This document provides an agenda and overview for the 1st Berjaya HR Conference on reinventing HR and making a difference. The two-day conference will feature presentations and workshops on new HR trends, best practices, and strategies for adding value to businesses. Speakers will discuss topics such as coaching/mentoring, digital HR, multi-generation engagement, corporate culture, driving organizational change, and design thinking. The conference aims to explore new HR trends, ways for HR to add business value, and create paradigm shifts in HR practices.

1. 3 & 4 Oct 2018, 0900 – 1730, Manhattan I, Berjaya Times Square Hotel

2. 1st Berjaya HR Conference
Reinventing HR
Making a Difference!
Foreword
Grace Chan Hwee
Senior General Manager
Group Human Resource
& Administration
Welcome to Berjaya 1st HR Conference. You have made the wise decision to join us in this
inaugural event and we believe you will benefit from this 2 full-days conference.
Attending a conference is the best way to learn from a wide range of speakers who are well-
known in their respective areas of expertise. It is the golden opportunity to network with
other delegates and build new bonds with some new found friends.
For this first ever HR Conference, we are pleased to bring to you, 4 HR Consultants and 4
Senior HR Leaders from various industry, ranging from telecommunication, consumer
products, chemical and GLC.
We have also incorporated a mini workshop in this conference to make sure you have a
wholesome learning experience.
I encourage you to be an active participant by sharing your experience and post as many
questions as you have to the speakers and facilitator to reap the most out of this conference.
I wish you Happy Learning!

3. Objectives
Explore New Trends
Explore latest HR trends &
best practices
Add Value to Business
Gain new ideas on how
HR can add value to
business
Create Paradigm Shift
Create paradigm shift on HR
practices
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Reinventing HR
Making a Difference!

4. Topics
Coaching &
Mentoring Culture
Digital HR -
Gamification
Multi-Generation
Engagement
Engaging
Corporate Culture
HR Driven Strategy
Management
Driving
Organisation Change
Design Thinking
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Making a Difference!

5. Time Session
0815 Registration
0900 Opening Speech by Ms Grace Chan Hwee, Senior General
Manager, Group Human Resource & Administration
0910 Keynote Address by Dato’ Sri Robin Tan, Chief Executive
Officer, Berjaya Corporation Berhad
0920 Group Photo
0940 “Coaching & Mentoring Culture” by Mr Sunil
Hasmukharay, Chief Strategist – HC Consultants
1115 Morning Tea Break
1130 Energizer 1
1140 “Multi-Generation Engagement” by Mr Michael Teoh,
Director & Lead Trainer - Thriving Talents Sdn Bhd
1320 Lunch
1425 Energizer 2
Day 1 : 3 October 2018, Wednesday
Time Session
1435 “Digital HR - Gamification” by Mr Leo Lee,
Chief Executive Officer – Traitquest.com
1550 Afternoon Tea Break
1605 Forum Panel : “Engaging Corporate Culture”
Panelists: Mr Clayton Tan, HR Director, S.E.A Vinda Group
Pn Norita Wan-Mat, former HR Business
Partner, Maxis Berhad
Ms Ling Ming Choo, HR Director, Unilever
Malaysia
Moderator: Ms Grace Chan Hwee, Senior General Manager,
Group Human Resource & Administration,
Berjaya Corporation Berhad
1725 Group Photo
1730 End of Day 1
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6. Day 2 : 4 October 2018, Thursday
Time Session
0815 Registration
0900 Morning Energizer
0915 “Driving Organisation Change” by Encik Ridzuan
Buasan, Executive Vice President, Head of Talent
Management & OD, Prasarana Malaysia Berhad
1050 Morning Tea Break
1105 “Design Thinking” by Ramesh Victor, Managing
Director & Principal Consultant, Innovare Solutions
1250 Group Photo
1300 Lunch
1405 Energizer 4
Time Session
1415 Workshop : “HR Driven Strategy Management” by
Mr Laurence Yap, Senior Manager, Learning & OD
Group Human Resource & Administration
1530 Afternoon Tea Break
1545 Workshop : “HR Driven Strategy Management” (Con’t)
1715 Special Presentation
1725 Closing Speech by Ms Grace Chan Hwee, Senior General
Manager, Group Human Resource & Administration
1730 End of Conference
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7. Speakers
Michael Teoh
Director & Lead Trainer
Thriving Talents Sdn Bhd
Sunil Hasmukharay
Chief Strategist
HC Consultants
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Leo Lee
Chief Executive
Officer
Traitquest.com
Ridzuan Buasan
Executive Vice President
Head of Talent
Management & OD
Prasarana Malaysia Berhad
Ramesh Victor
Managing Director &
Principal Consultant
Innovare Solutions
Panel Speakers
Clayton Tan
Human Resources Director,
Southeast Asia - Vinda Group
Ling Ming Choo
Human Resources
Director
Unilever Malaysia
Norita Wan-Mat
Former HR Business
Partner
Maxis Berhad
Workshop Facilitator
Laurence Yap
Senior Manager
Learning & OD
Group Human
Resource &
Administration
Panel Moderator
Grace Chan Hwee
Senior General
Manager
Group Human
Resource &
Administration

8. Speaker’s Profile
Sunil Hasmukharay
Chief Strategist
HC Consultants
Sunil has more than 16 years of significant leadership roles in both local and global arena and a much
sought-after local & international speaker who has addressed more than 42,000 people from over 69
nationalities in more than 18 countries. He is regarded as a strategist and thought-leader in developing
Solution Focused & Strength Based leaders, shaping talents, empowering workforce and driving high
performance in corporate organisations. He is actively engaged in coaching leaders and budding
entrepreneurs to help them achieve their personal, organisation and business objectives. He is a Certified
Solution Focus Coach (CSFC) by Canadian Council of Professional Certification (CCPC), Canada, Certified
Solution Focus BRIEF Coach (CSFBC) by University of Toronto, Canada, Certified Solution Focused Facilitator
by Solution Surfers & International Coach Federation (ICF), United Kingdom, Certified Cultural Transition
Process Team Leader, United States of America and was also conferred the Certified Vision Engineer by
World Association of Visioneer & Entreprenologist (WAVE) United States of America.
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9. Michael Teoh
Director & Lead Trainer
Thriving Talents Sdn Bhd
With an accumulated 13 years of experience, working in various capacities as a Management Consultant,
Branding Strategist, Outreach Campaigns Director, and Serial Entrepreneur, today Michael Teoh speaks to
thousands of people across 40 countries from Fortune 500 companies to Government Leaders and
Entrepreneurs on “Managing the Millennials - The Largest Workforce in the World” for Productivity and
Profitability. He is an Internationally Certified Coach, Trainer, who was recognized as the Top 100 Best Coaches
& Trainers in the world by the World Human Resources Congress, the Leading Gen-Y Trainer & Coach by the
Selangor Business Awards & a 2-times Malaysia National Youth Icon. As the Founding CEO & Head of Faculty of
Thriving Talents Sdn. Bhd., he has led his training company to deliver teambuilding engagements, organise
sales-booster conventions and leadership workshops for organisations like Microsoft, 3M, Shell, HSBC, OCBC,
Petronas, Maybank, General Electric, Great Eastern, Prudential, AIA, Zurich Insurance, Oracle, SAP, IJM,
Gamuda, The United Nations, and more. They were also invited as a nominee by SME magazine Malaysia as the
Top 100 Fast Moving Companies of 2018 in the 'Training & Development' category. He is the Co-Author of the
Potential Matrix book for high-achievers, and is regularly featured as a 'Gen-Y Influencer' on CNN and BBC.
He is a Board of Director of several public entities, a Minister-Appointee to the National Youth Council of
Malaysia, an “Millennials‘ Economy” Advisor to the President of the World Youth Parliament in Switzerland,
and a Global Advisor for Microsoft (Global) in the U.S.A. for the YouthSpark initiative. Michael obtained his
education from New Zealand, majored in Marketing & International Business, before pursuing his executive
education programmes with Harvard University's HPAIR project, Stanford University in USA and INSEAD in
Singapore.
Speaker’s Profile
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10. Leo Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Traitquest.com
Leo Lee holds a BSc. in Dietetics with Nutrition from International Medical University (Malaysia). He worked with
Hewlett Packard as an Account Manager and Market Development Manager where he developed business
development and business strategy skills and formed strategic marketing alliances with various industry leaders
like Microsoft & Intel. He then worked with various SMEs and startups to further develop his skills in the area of
business development for niche products like Swiss electric appliances, Stadler Form, in Malaysia and Singapore.
His diverse work experience also includes loyalty marketing for AirAsia BIG to business development for Vjob, a
home grown recruitment company specializing in video recruitment for MNCs and mid-market corporations.
His exposure to the international market inspired him to found Traitquest.com. He aspires to build talent, bringing
out the best in a person or a business by helping them connect the right dots.
Ridzuan Buasan
Executive Vice President
Head of Talent
Management & OD
Prasarana Malaysia Berhad
Ridzuan served as a catalyst for successful human capital strategies and development initiatives, complemented
with a proven track record in delivering results to the organisation. He has more than 20 years of experience in
both operation and leadership roles within the private sector, GLC and complex operations, across various
industries and functions such as oil and gas, shipping, market research, manufacturing and hospital / healthcare.
He has been involved in many corporate and strategic manpower exercise such as merger and acquisition,
restructuring exercise, business expansions, long term manpower planning, business consolidations, succession
management and strategic talent review with the focus to support the business growth via people leadership.
He has an advanced individual and team development capabilities, including propagating continuous learning,
comprehensive mentoring & coaching culture to drive business performance.
Speaker’s Profile
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Ramesh Victor has 25 years of hands-on exposure in operational management and consulting. He has been
implementing Lean, Toyota Production System, and Theory of Constraints to Fortune 500 as well as small
companies for the past 15 years. He is a certified Lean Master and Theory of Constraints practitioner from
Seagate Lean Academy, USA. Victor is also a professional Innovation Practitioner.
He is a renowned international consultant and speaker. He was aptly referred to as the “Constraint Buster” and
“one of the only 7 out of 45,000 employees who have the skill-set to go into factories and turn it around within
weeks”, by Seagate corporate executives while he was leading the Seagate Supplier Lean Initiative for Asia.
He has been engaged with clients (various industries) globally to help them Innovate and improve Operations
leading to millions of dollars of savings. Victor has also been engaged in organisational change management
and human capital development for large and small organisations. He is a champion public speaker of
Toastmasters International, winning various contests up to the national Level.
Ramesh Victor
Managing Director &
Principal Consultant
Innovare Solutions

12. Panel Speaker’s Profile
Clayton Tan
Human Resources Director,
Southeast Asia
Vinda Group
Clayton J.C Tan is a graduate in computer science and Master of Business Administration. With a wealth of
experience in organisation and people strategies, coupled with commendable appreciation of technology, he aspires to
leave a legacy in organisations through practical applications of technology-enabled corporate strategies to achieve
business results. Before he was appointed as Regional Human Resources Director for Southeast Asia at Vinda Group,
he held human resources leadership roles in local conglomerates such as Sunway Construction Group and KLK
Oleochemicals Group, and also spent a large part of his early career in MNCs such as IBM, AIG and OCBC.
His exposure across various industries, including management consulting, FMCG, construction, property development,
banking, insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications, aviation, consumer electronics and large conglomerates
throughout his management consulting, as well as corporate human resources career, has seen him applying his
expertise in different countries, including Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia,
Philippines), China and Hong Kong.
Ming Choo is a senior leader with more than 20 years of comprehensive human resource management and
generalist experience. She has served as a strategic business partner and spearheads overall talent, organisation,
culture and capability needs. Her experience spans organisation design, talent acquisition, culture transformation,
restructuring, business mergers and acquisition integration, process re-engineering and cost optimisation initiatives,
operating across multi-site manufacturing, sales offices and regional environments.
Currently, she is the Head of HR for Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, she was also appointed a
diversity advocate of Talent Corp. She leads Unilever’s work on inclusiveness, purpose and work-life integration as an
effective human capital strategy to attract and retain talent.
Ling Ming Choo
Human Resources Director
Unilever Malaysia
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13. Norita Wan-Mat
Former HR Business
Partner
Maxis Berhad
Norita was a HR senior leader with over 25 years of working experience at the MNC manufacturing
facilities and most recently a Telco industry.
At Maxis Berhad, she was a strategic partner to the CTIO and Technology division who delivered effective
and the best people solutions and programs to achieve shared organisational objectives and business
requirements.
As the Head of HR at Kellogg Asia Products, Norita was a pioneer hire to build the plant organisation from
ground zero. Norita’s career in HR was brought into a wider spread when she was given the opportunity to
lead the various HR functions and business start-up activities for First Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd businesses
in China, India, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. As the Human Resource Director,
APAC at First Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd, she implemented various “people strategy” initiatives contributed to
the success story of the Malaysia operation and personally, she has gained an exponential skills in
IR/ER/Operations, making her a wholesome HR leader.
Norita has also successfully engaged the employees from HP to Agilent Technologies Sdn Bhd following the
organisation split from HP. As the Human Resource Director at Agilent Technologies Sdn Bhd, she led the
Employee engagement leading the Company to win the Hewitt 25 Best Employers in Asia.
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14. Panel Moderator’s Profile
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Grace Chan is a human resources leader of more than 25 years experience. Her professional experience in
the areas of talent acquisition, development and management, succession planning, performance management,
learning and development, and employee engagement emerged from previous roles in the FMCG industry,
banking, insurance, Kuala Lumpur stock exchange, and diversified conglomerates.
Currently, as the Senior General Manager of Group Human Resource and Administration at Berjaya
Corporation Berhad, she led her company to win the ‘Employer of Choice Award (Gold Winner)’ in 2017, Asia
Best Employer Brand Awards, Award for HR Strategy and Award for Talent Management in July 2018. Amongst
other accolades, she is one of four female HR leaders to be honoured by LinkedIn for her contribution to the
people industry, and a recipient of the ‘HR Leadership Award’ by the Golden Globe Tigers 2018 for excellence
in HR leadership. She also participates actively in Toastmasters leadership roles and has earned the
Distinguished Toastmaster title, the highest recognition granted by Toastmasters International.
Grace Chan Hwee
Senior General Manager,
Group Human Resource &
Administration
Berjaya Corporation
Berhad

15. Workshop Facilitator’s Profile
Laurence Yap
Senior Manager
Group Human Resource
& Administration
Berjaya Corporation
Berhad
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Laurence Yap has more than 20 years of human resources and organisation development experience. Most
of his employment has been with multinational corporations such as First Solar, Carsem, PayPal, Pfizer and
Western Digital. He has more than ten years of regional and stakeholder management experience to manage
the Learning and Human Resources in the APAC region. He is currently attached to Berjaya Corporation Berhad
as Senior Manager of Learning and Organisation Development.
He holds a Masters in Social Sciences from the University of Malaya. During his post graduate studies, he was
granted with a three years of Fellowship Scholarship by the University of Malaya.
He has won several HR awards for his contribution to human resources, learning and organisation
development from World HRD Congress and Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management. He is
actively involved in the HR Community. He is a Committee Member of the Industry Advisor for MIHRM and the
Education Advisor for Organisation Development Network of Malaysia.