2021 JUDGE’S PROFILE

John T W Tan
Vice President, Human Resources, South-East Asia
Millennium Hotels & Resorts
John is the Vice President Human Resources South-East Asia of Millennium Hotels & Resorts – one of the largest hotel owners and operators in the world as well as Singapore’s largest international hotel group.
Over the past 2 decades, he particularly indulges in his corporate hobby of disrupting status quo, turning moments into movements and weaving in winning philosophies at high-growth enterprises across the globe. He has a wide background in building and leading agile HR organizations as well as accelerating successful strategic change, organization development and business turnaround. The opportunity to drive thought leadership and advocate leading topics and megatrends in the fields of strategic transformation and future of work never ceases to excite him. John sat on National Tripartite Committees that championed productivity and innovation for Singapore’s hospitality landscape. He also regularly gets front-row seat to action with industry trailblazers setting the key note and contributing my views at strategic roundtables, conferences, media engagements and columns.
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