Agnes is currently leading the Talent Acquisition function at L'Oréal for the SAPMENA Zone that covers markets from Australia, New Zealand to Southeast Asia, to India, Middle East and North Africa. She is part of the SAPMENA HR Leadership team and is responsible for the regional talent acquisition strategy. Agnes joined L'Oréal in June 2019 as the Vice President Talent Acquisition for the Asia Pacific zone.

Prior to her role at L'Oréal, Agnes held the global talent acquisition leadership role for Signify/ Philips Lighting and was part of the Global HR leadership team. She spent a brief period with LVMH as the Group HR Director for Southeast Asia and India. Agnes started her recruitment career with Heidrick & Struggles and later Korn/Ferry where she specialized in hiring senior level positions in the Consumer sector.

Before her career in recruitment, Agnes was based in Shanghai with a training & operational role in the education sector. She started her career as a teacher and holds a degree in education from the University of Melbourne.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Today's remote working arrangement considering all the intergenerational dynamics
• How L’Oréal  hires and groom young talents 
• Ensuring diversity and inclusion within the talent acquisition sphere
• Business sense within L’Oréal 
• Challenges of hiring in a post pandemic world
• Most important skills required in reaching senior executive roles
• How to have an exciting career- career advice

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Sonali is the Vice-President Human Resources for Asia Pacific, India, Middle-East & Africa Supply Chain, Labour Relations and Singapore Headquarters at Procter & Gamble. She has holistic leadership experience of 23 years across P&G, leading multicultural organisations in Country/Region HR leadership, handling mergers /acquisitions, Business Partnership, Change Management, Talent Development, Equality & Inclusion.

She has lived and worked in India, Vietnam, Singapore, building a legacy of talent internally, as well as the external community via mentoring. Arising out of her first-hand experience as a female leader pursuing an international career, Sonali is committed to driving positive change and inclusion in the organization and community.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Driving inclusion in different countries
• How P&G takes care of the mental health of its employees
• Talent attraction,  acquisition, and development management
• Essentials skills to move to senior level leadership roles
• Building resilience at large and during a crisis
• Key factors which allowed Sonali to have such a thriving international career

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Susana Elvira is the Chief Human Resources Officer of AP Moller-Maersk. She is a great professional in the HR field and has been with Maersk for close to 20 years in many different roles across different geographies.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Driving change and why it isn't a straight line - sometimes 3 steps forward are followed by one step backward
• Recruitment and how to attract the right people
• What keeps people at Maersk
• The power of being authentic and vulnerable
• Susana's own story around diversity and inclusion

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About  Dylan Choong:
Dylan is the current Vice President, Human Resources for Adidas for the South East Asia as well as Commercial and Global functions for its APAC HQ. Prior to this role, he was Regional Vice President, Human Resources, for Sephora (LVMH) South East Asia where he successfully developed people & organizational capabilities to enable Sephora South East Asia’s hyper growth, including leading the digital and omni-channel transformation over 10 countries as well as opening of new markets.

Before Sephora, he was the Director of Human Resources at Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts – then Starwood’s largest international division across 17 countries in Asia Pacific. There, he led Starwood Asia Pacific to become an employer-of-choice with more than 25 awards and accolades won.  He was also recognised by Workforce as a Game Changer in 2015 – an award that represents some of the best HR practitioners and strategists dedicated to pushing the profession forward with innovative people-management practices.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How to effectively lead HR and people functions during acquisition on both sides of the transaction
• How does Adidas attract and hire the best talent in a competitive market
• Approaching leadership development especially in an Ascription based culture we see in Asia
• What technical and soft skills are  important for a professional to get into a senior-level leadership role
• Advice to people entering the HR workforce

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About  Mette Johansson:
Mette Johansson is the founder of MetaMind Training, a Singapore-based, globally active training company that transforms managers into leaders. Also, she is the founder and chair of KeyNote Women Speakers, a directory of women speakers, and one of six co-founders of the Inclusive Leaders Institute.

She worked in corporate leadership positions for two decades before she found her calling as a social entrepreneur. She helps others find their purpose, living and leading authentically and unlocking energy to accomplish extraordinary things.

About Andrew Bryant:
As a Global Influencer on Self-leadership and Effective leadership, Andrew is on a mission to ‘Wake People Up’ to the power of taking ownership for their thinking, feeling and actions.

Andrew is an Amazon best-selling author, Certified Speaking Professional, and an Executive Coach. He has  spoken for TEDx and for audiences as large as 12,000. He also facilitates breakthrough learning sessions and cultural change for senior leadership teams and he helps C-level leaders to scale themselves and their companies through 1-to-1 coaching.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Women self-sabotage or self-limiting beliefs about getting to Senior level and C-suite leadership in supply chain
• Success stories where companies have been successful in bridging the gap of female and male representation in leadership
• How can males be a part of the movement of supporting and  getting more women in leadership
• Creating a safe space for women inside the organization
• Advice for all women starting their career

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About Manish Bundhun:

Manish is a C-Suite Leader & Executive Coach, with over 18+ years in the field of Human Resources and Organisation Development. Holder of an MBA, he is also a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) & Neuro-Semantics.

About Radu Palamariu:

Radu is the Managing Director Asia Pacific of Alcott Global and the Global Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Practice. He has been working on C-level and top management executive search assignments with Top Fortune 500 companies and local Asia conglomerates, particularly for manufacturing, logistics, transportation, supply chain management, and e-commerce.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Attracting top talent and involving Customers in Building Culture
• Skills gap in Supply Chain
• 3Ns of reaching senior leadership in Supply Chain Management
• The power of storytelling
• Three angles to executive coaching- transition, relationship, and performance coaching

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