Global Leader, Transformation Services, Mercer

Ravin is a senior partner and the Global Leader for Mercer’s Transformation Services practice. He is a recognised global thought leader, futurist, and author on the future of work and workforce transformation. He has led multiple research efforts on the global workforce, the emerging digital economy, the rise of artificial intelligence and the transformation of work. Ravin has led numerous research projects for the World Economic Forum, including many of its groundbreaking studies on the transformation of work and the global workforce. He is a regular participant and presenter at the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings in Davos and Dalian/Tianjin and is a member of the Forum’s Steering Committee on Work and Employment.

Ravin was named to the Thinkers 50 Radar Class of 2020. He has also been recognised as one of the top 25 most influential consultants in the world by Consulting Magazine, one of the top eight future-of-work influencers by Tech News and one of the top 100 HR influencers by HR Executive. He is the author of the books Transformative HR (Wiley, 2012), Lead the Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment (Wiley 2015), Reinventing Jobs: A 4-Step Approach to Applying Automation to Work (HBR Press, 2018) and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Work Without Jobs: How to Reboot Your Organisation’s Work Operating System (MIT Press, 2022). Ravin has authored more than 200 articles, including 15 for the Harvard Business Review and the Sloan Management Review.

Author, Professor of Business Psychology, Chief Innovation Officer, ManpowerGroup

Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is the Chief Innovation Officer at ManpowerGroup, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and Columbia University, co-founder of deepersignals.com, and an associate at Harvard’s Entrepreneurial Finance Lab. He is the author of 12 books, including Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and How to Fix It), upon which his TED talk was based. His latest book is I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique. His forthcoming book is Don't be yourself: Why authenticity is overrated and what to do instead.

Managing Director, Head of GenAI and Future of Work
DBS Bank 

Rajeev is the Head of GenAI and Future of Work at DBS Bank, leading the bank’s strategic adoption of Gen AI across the organisation. As part of this role, he focuses on building a robust infrastructure and developing reusable assets to accelerate the value of Gen AI initiatives, ensuring they deliver tangible business outcomes. Rajeev also champions a responsible approach to Gen AI scaling, fostering a culture of ethical use and bringing employees along on the transformation journey. Recognising the transformative power of Gen AI, Rajeev leads the Future of Work team, fostering a dynamic and collaborative workplace that embraces emerging technologies.

His vision is to empower and elevate the workforce by embracing the future of work. Rajeev’s journey at DBS spans diverse leadership roles. He was instrumental in the successful integration of Citi Taiwan and previously led the Consumer Banking Strategic Business Planning team, overseeing the PMO for ANZ integration across five countries.

Before joining DBS in 2015, Rajeev gained extensive experience in management consulting with Accenture, including leading the SEA Wealth Management consulting practice.

Head of HR for JAPAC & SAMEA, Spotify

Michael currently serves as Spotify’s Head of HR for JAPAC & SAMEA (Japan, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Australia/New Zealand, India, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa), where he is responsible for driving the overall people strategy of the region. His innovative design of Spotify’s revamped parental leave programme has received global recognition for taking the “leadonleave” for companies supporting families, establishing work-life balance and driving inclusivity within the workplace.

Head of Global Rewards, Suntory Beverage and Food

Jingying is Head of Global Rewards in Suntory Beverage and Food, a leading global company in the beverage, health enrichment and food products sector. After more than 25 years in the industry, Jingying has gained strong specialist skills in designing rewards programmes that drive cultural and commercial transformational journeys for organisations in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Prior to joining Suntory, Jingying undertook local, regional and global rewards programme design at Shell, Nokia and BHP, which also involved project-managing the transformation of global HR functional operating models, conducting large-scale M&A negotiations and re-shaping significant business bottom-line and cultural shifts. These cross-disciplinary and multi-cultural experiences have made her into an agile and inclusive rewards leader.

Jingying holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from Renmin University of China, and an MBA from Peking University.

Managing Director, Singapore & Indochina, BIPO Service (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Albert Liew is a distinguished business leader recognised for his achievements in driving commercial growth and managing high-performing teams. Since joining BIPO in 2017 as a pioneer team member in Southeast Asia, he has played a key role in the company’s global expansion. 

As the Managing Director for Singapore and Indochina, Albert leads its business operations, directing sales, channel partners, and full-service implementation teams. His efforts in fostering strategic partnerships and alliances have been instrumental in the company's growth. 

Albert holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also a distinguished member of the Class of '25 Tsinghua-INSEAD Executive MBA (TIEMBA) programme. 

His proactive and collaborative leadership style emphasises team empowerment, talent development, and diversity awareness, contributing to BIPO’s sustained success.

Head of Talent, HSBC

Lara is the Head of Talent, Asia and Middle East, for HSBC. With a career focused in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Lara has more than 20 years of experience across talent management, talent acquisition, inclusion, organisational psychology and sustainability. Before joining HSBC, Lara was Global Head of Sustainability & Talent for Santen, where she led a global team of impact and talent specialists working on ESG, talent acquisition and talent management and focusing on social innovation and health equity.

APAC leader, Gloat

Sebastian Ritz currently leads Gloat's business across Asia & Australia. He has spent the last 10 years working in the data & analytics, search & HR industries across North America, Europe & Asia. He has a deep passion for working with organisations to solve complex business challenges & guide teams along their digital transformation journey.

Sebastian currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan.

Associate Director, Career Services, Mercer

Dining is Associate Director, Career Services, the sector leader for family-owned businesses, and solution leader for M&A and integration in Mercer Indonesia. She has advised clients on total rewards strategy, competency and career frameworks, HR service models, work design, HR talent assessment and development, HR compliance audit, M&A and integration, employee experience, employee value propositions, and change management. Dining has served leading corporations across the country in the financial services, mining, manufacturing, oil and gas, telecommunication, construction, consumer goods, e-commerce, logistics, trading, aviation, pharmacy, healthcare, and outsourcing service provider industries.

Talent and Transformation Leader, Mercer Singapore

Sujata is a principal and the Talent and Transformation Leader for Mercer Singapore, leading a team of consultants who partner with clients on a variety of workforce transformation solutions. With both consulting and in-house HR experience, Sujata has worked closely with clients across sectors and geographies on skills transformation, work design, talent management and talent assessments. Sujata brings experience and expertise spanning a wide range of assessment solutions and is a Certified Results Coach (ICF).

Partner, Head of Rewards, China

Elley is Partner and the leader of Mercer China Career Product business, based in Shanghai. She has over 20 years of human resource consulting experience. Her expertise includes compensation system design and implementation, job grading system design, benefits design, employee engagement, mobility programme design, performance management, talent management and incentive design, career management, talent acquisition and retention, talent assessment and development.

Her clients include multinational organisations as well as private and state owned enterprises. Prior to joining Mercer, she worked for another leading global HR consulting firm as consultant of their Compensation Solution Team.

Chief Commercial Officer, Marsh McLennan Asia

Joan Collar is Marsh McLennan’s Chief Commercial Officer for Asia where she is responsible for commercial strategy, sales, distribution and innovation for the four operating brands of Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman around areas of People, Risk and Strategy. In her role, she drives collaboration and connect the best of our solutions for our clients across Asia. Prior to her appointment to this role, Joan was the Mercer Marsh Benefits Asia Pacific leader for 16 years. In that role, she was responsible for the P&L, growth, strategy, operations of the largest employee benefits business in Asia, growing double digit every year and delivering profitable growth. She is passionate about healthcare in areas of accessibility and affordability.

Principal, Mercer

Miriam is a principal at Mercer based in Singapore. As the Asia Leader for Work, Skills and HR Transformation, she brings the best of our global expertise and insights to clients in the region, ensuring local relevance in each country. With our local teams, she drives impactful transformation and empowers organisations, leaders and HR teams to navigate the ever-evolving landscape with agility and a truly digital mindset. Miriam is part of Mercer’s Global Centre of Expertise for Transformation, which drives the continuous innovation of our advisory services with sales, capability upskilling and the creation of intellectual capital.

CEO Marsh McLennan, Southeast Asia

Based in Singapore, where she has lived for the past 18 years, Godelieve spearheads the growth and expansion of Marsh McLennan in Southeast Asia — covering Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Her expertise in designing and delivering impactful people and risk solutions empowers Marsh McLennan’s clients in their business, risk and workforce transformation as they navigate the realities of a constantly changing environment. Prior to this role, Godelieve was the CEO of Mercer’s Southeast Asia Growth markets, helping companies navigate the health, wealth and career needs of the fast-evolving workforce in this dynamic region.

Throughout her career, she has played a critical role in designing innovative talent solutions, working closely with leading clients across the high-tech, life sciences, FMCG, chemical, retail and hospitality industries. She is a keen advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion, with a relentless focus on creating a sustainable and enabling working environment across the firm. Godelieve holds a Master of Arts in law from the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Partner, Global Rewards Solution Leader, Mercer

Gordon is Mercer’s Global Rewards Solution Leader and has over 30 years of consulting experience, advising clients on how to strengthen the relationship between business strategy and people programmes. He has extensive experience advising Boards of Directors and senior management on the design of market competitive total rewards programmes that attract and retain top talent, align decision-making with organisational objectives and are consistent with sound governance practices.

Gordon has deep knowledge of the strategy, design, and financial impact of rewards programmes, including equity-based incentive plans and sales incentive plans. He has also led broader projects related to talent strategy with a specific focus on the needs of a globally mobile workforce. In his current role, Gordon is responsible for ensuring that Mercer’s rewards solutions are best-in-class, allowing local consulting teams to deliver leading advice to clients and build total rewards programmes that are future-focused in a rapidly changing and globally competitive marketplace.

Gordon first joined Mercer in 2000 and has been a member of both the Mercer Canada leadership team and the Global Career Practice leadership team. His consulting experience covers a broad range of industries with clients ranging from pre-IPO start-ups to global Fortune 100 companies. He also spent over 2 years as the Vice President of Global Compensation for a multi-national organisation before re-joining Mercer in 2013.

Career Business Leader Asia, Mercer

Lewis is Partner and Practice Leader for Mercer’s Career business in Asia.

In his commercial work, he leads a team of economist, social scientists, engineers and consultants to help clients and customers implement data-driven reward, talent, leadership and employee experience programmes to improve organisational performance.

Lewis is a valued contributor to publications such as the Harvard Business Review and speaker in the areas of people science, HR data, employee engagement and leadership.

Regional Lead, Assessment, Mercer

Andrew is Regional Lead, Assessment, at Mercer, where he focuses on client relationships and assessment solutions across talent strategy and careers for the Asia region. He is based in Singapore. Andrew brings more than 30 years of consulting experience, working across various sectors, from public to private. He has worked on projects across Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

Andrew’s consulting experience includes government, technology, financial services, airlines, FMCG, manufacturing and nonprofit sectors. He has worked with senior regional business leaders, local family conglomerates, and growth-oriented small and midsize enterprises in Singapore and the region. He has led projects in organisational and cultural change, assessment of senior roles and high-potential talent management, leadership development programme design, top team intervention, and transformation for government and large family-owned businesses. 

Before joining Mercer, Andrew was the Managing Director of Kincentric (Spencer Stuart’s consulting brand) and the Vice Chairman and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry. Andrew received his master’s degree in industrial relations and personnel management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts (with honours) in sociology and psychology from the University of Malaya

Senior Principal, Client Solutions, ASEAN, Mercer

Lionel is a senior principal in Mercer’s Client Solutions practice, where he oversees the most complex cross-disciplinary projects and puts clients at the core of what we do. He is also responsible for developing innovative solutions for early adopter clients and the development of Rewards consultants in Singapore and the emerging markets. With 19 years of experience in HR consulting, Lionel has deep expertise in long-term incentive design, executive compensation, competencies, training roadmaps, performance management, job evaluation, career architecture, rewards philosophy, compensation and benefits, sales incentives, bonus plans, and M&A integration. His client work has taken him across Asia, Europe and the US.

Before joining Mercer, Lionel led the Rewards Practice at Willis Towers Watson in Singapore, where he managed the Rewards team and provided oversight of the Remuneration Survey team.

Partner, Mercer Regional Industries, and Solutions Leader — Asia, Mercer

Ravi is a partner at Mercer, where he plays a pivotal role as a senior leader overseeing Mercer’s regional industries and solutions, including client forums across Asia. He and his team serve as trusted advisers in talent and rewards, collaborating with leading global and regional clients to deliver innovative strategies and insights.

Ravi brings 20+ years of consulting and in-house HR experience, having collaborated with a wide range of organisations across various industries. His expertise spans the spectrum from large multinational corporations to emerging pre-IPO businesses, with a focus on APAC, the Middle East, Africa and North America. Ravi possesses extensive experience across multiple industries, specialising in project management, organisational and people transformation, M&A, total rewards, talent management, skills frameworks, career architecture, and job evaluations. He has a proven track record in designing both global and local people strategies tailored to developed and emerging economies.

Throughout his career, Ravi has had the privilege of working in diverse locations, including India, Singapore, South Africa and the US. Before joining Mercer, Ravi gained valuable experience at Aon and Tech Mahindra, where he refined his expertise in human resources and business strategy through a variety of roles and responsibilities. Ravi serves as a frequent speaker and panellist on people strategies, with numerous insights shared and published in the public domain.

Regional Employee Engagement Solutions Leader – Asia, IMEA and Pacific, Mercer

Marieke van Raaij leads the Centre of Excellence team, based in Singapore, to support the business development and operational success of employee listening engagements across the broad region. Marieke’s career as a Human Resources Consultant spans almost 3 decades, with the last 18 years spent in Hong Kong and Singapore. She has had the opportunity to work closely with many prestigious companies across industry and geography, with a focus on organisational culture and climate and employee engagement. Her international background and experience help her in her role of understanding culture and working with large, complex multinationals. Marieke’s previous roles have included leading a boutique consulting firm that focused on designing, implementing and brokering HR solutions to enable clients’ digital transformation journey. She has also worked with a technology company focusing on gamification, where her role included designing assessment, development and engagement solutions, using technology and gamification to create an immersive employee experience.

Health Consulting Leader, Singapore, Mercer

Julia is currently Mercer’s Health Consulting Leader in Singapore, leading a team of employee benefits experts who empower clients to make data-driven decisions regarding their employee health and benefits programmes.
She manages an extensive portfolio of clients and is focused on helping companies evolve and balance differing priorities in the health and benefits space through flexibility, mental health and preventive care.
Prior to her current role, she was the Regional Global Mobility Leader, APAC at Mercer where she supported companies that operate in different markets in creating programmes to attract and retain global talent. Julia thrives when she is out of her comfort zone with her career spanning across a number of countries including Singapore, Australia and Kazakhstan.

Partner, Northern California Career Practice Leader

Tauseef is a full-stack human capital consultant who helps organisations perform their best by attracting, retaining and engaging talent. His expertise is in translating business strategy into talent strategy through work design and transformation, rewards effectiveness, people analytics, and digital experiences. Key areas of expertise include pay transparency, skills-powered work design, people strategy and analytics, total rewards, and digital transformation, especially within the high-tech industry. Based in San Francisco, he serves clients across the globe and has lived and worked in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. He loves sharing his insights on contemporary topics via speaking or writing and has been featured across media sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, the Financial Times, The Information and The Wall Street Journal.

MMB Multinational Asia-Pacific Leader, GBM and Darwin, Mercer Marsh Benefits

Anupama is a seasoned employee benefits consultant with more than 15 years of experience in global benefits management, health and benefits consulting, and actuarial analytics. Currently serving as the Mercer Marsh Benefits Multinational Asia-Pacific Leader in Singapore, Anupama manages client relationships and supports the implementation of innovative strategies for regional and global clients. Her expertise spans client and vendor management, data analysis and effective communication. Anupama has successfully led teams across multiple countries, driving significant business growth and client retention.

Senior Principal, Mercer

Justin is a senior principal at Mercer. He is the Business Leader of East China Career Product and also leads China Chemical Industry. He is based in Shanghai. Clients he has served include AkzoNobel, Bayer, BASF, DOW Chemical, Shanghai Secco, FREP, SinoChem, Wanhua, Yingde Gas, Lianhe Tech, Dun’An Group, JSTI, COSTCO, Mubea, MG Xiaoxiang, Yu MOMO, Dian Diagnostics, Jointown Group, Hanwha Q CELLS, SPC, Huayi, Syngenta, SP Chemical, Nippon, LONGi, iFLYTEK, Hthium (energy storage) and Haier, among others. Justin has been with Mercer for 13 years.

Before joining Mercer, he spent approximately five years at two state-owned enterprises in the telecommunications and energy industries. Justin graduated with a degree in human resource management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and earned his master’s degree from the Fudan University EMBA programme.

Partner, Asia Executive Compensation Leader

Jacob is the Executive Remuneration Leader for Asia, based in Singapore. He has extensive experience servicing clients in various sectors, including financial services, real estate, telecommunications, aviation and tech. His expertise includes advising boards and senior executives on topics such as total compensation strategy, long-term incentives, carried interest plans, pre-IPO incentives design and scorecard design, as well as issues related to corporate governance, board evaluation and director fees.

Partner, Career Business Leader

Sean is a partner at Mercer Singapore, where he leads the Talent, Workforce Transformation and Rewards practice. In this role, he provides strategic advisory services and insights to assist clients in achieving their key people and culture objectives. His expertise encompasses a wide range of areas, including work design, skills transformation, total rewards strategy, HR function effectiveness, employee experience and organisational culture alignment.

Principal, Talent Strategy

Yasuhiro is a principal and a team leader for Japan Client Services at Mercer. He manages projects for major global and Japanese multinational clients in a wide range of fields. His areas of expertise include developing organisational and human resource management strategies; workforce planning; designing, implementing and maintaining human resource programmes; business turnarounds; strengthening human resource functions; and planning and executing various training programmes.

Before joining Mercer, he gained experience in frontline businesses and corporate HR in the transportation industry in Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in social sciences from Hitotsubashi University and an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, in the US.

Mercer Marsh Benefits Leader, Asia

In his current role as Mercer Marsh Benefits Leader for Asia, Steven spearheads Mercer Marsh Benefits' employee health and benefits business, including global benefits management, broking, consulting and digital solutions across all countries and regions in Asia, overseeing the design and implementation of strategies and solutions to meet the evolving needs of multinational companies and their workforces.

With over 25 years of experience in employee benefits, actuarial and HR consulting, Steven delivers innovative and effective solutions for multinational companies across the Asia Pacific and the US, encompassing insurance and benefits design, communication and health management, total rewards and wellness, ESG/DEI implementation, retirement planning, risk management, pension and health plan modelling and valuations as well as benefits digitalisation.

A fellow of the Society of Actuaries (2003) and the China Actuarial Society (2008), Steven also actively shares his knowledge and experience through speaking engagements and publications.

M&A Strategy and Commercial Leader, Mercer China

Haze is Mercer’s Greater China & SEA M&A Advisory Services Leader. She specialises in undertaking operational and HR diligence and leading post deal integration engagements for private equity and corporate clients. Haze is also proficient in identifying and quantifying synergy benefits and related implementation costs.

Prior to joining Mercer, Haze gained over fourteen years of experience working for PwC, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, L’Oreal Asia Pacific and Coca-Cola across Hong Kong and mainland China, with extensive exposure in organisational restructuring, strategic workforce planning, talent assessment and project management.