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People transformation crucial to a company’s strategic agenda: UOB’s Dean Tong 

Tan Nai Lun
Published Tue, Dec 20, 2022 · 05:50 AM
    • Today's human resource function should be linked it to the company’s strategic agenda, says Dean Tong, managing director and head of group HR at UOB.
    • Today's human resource function should be linked it to the company’s strategic agenda, says Dean Tong, managing director and head of group HR at UOB. PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN, BT

    HIS experience in the consulting industry has taught Dean Tong the importance of people and organisation.

    Tong did not start his career as a banker. He was brought into UOB as the bank’s managing director and head of group human resources (HR) in 2018.

    He has spent his last few years trying to apply what he learned to transforming the bank.

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