The Adrian Tan Show

SThree [ https://www.sthree.com/en-gb/ ] Regional Director, Alena Salakhova [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alenasalakhova/ ] has over a decade of experience within recruitment across the world and has developed a good understanding of various markets, specialisms as well as the art of headhunting. SThree is the global STEM-specialist talent partner that connects sought-after specialists in life sci...

Chew Siew Mee [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/siew-mee-chew-89970215b/ ] is the Managing Director of JobStreet Singapore [ https://www.jobstreet.com.sg/ ]. In her role, Siew Mee is responsible for leading and driving the business' growth and operations while building on the company's success and presence throughout the Southeast Asia region. A veteran in the recruitment industry, Siew Mee has over t...

Andy Ng [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-ng-107343/ ] is the Vice-President and Managing Director for Asia South and Pacific region at Veritas Technologies [ https://www.veritas.com/ ]. In this role, he is responsible for leading Veritas' overall business strategy, sales operations and continuous growth across ASEAN and Pacific region. Prior to Veritas, Andy was with Symantec Corporation. He was...

Lindsay Brown [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsayabrown/ ] is the Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific for GoTo [ https://www.goto.com/ ]. He leads the strategy, performance and ongoing evolution of the regional business. His career spans 20+ years in Information Technology, where he has a successful track record in scaling start-ups, developing emerging brands and growing establis...

Raphael Ng [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wahchun/ ] is an ex-ballerino who had spent decades dancing before making the life-changing decision to venture into the world of hedge funds. The dancer has come a long way to become a fund manager at Salzworth Asset Management [ https://salzworth.com/ ]. Born to professional dancers, Raphael started taking ballet lessons at the young age of four and event...

Edward Senju [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiroshisenju/ ] is the Regional Chief Executive Officer at Sansan [ https://www.sansan.com/ ] Inc. Sansan provides an ever-expanding suite of software tools that serve as business infrastructure and drive digital transformation. Its two mainstay B2B products are the namesake "Sansan", a cloud-based contact management tool for corporations and a cloud-base...

Theodoric Chew [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodoricchew/ ] is the Co-founder & CEO of Intellect [ https://intellect.co/ ], Asia Pacific's largest employee mental health benefits company that provides comprehensive mental healthcare for leading workforces and consumers. Before Intellect, Theodoric dropped out of Raffles Institution at 16 and started his entrepreneurship journey when he founded a...

Jaslyn Ng [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaslynng/ ] is a former Compensation & Benefits leader at companies such as DHL, Sodexo, Coca-Cola, Du Pont and Archroma. In 2017, she took the leap of faith in joining the insurance industry after rejecting a quarter million package to become a Global HR Director. This happened due to the relapse of a health condition as well as suffering from the mother's...

Leong CheeTung [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheetung/ ] is the CEO of EngageRocket [ https://www.engagerocket.co/ ], the fastest-growing Asian people analytics tech company that helps businesses improve talent retention and productivity. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he was Regional Director of Gallup in Southeast Asia. He read Economics at the University of Cambridge and has an MA in Politica...

Joyita Poddar [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyitapoddar/ ] is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Livspace [ https://www.livspace.com/sg ]. She brings to the company over two decades of experience in human resources having worked with companies like Sabre Corporation, eBay Inc., Star India Pvt Ltd, Piramal Enterprises and Saint Gobain in the past. Her key specializations are in the field of orga...

Felix Tan [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-tan-skilio/ ] is the co-founder & CEO of Skilio [ http://www.skilio.co/ ], an edtech startup that helps youth build up future-ready skill sets that are attractive to employers. As a student entrepreneur, Felix started Skilio in his freshman year in university and has since helped the startup grow 11x in average recurring revenue and 14x increase in use...

Samantha Ng [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziqisamanthang/ ] is an international certified behavioural and career consultant and a certified career services provider. She has spent the past ten years working with thousands of professionals, graduates and undergraduates in Asia and Singapore on personal development and career charting. She scouts for upcoming and future trends that will allow her cl...

As the cheerleader of changing the way people learn, he works with the government, corporates, universities, and startups to build a modern learning experience for the changing workforce. Find him writing on the future of work and learning, speaking and lecturing on scaling culture at hypergrowth organizations, and occasionally illustrating for the world of NFTs. Will Fan [ https://www.linkedin.co...

Antoinette Patterson [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/antopatterson/ ] is the co-founder of trusted B2B2C digital mental healthcare provider Safe Space™ [ https://safespace.sg/ ]. With 11 years of startup experience and an avid mental health advocate, Safe Space™ combines her love for technology and positive social change. What we discussed: * Her burnt out during the days in advertising and how it l...

As a Global Executive and Leadership Coach, Steven Lock [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevensylock/ ] runs Executive Leadership Coaching International [ https://www.elc-i.com/ ] to help Senior Executives and Leaders overcome challenges associated with leadership, motivation, engagement, and performance. His passion is to help senior leaders and executives become even more effective leaders and rea...

Shaswat Kumar [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaswatkumar/ ] is the Senior VP, Global Customer Success and Delivery for Darwinbox [ https://darwinbox.com/ ], where he helps accelerate the drive to value realization for large and medium enterprise customers, building the leading HCM provider's reputation as a trusted advisor for its 600+ customers, and accelerating the company's global expansion. In...

Sanjeev Magotra [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-magotra-6ba3ab/ ] is a Digital, AI and Cloud technologist, with over 27 years of leadership experience with companies like Accenture and IBM. Over his career, he has led diverse teams and managed regional technology businesses. He has been living in Singapore for over 21 years. Prior to this, he has lived in Australia and India. He is a thought...

Daniel Goldstein [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgoldstein2/ ] is the founder and CEO of Elements Talent Consultancy [ http://www.weareelements.io/ ]. He founded the business in 2009 and first piloted the concept of Embedded Talent Consultancy roughly five years later. He is a passionate advocate of the true value of excellent talent acquisition professionals and is on a mission to change perc...

This episode marks the end of my season 2 and summarizes the things I learned after putting out 70+ episodes over 1,000 minutes. Will there be a season 3? Listen to the full episode to find out. The 🎤 I use for most of the episodes: Samson Q2U [ http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/microphones/usb-microphones/q2u/ ] 🎧 Audio editing software: Descript [ https://www.descript.com/ ] Recording...

Bjorn Lee [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornlee/ ] is the Founder and CEO of MindFi [ https://www.mindfi.co/ ], a corporate mental wellness company. A serial entrepreneur and technology executive with experience in Asia and the US, he has a strong track record of building businesses and products globally. Previously, Bjorn served as the Head of Product Innovation at Zopim ($ZEN) in 2014. Prior to...

Rick Hammell [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-hammell-sphr-56419648/ ] is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Elements Global Services [ https://elementsgs.com/ ]. He has extensive experience in HR having served as a Director of Human Resources and Chief Operating Officer before launching his own business. Under his leadership, Elements Global Services has pioneered a new business model for...

Alex Martin [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderrjmartin/]is the VP of Sales for SeeMeCV [ https://seemecv.com/ ] – a SaaS based HR Technology platform that specialises in Virtual Fairs, Video CVs, Career Portals and Virtual Coaching. Alex has spent over a decade working in HR, both in Global Mobility, as well as 7 years managing recruitment teams in Singapore and China, across several function...

Dr. Wolfram Jost [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfram-jost-11b47212a/ ] has been a member of the imc [ https://www.im-c.com/ ] AG Executive Board since April 2019. His particular focus was on API management, Internet of Things (IoT), application development, application integration and business transformation. --- Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review [ https://podcasts.a...

Craig Brown [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigwbrown/ ] is the CEO of Everest Engineering, one of Australia's most respected software development agencies listed by BOSS Magazine and the Australian Financial Review as one of the "Best Places to Work". Everest [ https://everest.engineering/ ] is at the forefront of modern software product development practices, valuing mastery, collaboration, and...

Arun Sundar [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arun-sundar-2290237/ ] is the Chief Marketing Officer at entomo. entomo [ https://entomo.co/ ] is a modern performance management software built for the 'future of work.' Powering 30mn+ users, entomo enables 'enterprises of tomorrow' to drive performance by aligning goals and nudging actionable insights to distributed & remote teams. In his personal capaci...