2026 forum archive

The private forum for Asia’s top HR leaders.

A half-day, invite-only gathering of senior HR and L&D leaders who came together to co-create practical solutions to leadership challenges.

Leadership inflation in the AI-tention economy.

More training. More spend. The same leadership problems. The forum gave leaders language, benchmarks and peer perspectives to examine where capability investment was—and was not—working.

What leaders came for

  • A clearer way to explain the leadership challenge to the business
  • Benchmarks and lived experience from CHROs across Asia
  • A practical view of what AI means for leaders
  • A credible business case for better capability investment
  • Relationships with peers facing the same realities

Who was in the room

Practitioners who have led inside real organisations.

01

Ian Wong

02

Jayesh Menon

03

Dr Timothy Low

04

Frank Koo

05

Brian Ip

06

Patrick Chan

07

Chua Ching Hock

08

Seetha Cristian

09

Desmond Chen

10

Sam Neo

11

Dr Jaclyn Lee

12

Michelle Loke