achieving steep ramp up plans of 150+ new hires in 2016 & 2017 across APAC.
Conceptualise, launch and implementation of key HR policies and processes across SEA.
Strategise and implementation of “Fixed Pay Allowance” in 2015.

Head of HR-Cluster Lead (MY /IDN / PH)

Regional HR Business Partner : English & Teaching BU : East Asia + Head of HR – Cluster Lead (Malaysia / Indonesia / Philippines) : July,2018 to Nov,2021

Wearing multiple hats towards making an impact and driving the HR transformation.. by supporting business and adding value… in various roles …

Interesting phase of handling some challenging assignments along with building great stakeholder relationships and resolving critical matters, most of them in a pandemic !!!

The Curious Mind - Podcast