Best practice talent management in financial services

With their similar product sets, major banks and insurance firms are people businesses – it’s the quality of their talent and how their workforces are managed, developed and incentivised that sets them apart from their competitors.

So how do HSBC, Maybank and Zurich Insurance attract, retain, develop their talent?

Human Resources magazine is delighted to announce that senior heads of HR from these financial services companies will share their experiences with their peers at Asia’s biggest and most respected conference on talent management and human capital strategy, Talent Management Asia.

“Many people regard the financial services sector as very advanced when it comes to talent management,” said Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor, Human Resources magazine.

“We are very greatful that three respected HR practitioners from HSBC, Maybank and Zurich Insurance have agreed to be part of Talent Management Asia.”

Rajiv Ranjan, head of human resources at HSBC Global Service Centre, is a certified professional in human resources with more than nine years in experience, all in financial services in India, Europe and Asia.

He has an extensive background as an HR generalist, including experience in employee relations, rewards, performance management and HR policy formulation. Ranjan is a Commerce graduate from St Xavier's College in Mumbai, India.

Maybank’s head of group talent sourcing and development, Fong Tuan Chen is responsible for the bank’s human capital strategy, workforce analytics, performance management, succession planning, and leadership effectiveness acceleration.

As a member of the group human capital leadership team, Chen’s portfolio also covers all strategic HR initiatives which include total rewards, employer value proposition, and HR automation.

Chen's experience spans over 15 years in energy, consumer goods and finance in companies such as Coca-Cola, OCBC, BAT and Maybank where he has been since late 2009.

Simon Davies is the Asia Pacific head of talent management at Zurich Insurance. His 10-year career in HR started in London at RBS, a role which relocated him to Hong Kong in 2006.

An organisational psychologist with extensive experience in helping individuals and organisations build and execute talent strategies, Davies’ role at Zurich covers talent acquisition, internal talent management, succession planning, and diversity & inclusion.

Prior to joining Zurich, Davies worked in talent management at HSBC for four years. He is passionate about the role talent strategy plays in the success of organisations and the importance of this in Asian markets.

Some of the other companies represented on the Talent Management Asia agenda are Abbott Laboratories, AirAsia, DFS, Gap Inc, MasterCard, Monsanto, Pfizer, Rolls Royce, Schneider Electric and many more.

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All presenters & panelists, such as Michelle Crossby, Global EVP & Chief HR Officer at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, are director or vice president level HR professionals with regional responsibility.

In addition to case studies from over 50 respected HR leaders in Asia, Talent Management Asia also boasts five global HR thought leaders, such as Dr John Sullivan from San Francisco State University, Louis Carter, founder of global leadership development think tank, Best Practice Institute, and John Haley, global chairman and CEO of Towers Watson.

To be held in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong in mid-April, Talent Management Asia is Asia’s biggest conference on talent management and human capital strategy.

The two-day annual event is focused on global best practice HR strategy, features an agenda dominated by case studies and leading global thought leadership, and attracts a large audience of senior HR generalists and specialists as well as and CEOs, CFOs and COOs closely involved in their companies’ HR strategy.

The theme of the conference is “Aligning HR objectives with business goals”. This will focus on the following topics: Global talent management; Talent acquisition & retention; Leadership development & succession planning; Employee engagement; Learning & development; Diversity & inclusion; HR technology: and Holistic talent management.

To get a global and Pan-Asian regional view of talent management and to increase your knowledge and skills across the talent management spectrum – recruitment, training & development, compensation & benefits, succession planning, and leadership development – don’t miss Talent Management Asia in April.

To review the topics & agenda, check out the stellar speaker list and reserve your seat visit www.talentmanagement.asia before it’s sold out. For more information please contact Carlo Reston on +65 6423 0329 or carlor@humanresourcesonline.net.