Wharf Hotels’ Human Resources division, has been awarded as one of Asia’s Top HR Teams for 2018 by Human Resources Director (HRD) magazine. The award gives recognition to outstanding HR teams in Asia that have successfully driven innovation throughout their organisation.
HRD is the only magazine written for and targeted purely towards the most senior HR professionals and top corporate HR decision makers in Asia. HRD is an industry-benchmark publication supporting both the business and best practice functional requirements placed on heads of HR in their evolving roles.
The guide to Asia’s Top HR Teams reveals those who are embracing innovation to emerge as the leaders in their respective industries. Nuhudra Syed, News Editor of HRD stated, “This innovation is seen in the adoption of new technology, HR service delivery, change management, and HR mainstays like diversity & inclusion and learning & development.”
Wharf Hotels’ area of excellence includes recruitment, learning and development, performance management and leadership. The corporate HR team headed by Ms Juliette Lim, Vice President Human Resources, is responsible for all aspects of HR at 3 Niccolo and 13 Marco Polo Hotels as well as its 100 corporate Associates. An international HR expert with over 20 years of experience in talent management, process improvement, brand management and quality assurance, Juliette joined Wharf Hotels in 2016, seeing the need to revitalise HR by moving away from micro management in favour of a lean Six Sigma, result-optimising approach, shifting the focus from the administration to one centred on talent management.