Syed Ali Abbas [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedaliabbashr/] is the Chief
Strategy Officer of Epitome Global, a next-generation employability technology,
services and analytics company headquartered in Singapore.
Epitome [https://epitome.global/] is an employability technology, services and
analytics company. It was founded in Singapore in mid-2016 as CXS International
and won the Alibaba Cloud Startup contest held in Malaysia in 2017. After
initial success in the talent assessment and analytics space; they expanded into
learning management systems and learning experience platforms.
In this role, he is responsible for company strategy, people, partnerships and
corporate matters.
Previously, Abbas was the Group HR Director for Global Fashion Group (GFG), a
global portfolio of fashion e-commerce startups in various regions of the world
including ZALORA in Asia.
Abbas also served as the Chief HR Officer for the Pacnet Group, a leading Asian
telecom and data centre operator, and Executive Director of HR (the Asia Pacific
and India) for AT&T Inc, a leading Fortune 500 company.
In addition to his day job, Abbas serves as a member of both the Executive
Council of the Singapore Human Resources Institute and the Board Nominations
Committee of AWWA Limited.
He volunteers as a Mentor at the Workplace Accelerator, South East Asia's
premier startup accelerator exclusively focused on the Future of Work.
Abbas is also an angel investor focused on the "people tech" space, advises
early-stage companies on strategy and advises large corporates on HRtech
decisions.
If you are looking to learn more about their talent assessments and talent
analytics, reach out to them via e-mail or LinkedIn. And if your message is
titled "Adrian Tan is my kaki" then they promise a nice discount.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
* Syed Ali Abbas [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedaliabbashr/] LinkedIn
* Epitome [https://epitome.global/] website
* Epitome [https://www.linkedin.com/company/epitome-global-pte-ltd/] LinkedIn
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