Deborah Woollard: Driving A People-First Approach To Business

Deborah Woollard, Group Chief People Officer, Myrepublic
Deborah Woollard: Driving A People-First Approach To Business

A people leader's responsibilities these days go far beyond mastery of functional disciplines such as attraction, assessment, development, and retention. A modern-day CPO must know how to truly listen and translate evolving employee and business needs into bespoke interventions that support business growth and channel company culture. They play a pivotal role in building and integrating the day-to-day ways of working of an organization and are responsible for ensuring these practices drive positive performance now and into the future. To do this they need to have a deep understanding of business drivers, progressive knowledge of emerging HR practices, as well as system-wide thinking across the entire organization.

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Top 10 Chief People Officers From Asia - 2022

Let's face it, human resource (HR) is an important asset for every organization, and as we transcend into the digital age, it's becoming increasingly important to have effective human resource management. While a good HR department creates an environment where people can thrive professionally and personally, a chief people officer (CPO) is an executive-level professional who focuses on building and maintaining a company culture by overseeing end-to-end HR function. Though, a CPO's responsibilities generally include strategic planning, employee communication, training and development, labor relations, and compliance with employment law, it can differ significantly depending on the company and its corporate culture.

Having right people recruited at right place is one of the most competitive factor for all companies, and a CPO recruits through all possible channels to ensure it is rightly done, investing in effective screening procedures for all external hires, and overseeing if the internal hires are also well prepared for new positions. Acting as the more multifaceted HR department, the chief people officer's (CPO's) job is to create the strategy and vision that help the company achieve long-term success. Precisely, staying in communication to the CEO, the CPO acts as the architect for the company's talent strategy and corporate-culture initiatives, and they have proved it more essentially during COVID-19 pandemic efficiently spearheading the HR of the company. There are many adept HRs from Asia, who need to be acknowledged for the same.

CEO Insights Asia in this issue presents a list of `Top 10 Chief People Officer from Asia 2022' who have leveraged their extensive industry expertise and experience in offering effective skills to the market. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board. We recognize their valuable contribution to the ever expanding and competitive market and their ability to sustain themselves and emerge as top contestants through their reliable knowledge.

Top 10 Chief People Officers From Asia - 2022

Company Management	Company Name	Company Description
Aiken Yuen, Chief People Officer	Yum China	Over 30 years' experiences in L&D, OD & HR experiences in a wide variety of industries he connects the best people with he firm for the best outcomes
Anjali Raghuvanshi, Chief People Officer	Randstad India	A strategic Business Partner who facilitates, supports and challenges business leaders along with anticipating the much-needed focus and change in the people management practices and metrics with the ever-evolving business landscape
Deborah Woollard , Group Chief People Officer	Myrepublic	A courageous leader, HR evangelist, and a working mom, stands out as an inspiration to all who want to drive positive impact in the corporate world with authenticity and a people-first mindset
Eleana Choy, Chief People Officer	China Navigation Company	An experienced HR professional, leading the organization's HR function to the best of her abilities
Farid Basir, Chief People Officer	MBSB Bank Berhad	Spanning over two decades of career in different industries, he comes with a wealth of professional insights and worked in different geographies such as Switzerland, South Africa and the Philippines
Mridula Venugopal, Chief People Officer	Miq	She has two decades of experience in building and leading Human Resources teams, talent management and developed globally integrated HR strategies aligned to business goals
Ramon Chelva, Chief People Officer	Edotco Group	Possesses experience in various senior management positions with international exposure and has worked across 13 countries in Asia Pacific
Saif Kidwai, Chief People Officer	eyewa	Hepls putting talent, culture and retention at the top of the agenda for one of the fastest growing omnichannel eyewear companies
Smriti Ahuja, Chief People Officer	Times Internet	Over three decades of experience encompassing HRM, Quality and General Management. International award winning leadership curriculum designer and Diversity & Inclusion change leader
Yogesh Patgaonkar, Chief People Officer	Persistent Systems	With over 25 years of industry experience as CHRO, Executive Coach and Facilitator, he is pioneering the HR sector by scaling up Human Resources function as per business strategy

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