• Founded HR & Recruiting consulting firm delivering strategic and hands-on solutions for start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs, leveraging emerging technology, concepts and talent frameworks to address their needs. • Coached mid-career professionals to accelerate career change and development with clarity and confidence by combining executive coaching, proven frameworks and practical techniques drawn from experience as an HR leader.

• Helped develop and streamline the performance management framework, and managed biannual performance and salary reviews to drive employee growth and organizational success. • Boosted the company's employee NPS score by 28 points within a year by implementing a medical insurance plan, enhancing internal mobility opportunities, refining company policies, and coaching employees and managers. • Helped launch the inaugural Cadet Real Estate Consultant Program, successfully program-managed the marketing, hiring, onboarding, rotation and trainings of 3 cohorts end-to-end.

• As the sole HR Business Partner in Asia within the global HR BP team, I supported business groups across APAC—including Sales, Product, and Tech—spanning Singapore, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. • Drove global HR initiative (e.g. remote work and org restructuring) for APAC countries by collaborating closely with global HR BPs and HR Centers of Excellence. • Supported and coached leaders on performance-related conversations and improvement plans.

* Contributed to the growth from 100+ to 430+ by building and leading the HR/People function globally; transformed the People team from 5 to 18, as the first Head of People. * Partnered with the CEO & leaders to shape people strategy, coach managers, build talent and performance management frameworks, and L&D programs, hire top talents, and structure compensation & benefits. Increased Employee NPS from 35 to 66 by identifying key areas for improvement from surveys & check-ins. People Strategy • Designed people strategy, mission and values according to the company growth stage and aligned them with various business needs, which also contributed to the successful $158 million Series B round. • Ensured strategy, process and policy alignment across functions while tailoring to various functional needs. Leadership Development & Coaching • Identified leadership and people manager training needs; developed and conducted training for them on topics such as OKR, Feedback, Coaching, and built People Manager 101 training and Hi-po program. • Worked with leadership and managers on people strategy and led people initiatives through changes according to the business needs and external environment. • Coached leadership and managers on difficult conversations and handled complex people topics. Talent Management & Performance • Designed organizational-wide competency model and organization structure by working with a consultant & CEO. • Revamped performance management framework and performance appraisal processes (85% satisfaction rate); supervised sourcing and implementation of PM system (Lattice). Talent Acquisition & Branding • Delivered more than 150 openings per quarter by building and managing a team of TAs. • Enhanced employer branding (increased Glassdoor review from 2.6 to 4.4; picked by LinkedIn to be the top 5 startups in Singapore) by working closely with the marketing team and combining culture-building initiatives. • Sourced and implemented ATS (Greenhouse) and assessment tool (SHL) to scale recruiting. People Operations & Culture • Improved onboarding and people operations SOPs continuously; supervised the sourcing and implementation of various payroll systems in the region, onboarding and HRM tool (Sapling). Compensation & Benefits • Directed a consultant to design salary bands and fine-tuned them for company adaptation. • Designed bonus plans for the company and worked with various departments on different incentive plans. • Structured various benefits programs and policies such as Flexi-workplace, Flexi-leaves & Flexi benefits.

• Doubled the size of the consultant pool from 200+ to ~400 (Generalist & Implementation consultants) in 3 years’ time for the Southeast Asia complex of 7 countries by developing and implementing strategies & policies and pushing forward innovative initiatives covering the whole recruiting cycle from employer branding to onboarding. • Established and managed a cross-country team of 8 (grew from 4 when I took on the Team Leader role) while reporting to the Director of recruiting, professional development and training in the region. • Established regional yearly recruiting plan, managed a budget of > 1 million dollars and worked with Firm leadership on manpower planning and hiring roadmap. • Organized recruiting events/trips targeting top schools globally; contributed to ~40% of the yearly hires. • Supported talent initiatives such as training, development and internal mobility for consultants. • Managed performance review and talent programs such as Summer Internships and Consulting Fellowship Programs, in which ~80% of interns & fellows turned into successful full-time hires.