2024 JUDGE'S PROFILE

Ilja Rijnen

Phil Wells

Head of People, Development & Learning – Asia Pacific

L’Oréal Travel Retail
With a career of almost 25 years in HR, Phil brings a passion for Leadership, Coaching, full spectrum end-to-end Human Resources, Organisational Design and Development as well has his strengths and successes in Change, Transformation and Culture.

Phil’s L’Oréal journey began in 2015 as the Head of Human Resources for L’Oréal Luxury division for Australia and New Zealand. 4 years later, Phil moved with L’Oréal to Hong Kong for an Asia Pacific HR scope with focus on organisation design and large-scale talent development programmes across 10 markets. For the last 2 years, Phil has been based in Singapore to spearhead initiatives across the region growing People, Development and Learning for L’Oréal.

Phil’s has grown his career as a champion enabling teams to create significant meaningful value for themselves and their customers. He is passionate about finding, connecting, and nurturing talents for the future with a collective-growth mindset, emphasised importantly with a balanced proximity to the business and a proximity to the people.

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