Tennyson Yip
Chief HR Officer
Professional Experience
- Chief HR Officer, Creative Talent Limited
- Global HR Director, Gulf Oil Marine Ltd.
- Director, Group HR & Administration, TCC Group
- HR Director, Global Supply Chain – Asia, Levi Strauss & Company
- Group HR Director, William E Connor & Associates, Ltd
- Director, Training & Personnel Development – Asia, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
- Director, Administration – Asia, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Professional Qualifications
- MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
- Master of Management in HR, Macquarie University, Australia
- MA in English for the Professions, The HK Polytechnic University
- MA in Public & Social Administration, City University of HK
- Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Monash University, Australia
- Alumni, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Talent & Retention Management
- Licensed Facilitator, Criterion-Referenced Institute, Mager Associates Inc., USA
- Professional Member, M.H.K.I.H.R.M; Chartered Professional in HR (CPHR) BC & Yukon
- Professional Mentor (CPHR), SHRM-CP
Global & Regional Exposure
Tennyson has been the strategic business partner and organizational development champion for listed multi-national corporations (MNCs) in the U.S. for different commercial sectors since 1998. She has been the Asia Regional Director and Global HR Head and People Development Leader for both privately owned companies & global logistics company listed in the New York Stock Exchange. Her hands-on HR expertise is in apparel, merchandising, global logistics, global sourcing, global supply chain, global oil marine, and international maritime industry.
Tennyson has developed talents in different countries, namely, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Bangalore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Portugal, Germany, New York and Seattle, etc.
Simultaneously, she spearheaded the Global Transformation Project to facilitate the global & regional HR & organizational development teams in both organizational restructuring and organizational development.
People & Organizational Development
Tennyson has facilitated the following management development training:
- Strategic Implementation & Action
- Strategic Performance Management
- Effective Performance Management for both non-Management Employees & Management Employees
- Effective Interviewing Skills
- Facilitation Course: Train-the-trainer
- Negotiation Skills
- Managing Change
- Management Succession Planning
- Strategic Organization Management
She successfully rolled out the global and regional management development programs and built the training infrastructure through the Global Train-the-Trainer Project. In addition, Tennyson led the Expeditors Asia Regional Team to win the Good People Management Award in 2000 organized by the Labour Department of HKSAR Government in Employee Training and Development.
Human Resources
Tennyson has been the change agent in implementing global & regional HR strategies in the following areas:
- Management Succession Planning
- Talent & Retention Management
- Policy Formulation & Implementation
- Change Management
- Employee Engagement
- Strategic Organization Performance
