In his role with Maybank, Fong Tuan leads people strategy, practices and policies to accelerate a transformative, purpose-driven workforce. He is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD, UK and a qualified professional engineer, holding a first class honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, an MBA in Organizational Behaviour and a CFA.

He is currently a Doctoral candidate researching on the reliability of quantitative correlation between psychometric traits with success profiles. He started his career with Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia’s power utility company, where he was a scholar, subsequently leading and holding senior HR leadership roles for global MNCs and blue-chip corporations: Coca Cola, OCBC, Watson Wyatt, British American Tobacco, Maybank Group, B. Braun, Samsung and most recently, he headed HR for one of Malaysia’s largest and most diverse consumer group – Berjaya Corporation.

Fong Tuan has been personally recognized regionally including HR Icon 2023 -100 Top HR Leaders in South East Asia, 40 Most Influential HR Leaders in Southeast Asia 2022 and HRM Asia Watchlist 2018.