2021 JUDGE’S PROFILE
Lekha George
Head – People and Communities, ASEAN and Korea
Cisco Systems
Lekha George is the Head of People and Communities for ASEAN and Korea at Cisco Systems. She has multinational and multicultural experience across Asia, Middle East and Europe in human resources including business partnering, compensation and benefits, employee relations, learning and development.
Her passion lies in leveraging people strategies that help business accelerate and grow.
She believes that the magic sauce for the thriving and successful company of the future lie in its transformational leadership; conscious culture that embraces innovation, diversity and inclusion; talent agility and workplace where teams are truly empowered, connected, have each other’s backs and play to their strengths.
Cisco Systems, world leader in technology and #1 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2021, creates a culture where people are conscious, empowered and accountable. Our aim is to create opportunity for people, empower communities,
and protect the planet.
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Jasmine Bok
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Synnette Ng
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