Jagmohan Singh

*E, Block *, Seacrest Villa Phase 1

** ****** **** ****,

New Territories, Hong Kong

Tel : +852-****-**** (mobile Hong Kong) / +601*-****-*** (mobile Malaysia)

E-mail : ac19fc@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Particulars

Citizen of - Malaysia (with Hong Kong PR)

Current residence - Between Hong Kong (since 2007) & Malaysia

Date of birth - 06 September 1970

Languages spoken - English, Punjabi, Malay, Hindi and Urdu

Health - Excellent (Free from any major illness and allergies)

Employment History

1. Senior Business Partner / Head of HR – Global Intellectual Development Sdn Bhd (GID)

Sep 2016 till present

GID is a Kuala Lumpur based corporate training consultancy which specialises in designing and delivering a wide array of customised in-house & corporate training & developmental courses

Strategic & Core responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall HR portfolio

• Responsibility as a Senior Business Partner in contributing and driving strategic orientations, decision making, policies formulation and day to day operations

• Designing & delivering training programmes in the capacity of a Professional corporate trainer (certified with HRDF)

Sabbatical break between Aug 2015 to Aug 2016 during which I pursued launching a few social causes in my hometown (Seremban, Malaysia)

2. Field HR Director - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Hong Kong Section

Jan 2009 to July 2015 (6 years)

MSF is an international medical humanitarian organization which has more than 20 offices and field projects in more than 65 countries around the world

Strategic & Developmental responsibilities:

• Developed Human Resources strategies & plans (annual, mid and long term) in the Greater China and South East Asia region in support to the operational needs of MSF

• Drove implementations of the regional HR activities

• Analysed and evaluated activities, targets, results and re-acted when necessary

• Represented the region in global HR platforms (Belgian group of 9 & International group of 24)

• Responsibility as one of the 5 Core Executive Management Team for the Hong Kong section

Principal Accountabilities:

• Conceptualised and drove human resources strategies, policies and development initiatives in Southeast Asia, and Greater China, including: labour market analysis, attraction, recruitment and strategic development within the region

• Managed the HR policies and processes, pertaining to recruitment & selection, placement, career guidance and management, learning & development

• Developed and managed the annual, mid and long term regional HR plans and budgets

• Analysed and evaluated activities, targets, results and revised HR policies and strategies accordingly

• Represented the region in international HR platforms (International Human Resources Director’s group of 24) and contributed to the movement wide strategic HR developments including formulation and implementation of international policies, processes and tools

• One of the 5 Core Executive Management Team member of MSF Hong Kong and working with the Board on executive issues which included contributing and driving strategic orientations, decision making, policies formulation and day to day operations (including 2 offices in China & 1 in Taiwan)

• Led a multi-national team which consisted of 3 Career Managers and 3 Administrative Personnel in managing around 550 field workers in the region.

• Member of the MSF Hong Kong Crisis Management Team in the event of critical incidents

Since leading the Field HR of MSF-Hong Kong and with support from a great team, besides ensuring a healthy supply of HR quantity annually, I had successfully enhanced the quality of human resources supplied to MSF field operations world-wide. This was achieved through measures which were put in place after identifying specific domains which could further be developed. As a result, MSF-Hong Kong is now known among the MSF operational centres to supply high quality HR, boasting good retention (among the best in the movement), individuals with solid competencies, technically polyvalent, bringing diversity to the movement, as well as, able to provide accessibility to restrictive contexts. I pushed for strategic increase of deployments doubling the annual departures since taking over. At the international platform level, I’ve contributed to the formulation of global policies and coherent practises such as developing an international HRIS, an international remuneration package, building an international dictionary of competencies and common recruitment practises. At the regional level, I drove the formulation of the APAC HR group consisting of offices within the region driven by objectives of regional cooperation, rationalization & cost effectiveness.

3. Senior Regional HR Officer (Career Manager) - Medecins Sans Frontieres (Hong Kong) – Jan 2007 till Dec 08 (2 years)

Responsible for HR activities in South East Asia and South Asia

Main Responsibilities:

• Recruitment & Selection within the Southeast Asia & Greater China region, and jointly for South Asia

• Mission placement, manpower planning and career guidance

• Representation, awareness raising and labour market communications

• Coordination and managing working groups with 5 operational centres and 9 partner sections in Europe. The types of working groups included training groups, administrative platforms as well as coordinating and managing the decentralised implementation of a HR database program (HERO)

• Training & Development activities for the pool of field workers / peers from Asia as well as managing the ‘Labour Market Ambassador pool’

4. Community Liaison Officer - Medecins Sans Frontieres – OCB (Malaysia) - 2005 to 2006 (1.5 years)

Main Responsibilities:

• Promoting and facilitating medical activities provided by MSF to the refugee communities

• Liaison activities between various key players such as UNHCR, Ministry of Health, Detention Centres and various other NGOs

• Mapping and documenting the different refugee communities and facilitating mobile clinics where required

• Playing the role of a focal point to these communities

• Facilitating Mental Health and Sexual Gender Based Violence Trainings

• Managing all logistical issues such as vehicles, IT, communications, security and medicines

5. Assistant Producer - 8TV (Metropolitan TV Pte Ltd) - 2004 to 2005 (2 years)

Co-assisting in the production of various reality shows including ’Malaysian Idol’ for 2 seasons

Main Responsibilities:

• Facilitating the technical logistical issues during nation-wide road trips

• Co-producing live as well as pre-recorded reality shows

• Liaising with the relevant authorities with regards to copyright and legal issues

• Responsible for the audio management during live shows

• Coordinating work between various parties such as Music Director, Chereographer, Vocal Coach, Wardrobe Manager, Make-up Artist etc...

6. Human Resources Executive - Yamaha Music (M) Pte Ltd - 1997 to 2003 (6 years)

Responsible for nation-wide Human Resources / and at a later stage responsible for retail activities

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Recruitment & Selection activities for all departments and branches

• Managing Training & Development activities (both internal as well as external)

• Manpower Planning for the Head Office and branches within the capital city

• Responsible for sales and operational duties for the Kuala Lumpur branch

• Responsible for the International Endorsee programs which required organising music workshops, concerts, band competitions, radio and TV shows

7. Clerk Grade 1 for Guinness Anchor Ltd - 1991 to 1996 (5 years)

Responsible for the administrative duties of the Brewing Department

Main Responsibilities:

• Handling the compensation and benefit for the department staff

• Maintaining proper records of work operations in compliance to ISO standards

• Coordinating work procedures with other departments

Overview of Academic Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration - Training & Human Resources Development - Aug 2000

• Diploma in Personnel Management - Dec 1996

• Certificate In Personnel Management - Nov 1994

• A Levels - 1989

• O Levels - 1987

• Lower Cert of Education - 1985

• IELTS Cambridge ESOL Examinations - Band 8.5

Referees (contact details are available upon request)

• Remi Carrier (current Executive Director with MSF Hong Kong / last direct report)

• Dick Van der Tak (former Executive Director with MSF Hong Kong / former direct report and currently the Executive Director for Global Doctors For Choice

• Willem van Lippen (former HR Director with MSF Hong Kong and currently a freelance HR Expert)

Extra-Curricular Activities

• HR Trainer (conducted sessions in various places including HK, Cape Town, Malaysia & Sydney)

• Speaker & Panellist at various HR Conferences (the most recent being, ‘Talent Management Asia 2015’ in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore & HK)

• Global Sikhs (Malaysian based Humanitarian NGO) - Former Chairman

• Web based business articles on HR issues - Freelance writer

• Music (Live performances & recordings) - opening act for Deep Purple, Al Jarreau, Napalm Death, etc

• Field hockey - Division 1 of Hong Kong

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