CEOs Want HR To Be The Change Agents: Peck Kem
People Matters|June 2019

In an exclusive interaction, Low Peck kem, the Government CHRO and Senior Director (Workforce Development) for the Public Service Division (PSD), Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore shares insights on her contribution in uplifting the capability of HR in the country, making the nation the center of excellence for human capital management and developing leadership in Asia

Ester Martinez
CEOs Want HR To Be The Change Agents: Peck Kem

Low Peck Kem is Chief Human Resource Officer and Senior Director (Workforce Development) for the Public Service Division (PSD), Prime Minister’s office of Singapore. She is responsible for professionalizing HR in the public sector of 16 Ministries and more than 60 Statutory Boards. Low is also the elected President of the Singapore Human Resources Institute SHRI.

Prior to her current appointment at the PSD, she was the Senior Director for Human Resources (HR) and Organizational Development (OD) for a not-forprofit organization, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) based in Geneva, where she was responsible for HR, OD, Legal, Internal Audit and Corporate Administration for 15 global offices.

Low has a unique combination of experience from a quality engineer to manufacturing manager to Vice President of HR in the private sector (Tandon, Western Digital, Hewlett Packard, Agilent Technologies & Avago Technologies), and as a Divisional Director of National HR Division in the Singapore Ministry of Manpower, prior to her current appointment. This combination has widened her perspective in private, public and NGO sectors, and the ability to view leadership from an Asian and European perspective.

In an exclusive interaction, Low shares her insights on her contribution in uplifting the capability of HR in Singapore, making Singapore the center of excellence for human capital management and developing leadership in Asia.

How did you land in HR and what brought you to Public Service Division? What was the mandate when you joined and what was the exciting part of your career?

Though trained as an electrical and electronics engineer, I have always been fascinated with the science of human behaviour. Being intrigued by the behavioural aspects of people, I eventually moved from the hard core science of engineering to the art of people management in Hewlett Packard.

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