
About The Event
As the country moves toward advancement, HR Leaders find opportunities to improve the methods and tools that they have been using. The goal is to alleviate tasks and manage responsibilities more efficiently. This conference will build a new generation of human resource communities with an invigorating workplace culture.
Join us at the HR Tech Philippines 2023 on June 29th as we spend the whole day immersing in knowledgeable perspectives from astounding regional leaders in the country

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Who should attend?
- President / CEO / COO / CSO
- CHRO/ Group HR Director / GM - HR / VP - HR
- Group HR Director / GM – HR/ VP - HR
- CIO/Group IT Director / GM – IT / VP - IT
- HR Director / IT Director
- Head of L&D / Head of Trainings
- Chief Learning Officer
- Head of HR Technology
- Head of HR / Head of IT
- Head of Talent Management
- Head of Remuneration / compensation & Benefit
- Head of Organizational Development
- Head of Talent Acquisition / Head of Recruitment
- Head of Analytics / Head of Business Intelligence
2023 Speakers
Michelle Rubio
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer
UnionBank
Michelle Rubio holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer at UnionBank of the Philippines. Prior to this, she was the Vice President and the Philippine Country Human Resource, Quality and Corporate Communications Head of the global electrical engineering and power company, Asea Brown Boveri. She was a Senior Consultant at OTi Consulting Singapore where she got involved with government and private organizations in establishing Singapore Quality Class, People Developer, Industry Capability Upgrading (ICAP) certifications, Work Life and Work Redesign. For these capabilities she was certified by SPRING Singapore.
Nerissa Berba
SVP/Head Human Capital Management Group
Security Bank Corporation
Nerissa joined Security Bank in mid April of 2020 as Head of Human Capital Management. Prior to joining SBC, she was the SVP/Head of Human Resources of Hong Kong Shanghai Bank in the Philippines, a role she did for a little more than a year. She spent close to 4 years a HR Director of Deutsche Bank where she headed both the local Human Resources Group and the HR Regional Advisory Team. She was responsible for both the shared services and the Bank as well.
Ruby Jaucian
First Vice President – Transformation
Aboitiz Equity Ventures
Ruby Jaucian is a seasoned HR leader with more than twenty years of professional experience in leadership development, talent management and organization development. She is currently First Vice President of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Transformation Team, focused on helping build the first Philippines’ techglomerate.
Maria Luisa "MaLu" Inofre
Chief People Officer
Aboitiz Power Corporation
As the Chief People Officer, MaLu is at the helm of cultivating an agile and resilient workforce that will drive the transformation of AboitizPower across its businesses in generation, distribution, retail electricity services and potential new businesses. At AboitizPower, its people are key in achieving its 2030 ambition of growing its generation portfolio to a 50:50 balance between its renewable energy and thermal capacities.
Under her leadership, the company continues to power the future of current and future team members with its People@Core program.
Vince Dizon
Chief Human Resources Officer
Procter & Gamble Philippines
Vince Dizon is the country HR leader for Procter & Gamble Philippines.He is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University and today he has had over 20 years of experience in Human Resources.His experiences range from Recruiting, Training, Organizational Effectiveness, Executive Coaching, HR Business partner, Product Supply HR and Country / Site HR leadership.He has also had experience across multiple geographies –11 years of experience in other parts of Asia (Vietnam, China) and he has experience in working in both developing and developed businesses.Vince champions themes such as the Employee Value Equation and Equality and Inclusion.
Ma. Theresa Llamas
Chief Human Resources Officer
Travellers International Hotel Group Inc.
Terri Llamas is a seasoned Human Resources Executive with more than thirty (30) years of proven experience in Human Resources Management gained across regional and global leadership roles in Talent Acquisition, Manpower Planning, Organizational Development, Talent Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits Administration, Labor and Industrial Relations.
Robert Conrad Gonzales
Chief People Officer
Mynt
Robert is the Chief HR Officer of GCash, the #1 Finance App in the Philippines. He has a strong focus in establishing Mynt as a Purpose Driven organization, and making the company an Employer of Choice for talents who want to establish a career in the digital technology space.
He has 27 years of experience in Human Resources; ranging from HR Business Partnership to Talent Acquisition, and a big focus on Learning & Development. Previous to Mynt, he worked in Globe Telecom; building the company’s corporate university (Globe University). Robert’s professional experience…
Kirk Patrick Alimaza
Country Head of People & Culture
AirAsia Philippines
Kirk Patrick Alimaza is a seasoned Human Resources Professional with almost two decades of solid experience in People Management with specialization in Recruitment, Selection and Placement, Employee and Labor Relations, and a strong background in Compensation and Benefits and Training & Organizational Development. Working for several industries like manufacturing, hospitality, and BPO allowed him to appreciate multicultural perspectives.
Edalyn Hadjula-Legarde
An experienced People & Culture leader with strong focus on strategy, transformation, business processes redesign, organisational and systems research, design, development and deployment, learning, leadership and acceleration of talent development, total rewards, industrial and labor relations.
Marvin Rodriguez
Country Director
Coronis Health
Joey Regala
First Vice President, Chief Information Security and Data Protection Officer
EastWest Banking Corporation
Manuel Joey A. Regala is the First Vice President and Chief Information Security and Data Protection Officer of EastWest Bank. Joey has a strong and extensive profile of over 30 years in Information Technology and IT Security on Financial Systems. Joey is the founder and past president of Information Security Officers Group (ISOG) and was the past president of ISACA Manila from 2011 to 2012, past of ITIP 2014 and Vice President for TSIG Interest Group. The CISO was one of the awardees for the 2017 Chief Security Officer ASEAN Awards. Currently, he is a member of the BAP Cybersecurity Working Committee and Philippine National Police – Anti Cybercrime Advisory Council. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and earned his bachelor degree from Philippine School of Business Administration.
Dir. Patrick Patriwirawan Jr.
Director IV
Department of Labor and Employment
Mr. Patrick P. Patriwirawan, Jr. is Director IV of the Bureau of Local Employment. For over 10 years, he has gained experience in labor policy analysis and research in the areas of labor relations and public sector unionism, worker displacement and unemployment protection, labor market analysis in selected sectors, and overseas employment starting as Labor and Employment Officer II in 2012. He is also a senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines–Manila specializing in human resource management, organization development, and industrial sociology. He received his Master of Industrial Relations degree from the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of the Philippines – Diliman and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Behavioral Sciences cum laude from the University of the Philippines – Manila. He has been registered in the roster of the Career Executive Service Eligibles since 2019.
Angelo Jayno
Regional Manager
Grab For Business PH
Angelo is a highly accomplished professional currently serving as the Regional Manager of Grab For Business. With an extensive background in sales management and business development, Angelo has made significant contributions to the growth and success of Grab over the past five years. As the Regional Manager, Angelo leads a dedicated team of regional key account managers, inside sales specialists, sales development representatives, and client servicing associates across Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. His team plays a vital role in supporting the business objectives of Grab For Business, the corporate arm of Grab that focuses on providing transportation, delivery, and payment solutions for companies. He is a Globe-Trotter that loves experiencing new and different cultures.
Jan Garrovillo
Vice President
Kalibrr
Jan is the Vice President of Kalibrr, a talent platform with over 6 million young professionals and more than 18,000 innovative companies in Southeast Asia. With over 20 years of experience in the IT, FMCG, and HR industries, Jan has a proven track record as a business leader. She has guided organizations to achieve market share leadership, develop brand equity, and drive revenue growth.
Before joining Kalibrr, Jan held positions at global companies such as NEC, Johnson & Johnson, and HSBC, gaining a diverse professional background across industries.
Vikrant Khanna
Sr. Director – Innovation & Insights
Darwinbox
Vikrant has been part of various globalization and transformation initiatives with organizations that have spanned the spectrum of HR Reorganization, HR Operating Model Design, Shared Services Execution, Cost Optimization, Payroll Outsourcing and Performance Benchmarking. He has also worked with governments and donor agencies to solve for industry level talent issues spanning geographies like Colombia, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uruguay.
Sasank Raavi
Country Head, Philippines
Darwinbox
Sasank is currently the Country Head of Philippines at Dariwnbox, taking care of revenue, has a bias to action and strongly believes in the adage by Carl Jung that says, “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do”. Deeply passionate about growth, Sasank is specializes in scaling Enterprise SaaS Businesses across geographies (US/LATAM/APAC) and solving for complex customer needs with utmost authenticity. Having donned multiple hats ranging from content marketing to Inside Sales to Sales, Sasank brings the best of all worlds when it comes to treating customers like royalty, becoming a trusted advisor and giving them an unfair advantage in terms of value.
Shalav Saran
Business Head – Philippines
Disprz
Shalav possesses 14 years of rich experience in the areas of Business Development, Research, Client Servicing & Team Management. He is regarded as a proactive leader with expertise in market plan execution, pre-sales efforts, competitor and market analysis. Being a customer-focused and performance-driven individual, he also established proficiency in implementing systems/procedures with a proven ability to achieve financial discipline. He carries significant experience in contributing to organizational success by managing, reviewing, and undertaking appropriate needs. He is known in the corporate circuit for his excellent communication, relationship management & team building skills with dexterity in mentoring and managing cross-functional teams.
Paul Nikhil Prasad
Global Head – Managed Payroll Services
Ramco Systems
Nikhil is global head for managed payroll services at Ramco Systems. He has over 20 years of experience in multi-country payroll operations, project management, process improvements and transitions. Nikhil is also well-versed in GIA audit and risk control and have a strong understanding of compliance and risk management in the payroll industry.
Peter Earnshaw
SVP Revenue
Veremark
Peter Earnshaw is a seasoned entrepreneur in the HR tech software industry, specializing in building businesses. With 20+ years of experience in SaaS, he has worked with Ayala Group, BPI, and facilitated the launch of Starbucks by Rustan Group in the Philippines. Peter has also established HR shared services centers in the country. With expertise in launching and managing international operations for cloud software companies, he values empowering talent and stepping aside. Currently, Peter is the SVP Revenue at Veremark, a leading employee verification firm in HR tech. Backed by successful Series A funding, Veremark aims to provide a digital global solution that improves hiring quality and enhances candidate experience, particularly in the Philippines’ BPO and startup sectors.
Sunette Carroll
Enterprise Customer Success Manager
Udemy
Sunette Carroll is based in Queensland, Australia and has been supporting Education & Enterprise organisations in the APAC region to transform and execute on their Learning Programs & wider Learning Strategies for over 5 years. On most days, Sunette is also a multitasking maestro, a superwoman disguised as an ordinary human being, a relentless advocate for women’s empowerment as well as a genuine supporter of cost effective & accessible learning & development opportunities for all! Sunette will be representing Udemy to talk about how organisations might need to think about preparing the workforce for the skills of the future.
Catherine Lee
Head of Marketing Programs & Engagement
SAVii
Catherine Lee, also known as Kate is a seasoned professional on financial wellness and employee engagement with a diverse background in finance, marketing, and business strategy. As the Head of Marketing Programs & Engagement for SAVii, she is responsible for fostering engagement with customers and ensuring that the organization delivers the best products, services, and experiences to enhance overall employee wellness.
With a deep understanding of personal finance management, including saving and investing principles, Kate is passionate about the role that financial wellness plays in driving employee engagement, retention, and productivity. She has worked across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, retail, and food & beverage, and has leveraged her expertise to drive business success.
Swu Chyi Gan
Senior Solution Consultant, APAC
Cornerstone OnDemand
Jonathan Pok
Head of Alliances, Asia
Cornerstone OnDemand
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2023 Sponsors

Gold Sponsor
Udemy’s mission is to improve lives through learning by providing flexible, effective skill development to empower organizations and individuals. Udemy Business enables employers to offer on-demand learning for all employees, immersive learning for tech teams, and cohort learning for leaders. With our integrated learning solutions and strategic partnership, we equip companies with the tools to build a future-ready workforce, increase employee engagement, and achieve critical business outcomes.

Gold Sponsor
Darwinbox is the leading provider of cloud-based Human Resources Management Software (HRMS). Our SaaS platform engages and empowers employees across the entire lifecycle (hire-to-retire) with a smarter, simpler & mobile-first HR Tech experience powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Darwinbox is backed by leading investors like TCV, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Lightspeed, etc. Rated #1 cloud HCM globally on Gartner Peer Insights and trusted by over 750+ organizations and 2.2M+ employees across 100+ countries including large conglomerates like Gokongwei Group, Filinvest, BPI, Security Bank, East West Bank, Meralco, Maxicare, Toyota, Straive, Shakey’s, SkinStation, Vivant, Radius and more.

Silver Sponsor
Grab For Business is the pioneer B2B business at Grab, serving thousands of companies of all sizes across Southeast Asia with B2B platform solutions that help to transparently, seamlessly and efficiently manage, budget, control and report on corporate usage and employee engagement of Grab’s marketplace services. It also provides brands and marketers with digital gifting solutions for loyalty and reward programmes. For more information, visit Grab For Business

Silver Sponsor
Ramco’s award-winning AI & ML solution along with Oracle & Workday HCM integrations have led global payroll transformation for 25+ years, covering 100+ countries, processing 30M+ annual payslips, and serving 500+ MNCs and Fortune500 customers. Organizations can deploy Ramco payroll solution either on-cloud or on premises. Ramco also offers digital managed service for payroll. It is available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Burmese, Thai, French, Spanish, Arabic, and others. Features such as self-explaining payslips, voice, and facial recognition-based workforce management, actionable messages on Outlook, role-based Hubs and real-time notifications create a frictionless experience and drive employee engagement.

Silver Sponsor
Over the past eight years, Disprz has helped 275+ global organizations redefine their digital skilling and learning experiences by combining the art of learning with technology, AI, and data sciences and enabling them in building a steady pipeline of capable, skilled employees ready to be productive now and in the future.
Disprz helps organizations identify and benchmark themselves against trending skills required in their industry, create impactful skilling pathways for bridging skill gaps, and drive digital skilling adoption to facilitate capability building.

Silver Sponsor
Veremark was born with the belief that it should be easy for people to share their verified and
validated credentials. Established by a small group of HR and tech experts in UK in 2019, Veremark opened its first office in APAC – Singapore – in 2020. The Philippines followed later that year and then Australia in 2021, USA the year after – and 2023 sees a recently completed acquisition in New Zealand. Thanks to its steady growth across the world, Veremark now services over a 1000+ organizations and governments delivering checks in over 180 countries

Silver Sponsor
Cornerstone powers the future-ready workforce with a next generation learning experience platform designed to unite technology, data and content and inspire a work environment of growth, agility and success for all. With an AI-powered, skills-forward, experiential platform, built on an open architecture designed for neutrality and scale, we help organizations modernize their learning and development experience, deliver the most relevant content from anywhere, accelerate talent and career mobility and establish skills as the universal language of growth and success across their business. Cornerstone serves over 7,000 customers and 100 million users and is available in 180 countries and 50 languages.

Silver Sponsor
SAVii is the category leader in salary-linked financial services. They provide their 100+ corporate employer partners with data insights they can use to build strategic business actions to maintain a highly engaged workplace. They support over 420,000 employees with safe, convenient, affordable credit options with Financial Education and mental health support.

Exhibitor
Docebo is more than just an enterprise learning company. They are an enterprise learning partner. They work closely with their customers to bring their learning vision to life with customized, end-to-end solutions that cover the entire learning strategy, enabling them to scale, explore new delivery methods, and extend learning to new audiences.

Key Supporter
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Delegate Fees
Early Bird Rate
(Valid until April 28, 2023)-
1-Day Access to all breakout rooms and general sessions.
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1-Day Access to executive networking area and sponsor booths
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1-Day Access to 5-star luncheon and refreshments.
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Event Name Badge and other event materials.
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Access on the Event Gamification
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E-Certificate of Participation
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Can get a soft copy of the presentations upon your request
Regular Rate
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1-Day Access to all breakout rooms and general sessions.
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1-Day Access to executive networking area and sponsor booths
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1-Day Access to 5-star luncheon and refreshments.
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Event Name Badge and other event materials.
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Access on the Event Gamification
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E-Certificate of Participation
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Can get a soft copy of the presentations upon your request
Group Rates
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1-Day Access to all breakout rooms and general sessions.
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1-Day Access to executive networking area and sponsor booths
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1-Day Access to 5-star luncheon and refreshments.
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Event Name Badge and other event materials.
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Access on the Event Gamification
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E-Certificate of Participation
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Can get a soft copy of the presentations upon your request