About

Joined Brunei Shell Joint Ventures Companies in 1983 and has a rich international experience of working in Oman, Qatar, UK, Netherlands, Norway and ASEAN region with multi-cultural teams. She has retired with 40 years of working experiences in the Oil & Gas Industry. A homegrown talent with an impressive career in BSP, BLNG, Petroleum Development Oman (1997 – 2001), Qatar Gas (2009 – 2012) and in the Ministry of Energy (2015 - 2017). During her tenure in Qatar Gas, she was awarded with the “CEO Award of Excellence” in 2012 for her outstanding contributions in the area of performance management, leadership development, Competence management, Coaching and Mentoring. She also received the “Best Coach & Mentor” Award. Whilst she was the BSP HR Director (Sep 2017 – July 2023), she contributed to the organisation’s competitive performance and aggressive growth aspirations through people excellence. She synergises the people agenda in BSJV companies (BSP, BLNG, BSM) with primary focus on Talent Management, Bruneianisation, Capability Development, Change Management, Performance Management, Employee Engagement & Employee and Industrial Relations. She was the Champion and Sponsor for DE&I (inclusive of Wellbeing). She is a well-known Coach and Mentor in the local landscape in Brunei and very active in supporting the ASEAN region in various coaching and mentoring platforms. She is actively involved (past and present) in the coaching and mentoring of Women in the Workplace (of course men included), and very passionate about coaching and mentoring the youth who are going to be the leaders of tomorrow via the various groups like Young Professionals Network (YPN), Global Shapers Brunei Chapter, Brunei Mentoring Entrepreneur Network (BMEN) ASEAN Mentoring Entrepreneur Network (AMEN), Brunei Young Leaders Conferences (annual), INITIATE HR Summit, University Technology Brunei, etc. She actively contributed to delivering learning events for capability development in the Leadership, HR, Change management, EDPMMO and EDPSGO for UTB, IPA, AITI, etc. She has been trained as a professional Coach and Mentor by SHELL and obtained external certification in Executive Leadership Coaching from FORTON Group in 2021. She is also one of the mentors in AMEN / BMEN and was recently awarded with the “Star Mentor” recognition. She is also an APWINC Mentor for the IDEAS project under BIG BWN sponsored by Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Centre. Her coaching and mentoring started in the early 90s and has been growing since then with coachees and mentees around the globe and continue to passionately contribute in this space. In her past organization, she has actively been coaching and mentoring more than 300 staff and continues to do so. She also conducts coaching and mentoring for senior leaders in the organization in the areas of leadership and coaching for performances. She is the founder and current President of the Human Resources Society in Brunei which also provides coaching and mentoring to HR professionals in Brunei in addition to executing workshops and panel discussions for HR upskilling & Leadership. She is also currently an Associate Consultant with a Singapore based company specializing in leadership and organizational transformation.