2026 Speaker's Profile

Shailaja Sharma
Group Head Talent and Learning
SGX Group
Shailaja is a global HR leader with significant experience in leadership, learning, and talent development. Having worked across consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, information technology, and financial services. She is focused on forging strong partnerships with businesses to bring solutions that are future focused and relevant. She enjoys challenging current development practices in order to enhance employee learning experiences and driving a company-wide growth mindset. An early adopter of technology solutions in the learning space, she is excited about what AI can do for the space of learning and development.
Shailaja believes that the route to making an organisation sustainable, lies through making it an inclusive one. Therefore, a key focus is on championing psychological safety and building an inclusive organisation.
2026 Speakers

Sophie Liu
Director, Talent and Learning Development

Ramya Balakrishnan
VP Global Talent & Development

Harsh Narula
Head of Customer Experience and Business Transformation
DBS Bank

Josh Skorupa
Head of Digital Transformation & Capability
GovTech

Manvi Sushil
Site HR Lead
GSK

Kingley Lim
APAC Head of Culture, DEI, CSR & Talent Head SEA ANZ
Henkel

Pauline Loo
SVP & Regional Hub Head of HR
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation

Terence Kok
Chief AI and Innovation Officer

Claire Yu
Senior Director, Talent, Asia Pacific
Otis

Shailaja Sharma
Group Head Talent and Learning

Ilham Maulana
HR Director for Oral Care, Asia Middle East Africa (AMA) and Product Supply, AMA
P&G

Zahina Bibi
Head of Organisational Transformation

Kevin Shepherdson
CEO and Founder

Alex Png
Chief People Officer, Asia-Pacific

Dharma Chandran
Chief Corporate Services Officer
Toll Group

Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-Chief
Human Resources Online

Priya Sunil
Deputy Editor, Southeast Asia
Human Resources Online

Sarah Gideon
Journalist
Human Resources Online