| 9:05 AM |
Keynote speech: The Future of Talent Management |
 Dr. Gian Tu Trung
Founder & Chairman of PACE Institute of Management
Dr. Gian Tu Trung is the Founder and Chairman of PACE Institute of Management. He is also the President of IRED Institute of Education in Vietnam. He currently serves as Vice President of Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Foundation.
Dr. Gian has led the establishment and development of a number of non-profit education projects, including Annual GoodBooks Award, IPL Scholarship for Young Leaders, OpenEdu Initiative for Self-Leaners, TopSkills Education for University Students, and PLEMS Education for School Students.
He is also the author of “In Search of The Truth – A Perspective on Enlightenment of Our Time” (Đúng Việc – Một góc nhìn về câu chuyện khai minh) book.
Gian Tu Trung holds an International Master in Development Studies (IMAS) from The Graduate Institute Geneva. He holds a Doctoral degree in Education from National Institute of Education Singapore (NIE), and a Doctoral degree in Education from Institute of Education, University College London (UCL). |
| 9:35 AM |
Panel discussion: Creating Speak Up Culture |
 Ms. Michele Wee
CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam
A seasoned banker with over 25 years industry experience, Michele joined Standard Chartered in 2011 as Global Head of E-commerce Sales to build an e-commerce business distribution channel for the Bank’s Financial Markets (FM) clients. Prior to her appointment as CEO of Vietnam, she was the Head of FM for Singapore, Australia, and Brunei, in which she was responsible for the development and execution of these markets’ FM strategy. |
 Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy
HR Director, MoMo
Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy an HR professional with more than 13 years of experience working with domestic and foreign firms.
Currently the HR Director at MoMo (A representative of Vietnam in the top 50 Global Fintech Companies The only Vietnamese representative selected for Best Companies to Work for in Asia)
Former HR Director of iCare Vietnam.
Former Head of Recruitment and Strategic HRBP of Home Credit Vietnam |
 Ms. Hang Nguyen
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Nguyen Thuy Hang is a Partner in Baker McKenzie’s Ho Chi Minh city office. Her practice focuses on Employment and Labor, Compliance and Investigation, Corporate Restructuring and Reorganization, and general M&A. She is one of the few Vietnamese lawyers dually admitted to practice law in New York State and Vietnam. Ms. Nguyen has been assisting in various compliance investigation and advice. During her 13 years with Baker McKenzie, she has worked in the Vietnam, Barcelona and London offices. Ms. Hang Nguyen is a Governor of the Board of Governors of American Chamber of Commerce, Ho Chi Minh City Chapter, and Board Liaison of HR Committee. |
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 Mr. Andree Mangels
General Manager, ManpowerGroup Vietnam
I began my career in the HR services industry in 2006, three years after arriving in Asia. From being a recruitment consultant to leadership positions, I have contributed to and led the success of various global HR services firms.
I take pride in providing high-quality services and tailor-made innovative (digital) HR solutions that help my clients succeed in their respective markets.
As a certified coach and strong believer in emotional intelligence (EQ) leadership, I am passionate about building and developing winning teams, nurturing talents and creating work happiness, with the outcome of superior business results.
In June 2022, I joined ManpowerGroup as General Manager, Vietnam. Currently, I am overseeing all business activities and operations (150+ employees) with offices in HCMC and Hanoi, including recruitment, headhunting, payroll & staffing, outsourcing and HR solutions & Consulting services. |
| 11:05 AM |
Presentation 1: The Future of Leadership Development |
 Ms. Britney Cole
Associate VP, Blanchard Global
Britney Cole is Associate Vice President, Solutions Architecture and Innovation Strategy at The Ken Blanchard Companies®. She creates an atmosphere of excitement and forward thinking for clients who want to rethink what it truly means to unleash the potential and power in people and organizations for the greater good.
With more than 15 years’ experience in organization development, performance improvement, and corporate training across all roles, Britney brings a pragmatic and diverse perspective to the way adults desire to learn on the job. She comes to clients with a lens of who they are solving for first and foremost. Britney focuses on human-centric solutions, bringing design thinking and agile methodologies to her work and clients to create innovative, relevant, and meaningful experiences that then generate business impact.
She works hands-on with the latest and emerging technologies, including augmented reality, virtual reality, mobile apps, curation platforms, social collaboration, chatbots, and microlearning. She and her teams have helped organizations with platform selection for leadership development solutions as well as implementation, integration, content curation, and custom development.
Britney forges lasting partnerships by focusing her practitioner mindset and ability to think big on emerging technologies, learning experience design, and digital leadership development that blend with and complement the human connection. She is a published author and speaks regularly for learning and HR conferences.
Britney earned her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Colorado State University and her Master’s degree in Educational Technology from San Diego State University. |
| 2:05 PM |
Presentation 2: Human Development |
 Mr. Tuan Nguyen
Head of People and Culture, NAB Innovation Center Vietnam
Nguyen Minh Tuan is currently Head of People and Culture at NAB Innovation Centre Vietnam.
Tuan has equipped himself with years of solid experience holding senior HR leadership roles across fields of expertise in various industries, handling the full spectrum of HR from building the strategies to driving the effectiveness of the execution. Tuan possesses a strong sense of business acumen and insights which enable him to partner effectively with business leaders and provide impactful HR solutions aligning with business strategies. In addition, his exposure to different work locations in Vietnam combined with the regional coverage experience across several countries in the Asia region enables him to be an open-minded leader with a strong belief in diversity and inclusion.
Prior to NAB Innovation Centre Vietnam, Tuan was holding different positions:
- HR Director, Mainland Southeast Asia, Avery Dennison;
- Head of Human Resources, Fushan Technology Vietnam (formerly known as Microsoft Mobile Vietnam);
- HR Business Manager, Microsoft Japan;
- Rewards Manager, Microsoft Mobile Vietnam;
- Several HR and Manufacturing positions, Intel Products Vietnam.
Tuan is known as an efficient team leader driving results through active engagement, mentoring, and coaching direct and indirect team members. Tuan holds a Bachelor degree in Business English from the University of Hoa Sen, and the Executive MBA degree from the University of Hawaii.
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| 2:35 PM |
Panel discussion: The Future of DEI – Ensuring Inclusion |
 Mr. Dan Bass
Solutions Director, Blanchard Vietnam & SHRM Instructor
Dan has had more than 25 years in Human Resources, with extensive experience in Talent Management and Learning & Development. He has also provided consulting services to multinational companies, including many Fortune 500 clients. Clients enjoy the good wealth of experience and expertise that Dan offers, and his exceptional passion about improving business skills for people with a focus on how to help clients translate the learning into sustainable practices at work.
Previously, Dan has held leadership positions in various organizations, including being the Head of Talent Development for Siemens China and the Learning Solutions Director for Mercer. Dan developed talent development programs including performance management process, succession planning, talent review, high potential development, mentoring programs, and assessment centers. Additionally, he worked with various HR subject matter experts to design and develop HR knowledge and learning solutions for teams and organizations.
Dan is currently the Solution Director of Blanchard Vietnam, and a faculty member at PACE Institute of Management. |
| Ms. Hong Nguyen
General Director, HR2B
After graduation from University, I have worked in the Hospitality industry for almost 03 years in a customer services role. In 1996, I joined Merck & Co., a US pharmaceutical company as Executive Assistant to General Manager. In 2000, I have transferred to HR role to in charge general HR for Vietnam; Starting early 2003, I have moved to HR management level in various industries of Advertising and Retail.
In November 2005, I joined HR2B as Branch Manager Hanoi and successfully set up the office and Search team there. In 2007, I returned to HCMC to lead and develop this larger Search team. In July 2010, HR2B acquired the Contracting service business from Navigos Group, my role changed to Business Development Director. In January 2015 my role changed again as I accepted the position of Managing Director HR2B Global, the
retained search business.
As an active member of Amcham HR Committee, Eurocham, and the Vietnam HR Group, HR Association in Vietnam, I have developed and maintained a strong network in the HR and business community nationwide Viet Nam. |
 Mr. Phan Vu Hoang
Tax Partner, Deloitte Vietnam Chief Talent Officer
Hoang is the Tax Partner and Chief Talent Officer of Deloitte Vietnam. Hoang has 25 years of experience in international tax planning, tax advisory, tax controversy, tax compliance, as well as strategic finance and business advisory services to the needs of multinational businesses operating in Vietnam in a wide variety of industries such as consumer, banking and financial services, trading, real estate, manufacturing, oil & gas, and telecom.
Hoang has led various tax initiatives for MNE’s operations in Vietnam, as well as group structuring and due diligence for foreign investors and foreign invested entities in Vietnam.
Hoang actively contributes comments and recommendations to the Ministry of Finance regarding draft tax regulations via the Vietnam Business Forum, Vietnam Tax Consultants Association (VTCA) and other organizations. Hoang regularly speaks at Tax Dialogue event alongside a representative of the Minister of Finance and leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City tax authority.
Hoang is a faculty member of the Deloitte University Asia Pacific and conducts various leadership programme facilitation for Deloitte leaders in the SEA and Asia Pacific. |
| 3:25 PM |
Presentation 3: Building a Remote-first culture |
 Mr. Jason Kan
COO, Virtual Internships
Jason Kan – COO for Virtual Internships, a Sequoia & 500Startups backed EdTech scaleup. He has overseen the People function as Virtual Internships designed and scaled up a remote-first company culture with employees in 20+ countries. The design incorporated remote-first thinking for areas including organizational knowledge management, compensation philosophy, hiring, employee engagement, and learning & development. As an “end to end” operator, he straddles both strategic and hand-ons execution. |
| 4:15 PM |
Presentation 4: Develop GenZ Talent |
 Mr. Daan van Rossum
Chief Executive Officer, FlexOS
Daan van Rossum is the CEO at FlexOS, the platform that helps companies in South-East Asia get people together again in the world of hybrid work. All to help them with their key challenge: to attract, engage and retain the best talent in the market.
He also does this as CEO for Dreamplex, the leading Workplace Experience provider. Dreamplex started in 2015 as a coworking space and has since transformed itself into the leading workplace experience provider; partnering with companies such as Tiki, Topica, PR Newswire, eBay and Samsung.
He does this with a team of over 50 workplace strategy, tech, design, hospitality and employee experience specialists – including the GWA “International Community Manager of the Year 2020.”
Prior to leading FlexOS and Dreamplex, Daan worked as a Regional Strategy & Innovation Director for marketing firm Ogilvy across their Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Singapore, and Ho Chi Minh City offices, after which he ran his own startup. |
| 4:55 PM |
Presentation 5: Science of Personality – Taking Assessements into the Future |
 Mr. Scott Gregory, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Hogan Assessment Systems
As Hogan’s CEO, Scott brings years of expertise in executive selection, development, and succession to his leadership and vision for all aspects of Hogan’s domestic and global business.
Scott was one of the first employees of Hogan Assessment Systems and completed his Ph.D. training under Bob and Joyce Hogan, the firm’s founders. His work on the firm’s foundational assessments led to extensive experience in several global consulting firms and a 12-year stint as vice president of talent management and OD for Pentair, a global manufacturing business, where he was responsible for global management and executive recruiting, selection, development, and succession planning. He returned to Hogan in 2013 to continue to help clients leverage the science of personality.
Scott is a frequent speaker on personality in the workplace, and his thought leadership has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fortune, and other global publications. He has coached CEOs and other executives, consulted with half of the Fortune 100, and worked extensively with personality assessment in North America, South America, Australia, Asia, and Europe. |
Ms. Tran Thi Thu
Ms. Mary Tarnowka