Darwinbox Celebrates the First Edition of Its Annual '40 Under 40 Asia HR Leaders' Award 2022

SINGAPORE,Feb. 28,2023 --Darwinbox launched the first edition of its 40 Under 40 Asia HR Leaders 2022 annual awards,with Mercer (Knowledge Partner),to celebrate 40 exemplary HR leaders in the APAC region. The winners were announced in an online award ceremony on the 24th of February.

‘40 Under 40 Asia HR Leaders’ presented by Darwinbox

Many eminent HR leaders graced the event; the keynote address was delivered by Josh Bersin,world-renowned HR industry analyst,educator,thought leader,and other HR fraternity stalwarts in Southeast Asia,who shared their wisdom on HR evolution in today's volatile environment.

Speaking on the occasion,Jayant Paleti,Co-founder of Darwinbox,said,"While these awards are about applauding the efforts of 40 amazing HR leaders that have been at the heart of organizational transformation,the aim is also bigger – to build a community of changemakers. This is our humble attempt and a first step in that direction."

Speaking on the partnership Puneet Swani,Sr. Partner,Career Business Leader – AMEA & Pacific,Mercer,"When we started talking about the partnership,what we were looking at is assessing these leaders as objectively as possible,so we got the Mercer's Mettl platform and the leadership assessment for credible and objective scores,and we have also got the human touch and subjective angle with the jury scores."

The application process started in August 2022 and was concluded in October with 250 applications. After jury deliberation and a leadership assessment test by Mercer,the winners were decided. The jury panel consisted of:

Gaik Bee Khoo,Director,Axiata Group Berhad

Parnsiree Amatayakul,Former Managing Director,IBM

Puneet Swani,Mercer (Singapore)

Chaitanya Peddi,Co-founder,Darwinbox

The winners are from Singapore,Thailand,Indonesia,the Philippines,Malaysia,and Vietnam.

Winners:

Mohd. Afifi Zahari,CARSOME,Malaysia

Suryo Sasono,Bukalapak,Indonesia

Marco Angelo Padernal,Robinsons Retail,Philippines

Nurhidayah Che Mohamed,Telekom Malaysia

Shaun Wong,Makro Group,Thailand

Effi Zhāng,Think Academy,Singapore

Sophia Liew,SearchGuru,Malaysia

Pitichai Dejprasertsri,Minor Food,Thailand

Shruti Anna Koshy,Zilingo,Singapore

Stavia Dexterina,Nokia,Indonesia

Suchi Sethi,Google,Singapore

Hieu Tran,Elanco,Vietnam

Ayu Anditry Carmina,Bukuwarung,Indonesia

Andre Matius,PT Indodev Niaga Internet,Indonesia

Faye V. Catapang,UCC,Philippines

Anu Anand,Google Cloud,Asia pacific,Singapore

Narong Auysawat,Onyx- hospitality,Thailand

Khairul Afif Zainuddin,Pertamina,Indonesia

Rina Faqih,GG Foods,Indonesia

Andrew Tan,Wantedly,Singapore

Joselito Ereno,Ayala Foundation,Philippines

Aresty Andini,Dagangan,Indonesia

Alka Gupta,Indonesia

Cornelius Pantow,ESB,Indonesia

Susan Chen,Riot Games,Singapore

Miggy Zaballero,Management strategies -Asia,Philippines

Ahmad Yusuf Ahmad Saharullah,Jobtiviti,Malaysia

Georgia Bicos,Malayan,Philippines

Alvien Khairullah,Vidio,Indonesia

Angga Bastian,Moladin,Indonesia

Disa Novianty,Kalla Group,Indonesia

Dhananjay Kumar,Cars24,Indonesia

Wandhana Wibawa,Bobobox,Indonesia

Angelina Siahaan,Lion Parcel,Indonesia

Vincent Benedicto,SMDC,Philippines

Aleksandr Ptitsyn,MoMo (M_Service),Vietnam

Jenni Lim,Semperit,Singapore

Denise Jo,Ralali.com - B2B Marketplace,Indonesia

Melissa Weng,Traveloka,Indonesia

Shyam Sundar Ramasamy,Sterra Tech Pte ltd,Singapore

Darwinbox,a cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) system and the fastest growing HR Tech unicorn,caters to an organization's HR needs across the entire employee lifecycle. It is trusted by over 750 enterprises across 90 countries and used by over 2 million employees.

Learn more at www.darwinbox.com