Tracy Yap is currently the Regional HR Business Partner for South East Asia (SEA) with a business division within ABB, a Swedish- Swiss MNC automation company. She is based out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She supports over 500+ employees across 6 countries in SEA, providing guidance and coaching to the business leaders & local HRs on change management in the areas of talent development, employee engagement, internal policies, performance management and employee relations.
Tracy has over 9 years work experience across various companies and industries like engineering with General Electric (GE), banking with United Overseas Bank (UOB) and mid-luxury retail with Tapestry Inc (previously known as Coach New York). She started her career with General Electric (GE) in Finance but then made the bold choice to switch her career path into HR as she realized her deep passion for talents and for being able to make a difference in the workplace and in the lives of the employees – “Humanizing HR” being her tagline.
Since being in HR, Tracy has held various strategic regional and country-specific roles in the areas of Organisation & Talent Development, HR Manager & HR Business Partner. These roles have exposed her to all matters of the employee’s lifecycle from recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention to offboarding. Her expertise lies in people coaching for leadership and talent
development & employee engagement.
Tracy is an honours graduate of Monash University, where she earned a Bachelor Degree in Business & Commerce majoring in Economics & Finance. In her spare time, she enjoys taking long reflective walks, experimenting with new healthy recipes in the kitchen, trying new food places, conceptualising new business ideas (feeding her entrepreneurial mind), traveling & writing.