The Business Show Asia 2026

Building a global team sounds straightforward, until you're juggling payroll across five markets, navigating employment law in countries you've never hired in before, and trying to keep your people experience consistent from Singapore to Sydney to Seoul.

For HR, Finance, and Operations leaders scaling in APAC, the complexity is real. Misclassified workers, delayed payroll, fragmented vendors, and compliance blind spots don't just create admin headaches, they slow growth, erode trust, and expose businesses to risk.

In this fireside chat, we sit down with a senior leader who's been in the thick of it, building and managing cross-border teams across some of the most dynamic and demanding markets in the region.

We'll get honest about what breaks when you scale without the right foundation, what high-performing teams do differently, and how AI is starting to change what's possible for lean HR and Ops functions. Whether you're preparing to hire in your first new market or untangling a patchwork of local vendors across ten countries, this session will give you a sharper picture of what global workforce management looks like when it's working, and a clearer sense of where to start.