Samsung, Danfoss & AECOM to unveil talent mobility strategies

How are HR professionals in Asia preparing for the future of workforce mobility? How do they determine the right technologies, operational structures and decision-making strategies?

At Workforce Mobility Interactive 2016, HR leaders and senior mobility specialists will gather to answer the most pressing issues in employee mobility and expatriate management strategy.

Participating in this year’s event are HR executives from some of the world’s biggest global companies including AECOM, Danfoss and Samsung.

Workforce Mobility Interactive 2016 is an exclusive invitation-only conference open to director and VP-level HR professionals and senior mobility specialists from global and multinational companies and taking place in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in February 2016.

“When it comes to global mobility, organisations should be proactive and strategic in fulfilling their responsibilities, from ensuring smooth travel logistics and compliance to offering benefits packages,” said Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor of Human Resources magazine.

“The agenda of Workforce Mobility Interactive is packed with sessions that will provide comprehensive analysis and expert recommendations on how mobility programs can run effectively.”

Now in its second year, Workforce Mobility Interactive will focus on the key areas of staff mobility and expatriate management research into the HR community has found to represent the most pressing issues for HR professionals in Asia.

Among the speakers of the event are:

Grace Wong, Samsung’s vice president and regional head of HR for SEA, Oceania & Taiwan, holds extensive leadership experience managing a team of HR professionals in the fields of talent management, talent acquisition and total rewards.

Before joining Samsung, Wong worked with Thomson Reuters and for other multinational corporations in similar regional capacities in the information and technology sectors.

Angela Li, AECOM’s global mobility and tax manager of Asia, manages the global mobility management for the APAC region and provides advice on executive compensation programmes and on all employment-related securities issues.

She also works with employment lawyers on employee tax matters and coordinates with external tax advisors and HR on taxes relating to international mobility programmes. Prior to joining AECOM, Li held various mobility consulting roles at Ernst & Young and KPMG for more than six years.

Thiyagarajan Govindasamy, regional director of human resources, APAC, at Danfoss Industries, carries over 20 years of experience as HR business partner within Malaysia, with some exposure to Asia including South Korea, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.

His expertise is in recruitment, rewards, salary administration, training & development and employee relations. He has worked for companies in the oil & gas, mining, electronics/ ICT industry, as well as banking and financial Institutions with employees some of these companies numbering close to 8,000.

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Other companies represented on the Workforce Mobility Interactive agenda are Daimler, Dell, General Electric, General Motors, Mastercard, Mondelez, Siemens and Unilever and many more.

All presenters & panellists, such as Caroline Thorley-Farrer, regional head of mobility Asia Pacific at British American Tobacco, are director or vice president level HR professionals with regional responsibility.

To be held in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in February 2016, Workforce Mobility Interactive is Asia’s only regional conference on staff mobility and expatriate management strategy.

Attendance to the one-day annual event is strictly by invitation only with invitations reserved for senior in-house HR professionals. Attendance is capped at 100 delegates.

Workforce Mobility Interactive 2016 focuses on the most pressing issues pertinent to mobility and expatriate management such as international compensation & benefits, global talent management, return on investment, and regulatory compliance as well as risks and opportunities in dealing with an evolving intergenerational and diverse global workforce.

To get a global and pan-Asian regional view of staff mobility and expatriate management strategy, do not miss Workforce Mobility Interactive 2016.

Human Resources’ “interactive-style” conference format is a unique blend of case study presentations, panel discussions and roundtable discussions in which delegates work through five topic areas in a single day – an experience described by attendees as eight hours of intense peer learning.

Senior HR managers and mobility specialists interested in participating in Workforce Mobility Interactive can visit the event website www.workforcemobility.asia or call the following members of the Human Resources magazine team:

• For Hong Kong: Evon Yew, regional producer, evony@humanresourcesonline.net, +65 6423 0329
• For Kuala Lumpur: Jenilyn Rabino, regional production lead, jenilynr@humanresourcesonline.net, +65 6423 0329
• For Singapore: Sharissa Chan, regional producer, sharissac@humanresourcesonline.net, +65 6423 0329