Anthony A Sebastian, General Manager, The Datai Langkawi and
Pat Phanekham, Hotel Manager at the Club Saujana Resort Kuala Lumpur

Archipelago Hotels and Resorts has appointed Anthony A. Sebastian as General Manager of The Datai Langkawi (a member of LHW), Malaysia. Anthony, a graduate of the Stamford College, KL, Malaysia with a Higher National Diploma with First Class Honors in Hotel & Catering Management, started his career in the hospitality industry at grass root level. He progressively and steadily rose up the ranks with a major international hotel group in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, with a most recent assignment as General Manager in the Philippines.

Archipelago Hotels and Resorts has also appointed Pat Phanekham as Hotel Manager of The Club Saujana Resort (a member of LHW), Kuala Lumpur.An Australian citizen born in Laos, Pat is a seasoned hotelier with extensive hospitality experience in the luxury market and spanning several countries. He has served as General Manager of the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Brisbane, as well as several other General Manager positions in the Australia, China and Indonesia.Pat also has a distinguished academic career, and holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong, a Business and Accountancy Diploma at Institute of Technology in South Australia, and is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA).

Dr Rajeshree Parekh, Director of Health and Corporate Wellness, Asia Pacific, Towers Watson

Asia-Pacific | Towers Watson announced in early August 2011, the appointment of Dr. Rajeshree Parekh as the Director of Health and Corporate Wellness for Asia-Pacific. Dr. Parekh, a seasoned clinical practitioner with rich experience across Asia-Pacific as a senior executive in the health care consulting business, will lead Towers Watson’s Health and Corporate Wellness business. Dr. Parekh will be based in Singapore.

Andrew Heard, Managing Director Asia-Pacific Benefits at Towers Watson, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Dr Parekh to our strong team of leading experts who specalise in providing health and corporate wellness solutions for our clients across the globe. According to Towers Watson 2011 Workforce Health Strategies research, only 23% of Asia-Pacific multinationals currently have a global health strategy in place. However, almost 50% of respondents plan to adopt a programme in the next one to two years. We are confident that Dr. Parekh’s wealth of experience will add tremendous value to our clients who are striving to contain costs, improve productivity and broaden their employee value proposition in this highly competitive business environment.”

JULY 2011 ISSUE
Mohamed Parrish Ersalle Bin Abdul Hameed, Chief Human Resources Officer, Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad

Two months into his new role at Prudential BSN Takaful, Parrish is responsible for the overall development and implementation of Human Resource strategies and plans to support the Company's business objectives. The role encompasses leading people, HR planning and sourcing, organisational development, performance management, compensation and benefits management, learning and development as well as industrial/employee relations. Aided by a team of seven HR colleagues, Parrish replaces Samsudin bin A. Rahman who left on 4 May 2011.

With more than 20 years in Human Resources, Parrish was formerly the Group Head of Human Resources Division at Allianz Malaysia Berhad where his scope encompassed the two subsidiaries of Allianz (Allianz General Insurance Company and Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia ). There, he led a team of 20 HR colleagues and was accountable for a workforce of 1,500. Parrish holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (Honours) from the International Islamic University.