Director, Human Resources, Asia, Mars
Tamara is an HR leader with 20+ years’ MNC experience in Human Resources and leadership across different industries and geographies. She is currently the People and Organization Director for Mars Wrigley Asia covering 20 markets, based out of Hong Kong. Tamara joined Mars Inc. in 2012 in Dubai, UAE where she held several roles across Demand & Supply before moving to Hong Kong as the North Asia People & Organization Director in 2017. In 2019, Tamara was appointed as the P&O Director for Asia as a result of the merge of North Asia and SEA Markets into one region. During the past few years, Tamara has been instrumental in leading multiple integration and transformation projects for Mars and driving the people agenda & cultural change. Tamara is very passionate about Health & Wellbeing, and in 2019, she led the design and deployment of an Associate Wellbeing program that was identified as a global best practice in Mars.
Prior to joining Mars, Tamara worked in different industries including hospitality (IHG), Oil & Gas (Halliburton) as well as Healthcare (Johnson & Johnson).
Tamara has a degree in psychology, and is a certified Life Coach & Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). She loves making a difference to people and organizations through her skills, energy, and passion.