Speaker’s profile

Sugunah Verumandy
Head of Human Resource
HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad
A practitioner in the dynamics of human capital, Sugunah has led numerous human resource strategies that encompasses elements that drives business needs and supports employees’ aspirations. She has extensive experience in business partnering, organizational development, facilitating talent and change management including leadership, diversity and inclusion programs. Her role has brought her to many countries across Asia Pacific, Europe and United States. In GE, she led a number of change and pilot initiatives that were replicated in other markets in the region as a core best practice.
Sugunah received a Masters in Human Resource Management from University of Western Sydney, Australia and BSc Hons (Human Development) from University Putra Malaysia. Her efforts in women initiatives in GE and externally led GE to receive the Most prestigious Country Award for Empowerment of Women and other recognitions including Best Overall Company and Best Company in Workplace Practices based on her overall leadership commitment to add value to business and people. Sugunah was the Gold Award recipient of MIHRM Human Resource Leader for the Year 2014, been awarded Global Human Resource Leadership Award and been named as Top 6 Human Resources Coach for the prestigious General Electric Human Resource Leadership Program. Sugunah also devotes her time to volunteer activities and is passionate in partnering with human capital communities to add value to organisation growth and talent ecosystem.
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