Sameen Khan

Sameen Khan

Former Regional HR Director, APAC Grey Global

Sameen is an accomplished HR leader currently serving as the Regional HR Director - APAC at Grey Global, part of the Ogilvy/WPP network. Based in Singapore, she oversees the full spectrum of HR operations and business partnering for over 20 studios across Asia Pacific with prior oversight of markets in the Middle East, and Africa.

She leads HR business partnering and operations, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and strategic alignment across the organisation. Sameen represents Grey at both APAC and global WPP forums, championing best practices and strategic HR initiatives.

With close to a decade of regional expertise, Sameen played a key role at Circles.Life (Techco), collaborating with co-founders and senior leadership to expand the full HR function, including business partnering and people operations across multiple international markets in APAC. Recognised as one of the top performers, she was instrumental in launching HR functions in multiple countries, while embedding culture, engagement, and high-performance frameworks in a hyper-growth environment. Overall, she has lead the HR function across multiple international markets, including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey and others.

Sameen brings a rare blend of strategic foresight, operational rigour, and cultural agility to her work-traits that have enabled her to thrive in dynamic and diverse markets. Her focus is HR, Tech/AI and Business Transformation.

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2 – 20 October 2026, Tuesday

3:50 PM Fireside Chat: How do you design a contingent workforce governance model that keeps pace with Asia's rapidly shifting regulatory landscape to protect your organisation from compliance risk while maintaining programme agility and speed?

• How do you build a contingent workforce governance model that keeps up with Asia's constantly evolving worker classification laws, employer of record regulations and SOW compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions? 

• How do you balance the need for regulatory compliance and risk mitigation with the speed and flexibility that your business demands from its contingent workforce programme? 
• What role should procurement play in owning and driving contingent workforce governance — and how do you get buy-in from legal, HR and finance to make that happen? 
• How do you future-proof your governance model so it can adapt quickly when regulations shift, without having to rebuild your programme from the ground up every time?

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

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