Olam

Responsible for providing leadership to the human resources function globally across more than 60 countries. Over the last ten years the Human Resources function has played a key role in the expansion of Olam which has grown in this period from a privately held company with 2500 employees to a publicly listed company with more than 40,000 employees. On the talent front, Olam has been recognized with multiple awards. More significantly, Olam’s leadership practices have been recognized as being amongst the Fortune Top 25 Global Companies for Leaders for the year 2010 as per the study conducted by Hewitt Associates in association with Fortune magazine. Olam is the first and only company in Singapore to make both the APAC and Global Top Companies List for Leaders. The company has also been identified as the recipient of the award on innovative HR practices at the Singapore Human Capital Summit 2012 being one amongst 43 other companies from the region (Asia Pacific). Olam is today a leading global supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients. Key Responsibilities include: • Building organization capability to enable the company to grow in excess of 27% CAGR to reach a profit after tax of USD 1 billion • Mergers and Acquisitions integration • Acquiring and integrating global talent. • Partnering with Business Heads to build leadership pipeline for growth • Building key competencies in new business areas • Institution building – values, systems, processes • Provide leadership to a senior team of H R leaders in different geographies and in the corporate office in Singapore.

Olam Group, a US$40+ billion Fortune 500 company, is a global leader in food and agri-business, supplying food, ingredients, feed and fibre to thousands of customers worldwide including world famous brands. With 170+ manufacturing facilities & 15 innovation centres, Olam’s value chain spans over 60 countries to include farming, origination, trading, processing and distribution. • Spearheaded industry leading technology and digital transformation strategy for 10x business growth. • Built 10+ digital technology platforms/products to drive disintermediation, ecommerce, value chain efficiency, and digitized business ecosystem. • Successful spin-off of IT business model for enhanced value creation. • Seamlessly integrated 100+ M&As/carve-outs, including a complex US$ 1.3 billion single deal. • Designed a unique demerger architecture to capitalize on economies of scale while minimizing dis- synergies. • Built high-performance global teams from the ground-up with a cost-efficient operating model. • Possess specialized expertise in tough markets such as Africa.