Top HR pros from AXA, BNP, Zurich join Training & Development Asia

Human Resources, Asia’s only HR media & events brand, has announced new names for its roster of speakers and panellists at the region’s only annual learning & development conference for HR leaders and learning & development specialists, Training & Development Asia. Sharing industry knowledge, accomplishments, and insights are top leaders from AXA, BNP Paribas and Zurich Financial.

Training & Development Asia 2016 is a two-day conference for HR managers and senior learning & development specialists which will take place in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in June.

“Over the years, Training & Development Asia 2016 has received positive feedback from the HR community because the event covers the most significant topics, from the link between L&D and business strategies to modern tools used in training and engagement,” said Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor of Human Resources magazine.

“Apart from learning, networking with peers, L&D experts, and other HR leaders makes Training & Development Asia a unique and unforgettable experience.”

Training & Development Asia will explore the most critical challenges, trends and issues in corporate training and human capital development. Among the speakers joining Training & Development Asia 2016 are:

As the vice president for learning & development at AXA Affin General Insurance, Zohrab Chong is responsible for developing staff capacity and capability development, technical competency, staff engagement and talent management & development programmes. He also leads the implementation of succession planning, learning needs analysis, and learning management system development. Before joining AXA, he worked for MSIG Holdings and GAB Robins. Some of his areas of expertise are strategic planning, talent management, performance management, and business strategy.

Angelo Pinto is commended by his peers for making things happen. Apart from leading the learning and development efforts at BNP Paribas, he also supervises the company’s APAC Campus, a training centre located in Singapore which offers advanced programmes in training and development in various areas, such as talent development, compliance & regulatory and business culture & social responsibility. Pinto holds a postgraduate degree in personnel management from Xavier Institute of Management and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from St Xaviers College. Throughout his HR career, Pinto has developed skills in performance management, HR transformation, employee engagement and training.

Known for her dynamic personality and public speaking prowess, Hema Krishnan is currently head of talent, learning & development at Zurich Financial. Before she joined Zurich, Krishnan served as the manager for learning & development at AmBank, where she implemented programmes on talent development, competency management, succession planning, e-learning content design, learning & performance needs analysis and business partnering for L&D solutions. She studied Business Administration at Northumbria University and her master’s degree in Management Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

Among the leading companies represented in past Training & Development Asia conferences were AXA, KPMG, Sanofi, Seagate Technology, Shell, Singapore Telecommunications, Visa and many more. All presenters & panellists, such as Elma Diala-Pangilinan, HR business partner and head for learning and organisational development of Nielsen Company, are director or vice president level HR professionals with regional responsibility.

Held in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in June 2016, Training & Development Asia is the region’s biggest conference on learning & development strategy. The two-day annual event is focused on best practice corporate learning strategy, features an agenda dominated by case studies and leading global thought leadership, and attracts a large audience of senior HR generalists and learning & development specialists as well as and CEOs, CFOs and COOs closely involved in their companies’ learning & development strategy.

To get a global and Pan-Asian regional view of learning & development and to increase your knowledge and skills across the corporate learning spectrum do not miss Training & Development Asia in June 2016.

To review the topics & agenda, check out the stellar speaker list and reserve your seat visit www.traininganddevelopment.asia before it’s sold out. For more information please contact:

- Hong Kong: Angela Tong: Tel: +852 2861 1882, Email angelat@humanresourcesonline.net

- Kuala Lumpur: Ren Torres, Tel: +65 6423 03928, Email: renamelt@humanresourcesonline.net

- Singapore: Hemalatha Siranjeevi, Tel: +65 6423 03928, Email: hemalathas@humanresourcesonline.net