Speaker’s profile

Haikal Akmar

Chief Human Resources & Learning Officer

UOA Group

Haikal is the Chief Human Resources & Learning Officer at United Overseas Australia Group, “UOA Group”, a leading award-winning property development and investment company headquartered in Malaysia, with business presence in Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia and Singapore. UOA Group is listed on Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange and Australian Securities Exchange. His experience encompasses public, privately-held, and foreign-owned businesses in hospitality, consulting, financial investment, property development and retails. With over 18 years of experience, Haikal’s areas of expertise include culture building, talent & performance management, organizations transformation, learning, design & delivery and more. Haikal has been driving HR transformation and organizations performance culture by redefining skills and competencies requirements, reengineering jobs and leadership capabilities. He is known for strategic leadership in influencing and managing complex & multigenerational stakeholders in building high-performing teams and culture.

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