Speaker's profile

Phil Wells

Head of People Development & Learning – Travel Retail Asia Pacific

L’Oréal Group

With a career of almost 25 years in HR, Phil brings a passion for leadership, coaching, full spectrum end-to-end HR, organisational design & development, as well has his strengths and successes in change, transformation, and culture. 

Phil’s L’Oréal journey began in 2015 as the Head of Human Resources for L’Oréal Luxury division for Australia and New Zealand. Four years later, Phil moved with L’Oréal to Hong Kong for an Asia Pacific HR scope with focus on organisation design and large-scale talent development programs across 10 markets.  

For the last two years, Phil has been based in Singapore to spearhead initiatives across the region growing People, Development and Learning for L’Oréal. 

Phil has grown his career as a champion enabling teams to create significant meaningful value for themselves and their customers. He is passionate about finding, connecting, and nurturing talents for the future with a collective-growth mindset, emphasised importantly with a balanced proximity to the business and a proximity to the people.

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