Speaker's profile

David Hendrick Jr

Director, Human Resource Capability Development (Population Health)

NHG HEALTH

David brings close to 30 years of expertise in corporate learning, digital learning transformation, lifelong learning strategies, leadership & organisational development, human resource management, and preopening/start-up functions. In his new role, he leads the human resource development team to support the career development and capability building for the team of this newly set-up campus that focuses on developing a systemic population and preventive health care model for 1.5 million residents across Central North of Singapore, with the vision of adding 15 million years to healthy life.

Formerly, at NHG Cares Institute, he was responsible for setting-up a learning network of providers across the health, social and healthcare ecosystem with the aim to develop and promote thought leadership in community care, as well as facilitate exchanges towards capability building of a future community workforce. David was also at the Centre for Healthcare Innovation in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, responsible for the transformation of digital learning to enable the healthcare workforce, through new learning pedagogies, and a 10-year digital transformation roadmap in learning. Before that, at BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, he spearheaded its Asia Pacific Learning Campus, the first outside Germany that focused on developing leaders across Asia. At Frasers Centrepoint Limited (now called Frasers Property), he enhanced and strengthened leadership capabilities of its three core businesses, Frasers Centrepoint Homes, Malls, and Frasers Hospitality. He also brings more than a decade of hospitality experience in service excellence, quality assurance and hotel pre-openings with Conrad Hotels and Mandarin Oriental.

David holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts, a Diploma in Human Resource Development from Singapore Institute of Management and is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC).