Jan 2025 – Oct 2025 · 9 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

• Partnering with Senior Leaders at Wise Platform to support their strategic leadership hiring efforts.
• If you're exploring your next big opportunity in a fast-growing, mission-driven company — check out the open roles via the link below or DM for a confidential chat.
• Since joining Wise in January 2025, I’ve had the opportunity to scale exceptional teams that help us move money without borders - instantly, transparently, and fairly.
• Focusing on hiring senior and strategic talent across Wise Platform APAC, helping shape the next phase of growth for our business across Asia Pacific. Every hire matters deeply at Wise:
• Hired key team members across levels L5–L7, all critical roles in advancing our mission.
• Maintained an offer acceptance rate above 90%, by focusing on engagement, mission alignment, and creating a candidate experience that reflects who we are as a company.
• Promoted diversity and inclusion through balanced outcomes, 60% male and 40% female hires, with ongoing efforts to expand representation in leadership.
• Built a healthy, multi-channel hiring strategy, 50% sourced, 30% inbound, and 20% referral hires - showing the power of proactive outreach combined with strong employer branding.
• At Wise, recruiting is more than filling roles, it’s about connecting people to a mission that genuinely changes lives.
• Explore roles at Wise : https://wise.jobs/jobs?options=320&page=1

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Remote

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Jul 2022 – Mar 2023 · 8 mos · Singapore

• Managing various APAC People Projects and Change Management Programs.
• Designed strategic programs, performance management and career development programs and delivered learning solutions
• Delivered in-person classroom training (90min) on various HR / L&D to XFN teams
• Delivered Stripe 101 (onboarding programs) "operating principals" & "who is Stripe" , OP Fireside Chats, Mentorship Circles to XFN teams across APAC
• Hosted roundtable discussions on complex performance management situations and local processes for restructuring exercises with the senior Leadership team
• Special projects such as setting up the new Service Delivery Team in India
• Partnered with Legal counsel on People processes including performance management, exit surveys, creation of employment letters, audits
• Implemented DEIB plan from EMEA International team to APAC
• Stakeholder management: partnered with regional key stakeholders to deliver key professional development offerings, XFN teams and leads across the regions
• Leveraged data to provide insights, ensure continuous program improvements and effectiveness by gathering feedback and surveys, worked as a consultative advisor in a highly ambiguous, rapid pace organisation.
• Conducted investigations into allegations of violations policies, local law and policies to ensure fair treatment of all employees.
• Advised stakeholders on local investigation processes and support on local disciplinary processes
• Achievements:
• Up Levelled in June 2022 as part of the top 1% of the Talent to be Up-Levelled in APAC
• Demonstrated communication and facilitation, consulting, collaboration and change management skills
• Extensive experience leading complex projects related to learning & development in a highly matrixed organization
• Worked as a consultative advisor with senior partners in a high-touch environment with ambiguity, change, and rapid pace

Feb 2021 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Singapore

• Recruiting Asia Pacific's "first in region" Strategic Leaders by partnering with senior executive stakeholders across the North America and EMEA regions.
• During this time I had successfully partnered with the business to help appoint:
• The APAC Head of Risk, Finance Systems Engineering Lead, Head of Treasury, Head of Capital, Head of Credit, Head of User Policy, Head of Onboarding Policy, Merchant Policy Strategists, Enterprise Risk Management Lead, Market Risk Lead, Head of Fraud and Analytics, Head of Service Delivery Operations (India), Head of Trust and Safety, APAC Risk Strategists, Product Risk Strategists, APAC Tax Lead, Global Head of Strategy & Operations and the Head of APAC Talent.
• Completed the executive search from sourcing to onboarding the talent for Asia Pacific.
• Global Stakeholder Management
• Managed, evaluated, and developed innovative search strategies across diverse executive appointments.
• Ambassador for Stripe to support Diversity, Equality and Inclusion initiatives.
• Partnered with internal and external suppliers and communities to roll out the functions.
• Leveraged data across quarterly metrics from time-to-fill, cost per hire, diverse candidate slates, top of funnel, candidate pipelines, market insights, competitor analysis and implementing continuous improvement concepts.

Jan 2020 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Singapore

• Hiring diverse SWE technical talent such as Technical Lead, Senior Software Development Engineers for Singapore (APAC), London (EMEA) and North America's Meta (Facebook) offices.
• Global Talent Acquisition for Go-to market, Digital Sales, Marketing, Market Science, Business Strategy, Business Consulting and SWE Technology Leads within APAC Region.
• At Meta (Facebook) My role included Recruiting on Global Marketing Solutions (India) by growing the newly created Small Business Group team. Successfully managed to secure high volume, bulk-hires for Meta's India office including Level 4 Program Managers and Account Managers.
• Later in the year, Technical SWE recruitment for EMEA, North America and Singapore regions. Focused on acquiring talent in Systems Engineering, Product Development, Software Development Engineering evergreen pipeline.
• Role focus : working closely with Engineering Leads at Instagram - NYC office, WhatsApp - LON office, Messenger - SFO office, to help acquire the top SWE talent that can continue to service at scale over 3 Billion users everyday.

May 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Drove key initiatives within highly experienced team of Senior Key Account Managers, Recruitment Consultants, Delivery Team and Candidate Relationship Managers across Hays Accountancy & Finance and Technology Recruitment area, within Commerce and Industry Sector as well as client account Google.
• Deliver conversion & growth initiative plans for targeted Singapore key accounts.
• Building strong relationships and improving business processes by critical thinking, multi tasking, market mapping for talent as well as suitable organisations and various stakeholder contacts within existing organisations, hunting for top talent as well as top opportunities, maintaining third party vendor relationships with RPO and MSP clients by following service level agreements, performance matrix as well as best hiring practices.
• Design and implement sourcing strategies, talent management, talent pipeline, and collaboration of recruitment specialists with relevant business partners and external stakeholders, utilising traditional sourcing methods as well as new edge technology such as Artificial Intelligence, application tracking systems and various talent portals such as workday, taleo, fieldglass, smarttrack, greenhouse, snaphire etc to attract more targeted sourcing channels, find and engage talent, track application and maintain talent pools. Tracking contractor payroll and timesheets on various systems to ensure contractor payment are correctly tracked by MOM guidelines.
• Continuous coaching and development to the team to up skill competencies internally, advising external stakeholders on recruitment best practice by promoting diversity and inclusion at work place. Attracting top talent by promoting employer branding on social media platforms, retaining talent with employee engagement strategies.
• Ensure compliance with Hays code of conduct, policies, procedures and guidelines as well as relevant Singapore regulations are followed.

Aug 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Operating out of Auckland offices, managing multiple divisions of Contact Centres, and Office Support, previously Sales & Marketing. High volume recruitment, Onboarding internal and external talent, performance improvement programmes as well as performance improvement plans for various team members.
• Highlight of my career at HAYS includes managing a Temporary / Contracting Portfolio and achieving over NZD $500,000 in revenue, by becoming the member of "HAYS HALF A MILLION CLUB".
• Snapshot of my career highlights are:
• 2015/2016: Promoted to Business Manager to manage Hays Sales & Marketing, Office Support, Contact Centres. Contact Centre business grew at 200% + YOY.
• 2016/2017: Led the team by being in the TOP 5 Consultant within New Zealand businesses.

Nov 2009 – Jul 2015 · 5 yrs 8 mos

• Team Manager at Hays Corporate Division, Auckland.
• Managing various divisions such as: Senior Finance, Office Support, Customer Service, Accounting Support - Permanent and Temporary portfolio
• Implement, monitor, forecast on growth and key initiatives as well as managing day to day activity by interpreting results in commercial terms. Define activities with KPIs/ Sales/ Account Management/ and Relationship Building strategies.
• Ensure achievement of resources utilization rate, customer satisfactory level, excellent quality delivery practices (On-time Delivery), customer satisfaction surveys to reflect on continuous improvement on processes and outcomes.
• Snapshot of my career highlights are:
• 2014/ 2015: Took over the Operational Recruiting team management in Auckland. Successfully turned around a high volume business that was declining YOY by high level individual billings to re-enter 'half million club'. Individually Contributed 50% of the revenue alone out of a team of three.
• Year-To-Date growing the business including Senior Finance, Office Support & Accounting Support at +56%.
• Direct reports include Senior Recruitment Consultants, Associate Consultants and Recruitment Consultants.
• This role was KPI'd by tendering and winning for preferred supplier business, servicing the existing businesses under the preferred suppliers agreement, driving the business growth by 50%, Coaching and hiring and selection of internal recruitment staff, managing the team of consultants, consulting clients & candidates with market knowledge expertise. Focusing across industry sectors such as: Construction, Property, FMCG, Manufacturing, Automotive, Corporate Services, Finance, Government, Eduction and Freight & Logistics.

Dec 2007 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Zealand

• As an Account Manager I provided skilled and qualified professionals from Helpdesk Support Analysts
• to Chief Information Technology Officer permanent and contracting opportunities in Auckland, New Zealand. Industries included : SME to Enterprise Corporate accounts, Government accounts and CPG accounts.
• Major Achievements in this role are:
• Solely recruited for a Chief Information Officer (CIO) role with a successful Executive
• Search Placement for an Enterprise Utilities industry.

Jun 2006 – Dec 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos · (Select Australasia, Vedior Asia Pacific)

• Randstad Staffing Contact Centre division previously known as Select Teleresources, specialising in Customer service and Contact Centre roles. As a Temporary consultant, I was providing high volume temporary staff with in the Government and FMCG sector.