2026 Speaker's Profile

Claire Yu

Senior Director, Talent, Asia Pacific

Otis

Claire Yu is a seasoned human resource and talent & organisation capability regional leader with 30 years of experience in Talent Management, Organization Development and Business Consulting field. In the past decades, she has led talent management & organisation development functional center of excellence (CoE) in APAC region, incl. China, India, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia & Australia, for Fortune 500 companies. She owns overall regional accountability for talent management, enterprise learning, leadership development, organisation development and inclusion & belonging. She is responsible for developing, leading and executing enterprise talent strategies and processes across more than ten countries in APAC region. Prior to being a Talent & OD leader in large corporations, Claire was a management consultant in leading international consulting firms.

Claire has successfully designed and developed leadership development initiatives tailored for specific regional needs, enhanced cross business unit succession planning and talent development, driven employee engagement and championed organisational change & culture building. Claire is recognised by self-motivation, result-orientation and learning agility.

2026 Speakers

Sophie Liu

Sophie Liu

Director, Talent and Learning Development

CHAGEE University
Ramya Balakrishnan

Ramya Balakrishnan

VP Global Talent & Development

Coty
Harsh Narula

Harsh Narula

Head of Customer Experience and Business Transformation

DBS Bank

Josh Skorupa

Josh Skorupa

Head of Digital Transformation & Capability

GovTech

Manvi Sushil

Manvi Sushil

Site HR Lead

GSK

Kingley Lim

Kingley Lim

APAC Head of Culture, DEI, CSR & Talent Head SEA ANZ

Henkel

Pauline Loo

Pauline Loo

SVP & Regional Hub Head of HR

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation

Terence Kok

Terence Kok

Chief AI and Innovation Officer

Meinhardt Group
Claire Yu

Claire Yu

Senior Director, Talent, Asia Pacific

Otis

Shailaja Sharma

Shailaja Sharma

Group Head Talent and Learning

SGX Group
Ilham Maulana

Ilham Maulana

HR Director for Oral Care, Asia Middle East Africa (AMA) and Product Supply, AMA

P&G

Zahina Bibi

Zahina Bibi

Head of Organisational Transformation

Standard Chartered Bank
Kevin Shepherdson

Kevin Shepherdson

CEO and Founder

Straits Interactive
Alex Png

Alex Png

Chief People Officer, Asia-Pacific

The Hoffman Agency
Dharma Chandran

Dharma Chandran

Chief Corporate Services Officer

Toll Group

Aditi Sharma Kalra

Aditi Sharma Kalra

Editor-in-Chief

Human Resources Online

Priya Sunil

Priya Sunil

Deputy Editor, Southeast Asia

Human Resources Online

Sarah Gideon

Sarah Gideon

Journalist

Human Resources Online