Laurence Yap

Regional Human Resources Advisor

Huacomm Telecommunications Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd

Laurence Yap has more than 20 years of experience in managing corporate learning, human resource development and talent management to enable organizational agility. He has over 11 industrial experiences including retail, hard drive media, pharmaceuticals, electrical engineering, contract manufacturing, conglomerate, IT, hospitality, solar energy and online payment.

Most of his employers are multi-national companies like First Solar, PayPal, Pfizer and Western. He has also worked with major local companies and SMEs including Berjaya Corporation Berhad, Carsem Semiconductor, Mydin Sdn Bhd, Dexon Electrical Engineering and Huacomm. His extensive experience in the industry has given him extensive knowledge and business acumen.

He is actively involved in the H.R. Community. He is the co-founder of the H.R. Leaders Circle which comprises 220 HR Directors in Malaysia. He is also a founding member of Hacking HR Malaysia, a US-based Global H.R. Network Group. He was named one of the Top 100 LinkedIn icons in Malaysia in 2018 and 2019 by the Malaysia Marketing Institute of Asia (MIA).
He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Malaya. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Talent Management.