Coca-Cola India announced the appointment of Irene Tan as the Vice President, Human Resources for India & Southwest Asia (INSWA). In her new role, Irene will be accelerating INSWA’s growth by recruiting future-ready talent, performance enablement and employee development for the company in India and Southwest Asia.
Irene joined the company in 2012 as a talent sourcing consultant for the Asia Pacific Group. She became the lead talent acquisition partner for Greater China & Korea and moved to Shanghai. She initiated campus recruitments for management trainees, advancing gender and generational diversity. In 2015, she became Executive Recruiting Director in Singapore, working on executive search mandates across Asia Pacific, including Bottling Investment Group (BIG).
Commenting on the appointment, Sanket Ray – President, India and Southwest Asia, said ” With Irene’s deep understanding of the company as well as talent management expertise across markets, we are confident that she will steer the Human Resources function for continued success and further strengthen our position as an employer of choice.”In 2020, she became the Talent & Development Director for Asia Pacific, leading the global T&D Leadership team, advancing talent agenda, diversity succession pipeline, and implementing Learning and Enterprise Capability initiatives.