Grey Worldwide's appointment of a regional HR chief comes on top of
its recruitment of three local HR managers across its Asian network.
Along with regional HR director Martha Collard, Anju Kurien; Satoshi
Ishii, concurrently VP, media director; and Kris Nillawong have been
appointed respectively for India, Japan and Thailand.
Grey has had a director of resources, Alicia Tang, in place in Kuala
Lumpur, its headquarters hub for the company's Malaysian, Singapore and
IndoChina operations, for the past 11 years.
Asia-Pacific president Eric Rosenkranz said Ms Collard will work closely
with Grey's 10 companies in the region to develop strategies to
transform Grey into the agency network of choice for talent and clients
in Asia-Pacific.
Ms Collard is expected to build best practices and consistency
regionwide across a wide HR remit, including recruitment, staff
appraisal systems, compensation and benefit systems, training and career
development plans for executives at all levels.
"We want to ensure we attract and retain the best possible talent," Mr
Rozenkranz said, adding that Ms Collard will revolutionise the agency's
recruitment and retention strategies.
