Bio

Title: Award-Winning Learning and HR Practitioner with Global Experience Summary: I am an accomplished Learning, Organization Development, and HR professional with over 20 years of experience. As an Assistant General Manager of L&OD, Senior Manager of L&OD Asia Pacific, HR Director, and Head of HR, I have worked with diverse industries ranging from semiconductor, retail, online payment, hard-disk media, electrical engineering, hotel, conglomerate, pharmaceutical, to renewable energy, and have gained a wealth of knowledge and expertise in managing learning and organization development functions. I have a proven track record in business partnering with senior leaders, building trust, and developing positive relationships with peers and employees across all levels. My experience in managing strategy planning, leadership development, career development, competency management, process improvement, performance management, performance consulting, and facilitation has helped organizations achieve their expected results. Details: I have spent more than 12 years in manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries, including Komag, Carsem, First Solar, Berjaya, PayPal, and Mydin. Through my experience, I have acquired global best practices in organization development, talent, learning, and HR from multinational companies such as Pfizer, Komag, Carsem, PayPal, and First Solar. I have successfully implemented various HR initiatives at the regional level, including career development, strategy planning, leadership development, business process improvement, coaching and mentoring, succession planning, action learning projects, talent management, and performance management. In addition, I have worked as a Head of HR in Dexon Electrical Engineering and HR Director in Country Garden Pacific View Sdn Bhd, where I expanded my human resource management experience to performance management, recruitment, compensation and benefits, Industrial relations, and employee engagement. I am passionate about HR community work and have founded the Hacking HR of Kuala Lumpur Chapter and co-founded HR Leader's Circle (HRLC). Hacking HR is an international HR platform to exchange ideas on the future of HR work across eighty cities worldwide. HRLC is the networking platform for HR leaders from 200 companies to share information and network. Website: Please visit my website https://www.laurenceyap.com/ to learn more about my accomplishments and professional expertise.