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HR Leaders Asia PH Post Event Report 2022
HR Leaders Asia PH Post Event Report 2022
10 HR th
LEADERS
ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities:
Adapt, evolve and thrive
To help your organization thrive in a world full of change and disruption, you need
to be able to quickly train and deploy the workforce in new ways. Keeping in mind
this transformative journey for HR professionals during these uncertain times, Rockbird
Media presented the 10th HR Leaders Asia 2022 with a focus on the theme “Conquering
adversities: Adapt, Evolve and Thrive” on the 27th of April at Hotel Dusit Thani where
over a hundred HR and business leaders from Asia were welcomed.
Our thought leaders included thirteen speakers from leading companies such as
Unilever Philippines, Xoxoday, PLDT, CYPHER LEARNING, The Arbinger Institute,
Darwinbox, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Paymaya, and more. During the two days
of the event, industry leaders provided insights and shared their experience on how
to approach and take actions towards adapting, reinventing, and transforming for the
future of work.
The event also offered a variety of digital networking opportunities to participants; the
opportunity to deep dive into emerging challenges at our breakout sessions on various
topics of interest; unparalleled keynote speaking sessions with thought-leading case
studies; highly-interactive panel discussions with our peers on the latest HR trends and
practices.
There’s no denying that the most efficient and successful HR teams are fueled by
technology. And as the world of work transitions into a new norm, technology is the
driving force behind HR’s most significant transformation yet. With many new human
resource trends emerging, the future of HR has never been more exciting!
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10th HR LEADERS
ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
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Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
Who attended?
ONSITE ATTENDEES
A breakdown of our event attendees, their budgets and key
priorities. 6.86%
12.8%
C-Level
PARTICIPANTS Vice President
18.6%
61.8%
Directorial
Rockbird Media brought together the top talent executives
and decision - makers of a hundred different companies Head
spanning industries including Retail/Ecommerce,
Manufacturing, Banking and Finance,BPO and others.
TRACK ENGAGEMENT
The participants’ exclusive roundtable discussions were grouped under six tracks, where Talent Experience
and Retention - 2 sides of the coin and Organizational Agility are the top priority among the participants.
INDUSTRIES
7.53
13 Law Firm
.98
%
2.22 ACADEME Manufacturing
%
3.22%
24.73% Automotive
Others
Banking & Finance
13.98% Pharmaceutical
4.3 BPO
0% Realstate
%
1.0 1.01.07
Healthcare/
16.13
7% 7% %
5.3
Pharmaceuticals Retail/E-commerce
8%
Hospitality
Software Company
Insurance Utilities/Energy
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10 HR LEADERS
th ANNUAL BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY
INVESTMENT PRIORITIES
OVER THE NEXT 6- 12 MONTHS
10th HR LEADERS
ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
10th HR LEADERS
ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
COMPANY JOBTITLE
Lloyd Laboratories Inc. Corporate Training Director
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Senior HR Specialist
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Junior HR Specialist
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Senior HR Assistant
Metro Retail Stores VP Human Resources
Mondelēz International People Lead - Sales
Mondelez Philippines Talent Acquisition Lead, PH
Mondelez Philippines People Experience Lead, PH
National Book Store Human Resources Director
NLEX Corporation HR VP
Pacific Cross Insurance Inc. HR Head
Paymaya Chief People Officer
Payreto Services Inc. VP People Services
Payreto Services Inc. Head of Finance and Administration Services
PDAX AVP HR & Admin
Pepsi Cola Products Philippines Inc. HEAD, OD AND TALENT STRATEGY
Pepsi Cola Products Philippines Inc. Head, Total Rewards Management
Pepsi Cola Products Philippines Inc. Chief Human Resources and Corporate Affairs and Communications Officer
Perpetual Help Medical Center Las Pinas HR Director
PIC Philippines Inc HR AND ADMIN MANAGER
PLDT Head of Employee Development
Plentina Lending, Inc. HR Manager
REBISCO Assistant Communications Manager
REBISCO Talent Acquisition and Rewards Head
Rockbird Events Management OPC HR Generalist
SC Johnson Philippines ROHQ Associate Manager
SC Johnson Philippines ROHQ Manager, HR Delivery Center
SC Johnson ROHQ Director | APAC HR Delivery Center
SC Johnson ROHQ HR Head
Security Bank SBC Academy Head, FVP
SharePro Incorporated HR Partner
Shopee Philippines, Inc. Office Management Lead
Shopee Philippines, Inc. Employee Engagement Lead
Shopee Philippines, Inc. HR Business Partner
Shopee Philippines, Inc. HRBP
Teleperformance Senior HR Director
Teleperformance VP of HR and C&M
Teleperformance Senior HR Director
Toyota Balintawak, Inc. VP HR
Toyota Balintawak, Inc. HRAD Manager
Toyota Marilao Bulacan Inc HRAD Manager
Toyota North EDSA HRAD Manager
Toyota North EDSA Human Resources Supervisor
Toyota Otis, Inc. HR Supervisor
Toyota Otis, Inc. Administration Manager
Toyota San Jose del Monte, Bulacan HRAD Manager
Unilever Philippines Vice President, Human Resources
Unilever Philippines HR Manager
Unistar Credit and Finance Corporation HR Services Manager
Universal Robina Corporation Learning and Development Manager
Verifone, Inc. Compensation and Benefits Partner, EMEA & APAC
White & Case - Global Operations Center (Manila) LLP Director – Philippine Operations
White & Case - Global Operations Center (Manila) LLP Sr. Head, HR
Zagana Inc. VP & COO
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Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
Session Summaries
The event kicked off with a legendary keynote presentation from Julie Hudtohan, Vice President for Human
Resources, Unilever Philippines. Julie talked about some of the perplexing questions that surround an
organization’s resilience amidst a world of complex chaos.
The agenda featured a stellar array of HR leaders including; Carla Lanza, Chief People Officer of Paymaya,
Jay Samson, Head of Customer Success of SEA Darwinbox, Arlynne Roa Awayan, Director of Customer
Onboarding and Engagement, CYPHER LEARNING Inc., and more.
This year’s theme, “Conquering adversities: Adapt, Evolve and Thrive” reflected the changes impacting the
world of business, the transformational nature of HR against a landscape where business and technology are
changing faster than we can keep up, and the digital revolution looming on the horizon.
The keynotes and presentations of the 2022 agenda highlighted emerging issues and persistent pain points
and offered first-hand perspectives from respected HR and wider business leaders.
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Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Over the three years, we’ve witnessed how the right technology and digital roadmap can be a game-
changer for HR when faced with huge operational challenges. Featuring Jay Samson, Head of Customer
Success, SEA, Darwinbox, discussed significant technology shifts facing the HR leaders and how to
partner with technology leaders like Darwinbox to bring about the change that is needed.
Total Rewards
“How to incentivize unmeasurable
performances?”
Effective incentive compensation practices help you attract, retain and motivate talent — better enabling
them to support your organization’s mission, strategy, and values to help achieve your business goals
and objectives. This breakout session was geared toward leaders and business owners looking to design
or refresh their incentive plans. Nonong Noriega, Head of Employee Development at PLDT shared the
best practices in incentivizing employees to guide leaders on how to design these various programs
and effectively implement them for the best results.
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
In this breakout session presented by Senthiyl SSG, Director of Consulting at The Arbinger Institute, he
introduced attendees to the elements, focus points, and processes to improve workforce stability with
improved talent experience and employee retention.
EMPLOYER BRANDING
“Conveying your organization’s
culture and vision through employee
storytelling”
At the 10th HR Leaders Asia, we hosted a very exciting breakout session discussing best practices for
leveraging storytelling to build your employer brand, featuring Cyras Palmos, AVP for HR of Asia Brewery
who has already successfully changed their employer brand stories through employee storytelling.
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY
“Focusing on reinvention amid
change”
More and more organizations have recognized that business agility has become an important
differentiator for long-term success. In this breakout session with Metro Retail Stores Group’s Vice
President of Human Resources, Antonio Jacomina III shared valuable insights into the importance of
organizational agility and why leaders should focus on reinventing their organizations for future growth
and impact.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
“Driving employee engagement in
the new ways of working”
Building a motivated workforce is a challenge for most businesses. In this breakout session, Carla Lanza,
Chief People Officer of Paymaya dove deeper into the topic of “Driving employee engagement in the
new ways of working”. She shared tips and strategies on how to ensure a motivated and productive
workforce returns to work in our changed world.
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
A number of inspiring HR leaders lit up the program including Nonong Noriega, Head of Employee
Development at PLDT, Jeff Manhilot, VP & COO at Zagana Inc, Juancho Jerusalem, VP & Head - APJ
Expansion at Darwinbox, and Nicasio “Nic” Lim, Senior Advisor and Independent Director at JG Summit.
Since so many changes have been introduced in the way people work, HR needs to adapt to the changing
work environment in order to ensure that people continue to deliver at their maximum potential. In this
high-powered deep-dive discussion, participants had the opportunity to hear from HR Leaders from a
range of industries on how they have driven business performance through digitalization.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
In this keynote presentation, Arlynne Roa Awayan, Director of Customer Onboarding and Engagement
at CYPHER LEARNING introduced the fundamentals of Intelligent Learning Platforms and what they
meant for the future of learning at your organization. These platforms take personalization to a new level
by incorporating automation, analytics, and recommendations that are fueled by artificial intelligence.
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION
Jeff Manhilot, VP & COO, at Zagana Inc., led a spotlight presentation that focused on honing leadership
skills. With the theme “Leading from where you are”, Jeff provided approaches and effective strategies
and delved deeper into leadership by reminding the leaders of key attributes a leader should have,
CLOSING PANEL
Work burnout is real and during the pandemic, it only got worse. The good news is that the world of
work is taking this matter more seriously. This moderated closing panel discussion sought to dig into
the role both leaders and employees play in preventing, controlling, and reversing burnout. The session
was action-packed and full of tactical recommendations.
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
Throughout the meeting, HR leaders were given opportunities to connect, network, learn from experts,
and acquire knowledge and skills to move their organizations forward.
Participants made excellent use of booth exhibitions and networking lounges before and after the official
events to connect and discuss challenges and solutions for organizations of various sizes.
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
AGENDA-AT-A-GLANCE
08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
13:00-13:30 Intelligent Learning Platforms for Developing Adaptive Organizations
Arlynne Roa Awayan, Director of Customer Onboarding and Engagement, CYPHER LEARNING
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION
15:30-16:00 Leading from where you are
Jeff Manhilot, VP & COO, Zagana Inc.
CLOSING PANEL
Refresh, Renew, Re-energize: Ending the dreadful employee burnout
Panel Chair: Abhimanyu Choudhary, Co-Founder, xoxoday
16:00-16:45
Panel Members:
Dr. Rose Rivera, Country Health Manager, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.
Maria Virginia Eala, CHRO, Bank of the Philippine Islands
Analiza Pulido, Senior Vice President, Hortaleza Corporation
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TESTIMONIALS
ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
“Every
April 27, 2022organization has its
· 8:00 - 17:00 PHT,ownDusit
challenges
Thanisp. this time of pandemic and that being an emphatic
Manila
leaders will help the employees feel safer and motivated to do their best for the company despite
experiencing personal difficulties; having a reliable HR system is crucial to achieve HR digitalization”
“A lot of learnings from this event, especially that the role of HR has evolved quite fast during the
pandemic. Also very good that the organizers were able to pull off this face to face event -- as the
very first one in 2 years.”
“Rockbird Media have been very responsive and assistive to the participant of the event”
“As a first timer, so much was learned from the speakers as well as from my fellow attendees.
I really love the breakout sessions where you meet closely with the other participants,
collaborating with them, discovering common and different HR issues
I too gained new friends within the 8 hrs stay in the event.
“The organizing committee is very partnering and keeps me informed of updates regarding the event.
Congratulations!
- Teleperformance
“Great job, Rockbird Media! Holding a face to face seminar after a two years of pandemic” - -
REBISCO
“Huge thanks to Rockbird Media for bringing together HR Professionals face to face and for such
timely topics”.
ASIA 2022
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ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
10th HR LEADERS
ASIA 2022
Conquering adversities: Adapt, evolve and thrive
April 27, 2022 · 8:00 - 17:00 PHT, Dusit Thani Manila
Thought Leadership
NELLA KU / nella@rockbirdmedia.com