Fermin Diez | PhD, CCP, SPHR
Deputy CEO and Group Head of Human Resources | Singapore National Council for Social Service
Dr. Fermin Diez has ample experience in human resources, including consulting, and corporate and academic roles in 40 countries on all continents.
As a consultant he has advised major multinationals, large local companies and public sector organizations at the board and C-suite levels. He has managed the profit and loss in several geographical locations and businesses. As an HR leader, he has been regional head of HR for two large multinational corporations in AsiaPac and in Latin America.
Diez is currently Deputy CEO and Group Head of Human Resources for Singapore’s National Council for Social Service. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Singapore Management University and at Nanyang Technological University and is co-author of three books: “Human Capital and Global Business Strategy,” “The Remuneration Handbook: International Edition,” and “Fundamentals of HR Analytics.” Diez has taught WorldatWork courses for over 20 years in the United States, Puerto Rico, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Diez served on the Jurong Health Systems Board, and its HR Committee. He was also a member of the HR Committee at the National University Health System Group. Diez served on the Singapore Management University Business School Advisory Board, Taylor’s Education Group Advisory Board, the Children's Cancer Foundation Board and the Board of Directors of WorldatWork, where he is currently on the Global Advisory Council. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of HR Professionals, where he chairs the Assessments and Insights Committee and is Dean of HR Education. He is also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Diez obtained his Ph.D. from Singapore Management University, his MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Michigan.
Diez was named a Top HR influencer in Asia. He is a frequent speaker at regional and global forums on compensation, strategic HR, talent management and development, career planning, mergers and acquisitions from an HR perspective, building teams, global HR, education, public sector HR practices and HR analytics.