Speaker’s profile

Siau Swee Furn
General Manager, Group Human Capital
Malaysia Airlines
Furn’s HR experience is drawn from a balanced exposure of having served in both multinational and government-linked companies in Malaysia like Telekom, Malaysia Airlines, T-Systems and Freescale/Motorola Semiconductors. She is passionate about developing people through the cultivation of a learning mindset.
She has engaged with many established institutions such as Stanford Business School, IMD, Cranfield University, ICLIF and MMU. Being a strong proponent of agile, lean and design thinking has helped her develop programmes in challenging and austere conditions without compromising the quality of content and delivery.
Furn is a certified business and executive coach. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Masters degree in Corporate Communications.
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