Bala Murali
Founder and Learning Architect
Bala Murali is a HRD practitioner and business leader with more than 25 years of experience in the field of Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development.
His more notable achievements include working in senior management roles regionally and globally for top technology companies (Motorola, Nokia and Microsoft), leading and driving the strategic learning and talent capability development across the business.
As a Learning Futurist, one of Bala focus is collaborating with institutions, organizations and thought leaders on the Future of Learning and Future of Work.
With Agilitas Learning, Bala has worked with MNCS and SOEs across industries and across geographical location in providing training, strategic consultancy , solution and system integration in enabling the digital transformation of the workforce and organisations.
Bala is an ACTA trained and ACLP qualified trainer and works with SMEs and Training Institutions to integrate and support Singapore’s SSG SkillsFuture movement on Workforce Transformation.
He is a sort after speaker and has shared on the transformation of learning and talent development for the Digital and Future Economy in various conferences and events.
He is also the founder and chair of the Digital Learning Community of Practice Network in Singapore consisting of around 40 HR and L&D leaders from various institutions, government bodies, MNCs and SMCs.
An Organizational Development practitioner and Sustainability Advocate with over 25 years of experience in the field of Learning, Performance and Organizational Development.
James Siew has been a learning and organizational development practitioner and consultant for more than 25 years. He has held various corporate and consulting roles in human capital development, learning & organization development in industries such as IT, logistics, finance, electronics manufacturing, distribution and management consulting.
James has a special interest in leadership development, culture transformation and sustainability management, and has led global and international consulting projects in strategic leadership development, culture change, talent management, performance management and human capital development best practices.
His rich and diverse corporate experience with leading MNCs as well as GLCs in both Singapore and across APAC and even Europe and the Americas has enriched his understanding of how people work across cultures.
With substantial experience in internal HR roles, external consulting roles and academic roles, James has also been able to link the business agenda and people agenda when developing solutions.
