Speaker details
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre , Toronto, CanadaSpeaker information
Shailesh Tewary
Biography
Capt. Shailesh Tewary (Retd) Consultant – Human Resources Development; Advisor – Corporate Affairs, Policy & Practice, Labor & Employment; Founder President – Human Resources Institute for Development and Analysis International (HRIDAI, NGO); Speaker in Leadership Development & Policy Engagement; Ex. Member of Minimum Wages Board, Govt. of India Leadership & Management professional with specialization in Human Resources and Organizational Development having 40 plus years of global experience in the dynamics of work ranging from Defence Services, Manufacturing, International Trade, Hospitality, Aviation, Infrastructure, Media and Security across India, Hong Kong, Korea, China, Japan, Middle-East, Europe, UK & USA. Major corporate roles include Group HR Head position entailing 1.5 million workforce and as Regional HR Director South Asia having business responsibility of 225,000 employees, recruiting 40,000 employees annually, working alongside 70 National Unions & 2 International Unions. Core Competencies: • Focused skills and abilities to leverage likely internal and external relationships to resolve complex business issues, management development, statutory & legal matters and overall productivity enhancement. • Taking leadership role on strategic alignments, collaborations, organizational agility through structured training and development processes. • Professionally sound, globally informed, diligent, committed, target oriented, culturally robust. Personal passion demonstrated by founding HRIDAI in 2002 with the objective to enhance HR productivity. Resolving issues relating to labour policies viz. wages, work hours, equal opportunity, women empowerment, social security etc. including policy matters to enhance employment standards in India by fair and equitable applications of best standards of HR practices across the world. Graduate in Commerce, Post Graduate Specialization in HRM Hong Kong, Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration, Certified Lead Auditor SA 8000 from RINA Italy and Certified Trainer in Aviation Management by IATA Singapore and several other Training & Development Courses in Leadership, Management and Quality Deliverables. Interests: People, Reading, Writing, Travel, Sports, Music, Theatre
Session
Working remotely: hybrid, local, national, international, or various combinations
Tuesday 4 November (1430 - 1545)
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