Speaker's profile

Marlini Rashid

HR Director, Malaysia & Singapore

Danone

Marlini Rashid is a senior HR leader with over 20 years of experience shaping high-performing organisations across multinational environments. As HR Director for Malaysia and Singapore at Danone, she partners closely with business leaders to drive transformation, build future-ready capabilities, and align people strategy with commercial priorities.

With a career spanning Mercer, PETRONAS ICT, Sime Darby, and Danone, Marlini brings a distinctive blend of consulting depth and in-house leadership. She is recognised for translating complex business needs into pragmatic, data-driven people solutions across Talent Management, Organisational Development, Rewards, HR Analytics, and HR Transformation, enabling organisations to scale effectively while strengthening role clarity and organisational effectiveness.

A certified insights discovery trainer, Marlini also supports leaders and teams in building self-awareness, strengthening collaboration, and elevating performance.

Previously, as HR COE director for Southeast Asia, Marlini led regional talent and rewards strategies, strengthening leadership pipelines and embedding consistent, high-impact people practices across markets.

Marlini is known for connecting culture, capability, and business performance, creating environments where people thrive and organisations deliver sustainable results.

Always curious. Always learning. Always driving impact.