Willis PHUA

Group HR Director | EHSS

YHS (Singapore)

Willis Phua is a multi-national group executive with almost 20 years of management experience, having taken on senior operational and functional leadership roles in HK, Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Willis is currently the global HR head for Yeo Hiap Seng. With a corporate history that extends more than 120 years, Yeo’s is a F&B conglomerate that is headquartered in Singapore with a global network that spans Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and Oceanic regions.

Prior to that, Willis spent 15 years with Jardine Schindler Group, taking on various senior leadership roles across the region. JSG is a Joint Venture between Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong and Schindler Group of Switzerland.

Willis obtained his executive education with Harvard Business School and is a member of the Harvard Alumni.

In his private capacity, Willis sits on the Board of Emerging Market Entrepreneurs, an incubator fund. In addition, he is also a Board Member of BSB, a non-profit organisation dedicated to building schools across Myanmar.