Annie Sachdev

Head of Talent Acquisition, APAC (Medical Segment) Cardinal Health

Born in Thailand and educated in Mussoorie, India, Annie Sachdev brings a holistic, multicultural perspective to leadership development, which she has honed at various regional and global businesses over the last 22 years. After relocating to Singapore in 2007, Annie transitioned from Supply Chain management to Recruitment, helping Global Fortune 500 companies build robust supply chain, logistics and procurement teams. She has since focused her career on talent attraction, retention, and development. She currently leads Talent Acquisition for Cardinal Health's Global Medical Products & Distribution Segment in the Asia Pacific, bringing agility, sound judgement and a people-centered approach to talent acquisition. Annie holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science, and a Master's in Management from Mahidol University, Thailand.

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 – 19 October 2026, Monday

3:50 PM ‘How To’ Roundtable Discussion: How to design a talent procurement system that drives value, retention and readiness

Eight simultaneous roundtables, each dedicated to a distinct stage of the talent lifecycle, will take place in a single

40-minute discussion round. Attendees will choose one roundtable topic to join, providing an interactive forum to exchange ideas, share experiences, and discuss practical strategies with peers facing similar workforce and talent challenges.

Each discussion is intentionally framed to examine where traditional HR practices fall short within procurement contexts, and to explore how these approaches can be redesigned to better drive procurement value, capability, and long-term retention.

At the close of the session, each roundtable leader will share key takeaways from their discussions with the wider group.

Roundtable 1:
Recruiting - How to attract the right talent in a competitive market

Speaker: Annie Sachdev, Head of Talent Acquisition, APAC (Medical Segment), Cardinal Health

Roundtable 2:
Onboarding — How to set new hires up for success from day one

Speaker:

Ekaterina Naumova, Head of HR, Asia Pacific, Kaspersky

Roundtable 3:
Learning — How to build capability continuously across your team

Speaker:

Christine Josephine, Head of Culture & Engagement, Samsung Electronics Indonesia

Roundtable 4:
Career Development — How to create pathways that retain your best people

Speaker: Suman Sharma, Head of People Capability, Wealth & Retail Banking, & Co-Head of AI Learning, Standard Chartered Bank

Roundtable 5:

Opportunity Marketplace — How to match internal talent to emerging needs

Speaker: Sameen Khan, Former Regional HR Director, APAC, Grey Global

Roundtable 6:

Performance Management — How to drive accountability and growth

Speaker: Nicolas Ingels, Director Global Procurement, Packaging & Raw Materials, Asahi Global Procurement, Asahi Group

Roundtable 7:

Compensation — How to stay competitive in a shifting talent landscape

Speaker:

Roundtable 8:

Succession Planning — How to build the pipeline before you need it

Speaker: Avery Balboa-Banta, VP & Head of HRBP, Change Management & Organizational Development COE Team, Globe Telecom

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2 – 20 October 2026, Tuesday

11:20 AM Keynote Panel: How do you redesign your team's ways of working to accommodate four generations with fundamentally different expectations around autonomy, collaboration and career progression to reduce friction and unlock collective performance?

• How do you identify and bridge the gaps between what Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z each need from their working environment — without creating a fragmented team culture that pulls in different directions?

• How do you redesign workflows, meeting structures and collaboration models so that every generation can contribute at their best, regardless of how they prefer to work?

• How do you build career progression frameworks that feel meaningful and motivating to a 55-year-old seasoned professional and a 25-year-old early-career hire at the same time?

• How do you lead a multigenerational team through change — whether that is a new technology, a restructure or a shift in strategy — when each generation responds to change so differently?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Annie.

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