2020 JUDGE’S PROFILE

Kumar Abhishek

VP, People Lead APAC
S&P Global

Dr Kumar leads the APAC people function for S&P Global and is responsible to drive the regional people agenda. He has two decades of HR experience having lived and worked in India, Malaysia, Australia, UK and Singapore. His holistic exposure in all facets of HR makes him a well-rounded professional and has worked with global firms like BP, Bank of America, Barclays Capital and Standard Chartered.

Dr Kumar is passionate about HRM and has six years’ experience in teaching executive MBA participants for University of Bradford, UK and Southern Cross University, Australia as adjunct faculty. 

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Jon Lim

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