A first-ever – the awards celebrates the region's best
HRD today revealed winners of the inaugural HRD Awards Asia.
Over 15 high-profile awards were snapped up by the most outstanding HR professionals, companies and teams from across the region.
Each category also saw several Excellence Awards, won by industry leaders worth celebrating.
“The year has been eventful to say the least and all the winners have showcased great HR leadership and impressive best practices,” said Justin Kennedy, the APAC managing director at Key Media, publisher of HRD Asia. “The winners are well-deserved. Congratulations to all!”
The winners of HRD Awards Asia 2020 are as follows:
HR Director of the Year
• Dundy Deng, Wharf Hotels Management
Excellence Awards
• Brian Fischer, Intel
• Rajesh Hurkat, Mattel Inc
• Neha Pareek, IBM
• James Sun, Quincus
HR Manager of the Year
• Tina Mahtani, Quincus
Excellence Awards
• Ratnanjali Arora, PwC
• Soumya Roy Choudhury, PwC
• Swee Lin Kee, Intel
• Kanchana Thakur, Pepsico International
HR Rising Star of the Year
• Vanessa Chu, Wharf Hotels Management
Excellence Awards
• Atish Bhattacharya, Greenlam Industries
• Bishnu Bista, Bottlers Nepal
• Tracy Tan, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Kanchana Thakur, Pepsico International
HR Team of the Year (≤ 1000)
• Beam Suntory Asia Pacific HR team
Excellence Awards
• Bottlers Nepal - Human Resources Team
• LVMH - South East Asia HR Team
• Pure International
• TBWA Singapore HR Team
HR Team of the Year (> 1000)
• Intel - Greater Asia Region HR
Excellence Awards
• Aviva
• Marina Bay Sands HR Team
• Marsh Asia Human Resources Team
• Vodafone
Employer of Choice (1 - 99 Employees)
• PSB Technology Services, Inc
Excellence Awards
• Quincus
Employer of Choice (100 - 999 Employees)
• Vodafone
Excellence Awards
• ARA Asset Management
• Beam Suntory Asia
• Clairvoyant India
• Randstad
Employer of Choice (> 1000 employees)
• Lenovo Asia Pacific
Excellence Awards
• Aviva
• Marina Bay Sands
• Societe Generale
Best Graduate Development Program
• Marsh Asia
Best Health & Well-being Program
• ARA Asset Management
Excellence Awards
• Bloomberg LP
• Lenovo Central Asia Pacific
• Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
• Vodafone
Best Leadership Development Program
• PT Badak NGL (Badak LNG)
Excellence Awards
• ECOS India Mobility & Hospitality - Saksham Program - Our Road to Success!
• Volvo Group - Exploration for Emerging Leaders
• Wharf Hotels Management
Best Learning & Development Program
• Aviva
Excellence Awards
• ECOS India Mobility & Hospitality - Chaffeur Training & Engagement Program
• Lenovo Asia Pacific
• Societe Generale
• Wharf Hotels Management
Best Recruitment Campaign
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Excellence Awards
• Beam Suntory
Best Reward & Recognition Program
• Lenovo - AP Rewards Program
Excellence Awards
• ECOS India Mobility & Hospitality - Rewards & Recognition Program
Best Use of Technology
• Standard Chartered
Excellence Awards
• Metro Pacific Investment Corp.
• PT Badak NGL (Badak LNG)
• PT. Kemira Chemicals Indonesia
• Randstad
Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Program
• Beam Suntory Asia
Excellence Awards
• Aviva
• Intel Greater Asia Region HR
• Lenovo - AP WILL Program
• Vodafone
Best Workplace Flexibility Program
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Excellence Awards
• Avon Cosmetics, Inc.
• Marsh Asia
• Metro Pacific Investment Corp.
Click here for the full list of winners.