John Vijayarangam

biography

John has over 35 years of experience in Human Resources in the Asia Pacific with work experience in Indonesia ( 20 years ), Australia, India, and in the Asia Pacific. He has a Masters Degree in Human Resources from XLRI , Jamshedpur , an Advanced HR Diploma from IIM Ahmedabad; plus a Master of Business by Research (Competency Based HR Systems), Monash University, Australia which was upgraded to a PhD program and is ongoing.

He is currently Managing Director of Cornestone Jakarta, Indonesia, and also CEO at PT Potentia HR Consulting, a leading HR Consulting and Executive Search company in the Asia Pacific, also located in Jakarta. His areas of Expertise for Executive Search includes Senior Executives / BOD level / Senior Manager Levels for : Mining & Minerals / Manufacturing / FMCG / Human Resources / Finance / Services Sector with the main focus of search in Indonesia / Asia Pacific for both Expats & Local Indonesian Senior Managemen .

John has held positions such as General Manager & HR Director for Coats Ltd (British Multinational in Indonesia 2002-05 / called Madura Coats in India ) ; Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, Indorama Indonesia (1994-2010 ). He has also worked with MRF Ltd (Corporate HR Manager), Bank of America, and Best & Crompton, India .

Main areas of expertise includes :

Recruitment & Selection -senior levels
Competency Based HR Systems
Strategic Human Resources
Training & Development
Job Evaluation
Certified Assessor -Hogan Assessments

John has also held positions such as Honorary Secretary of ISTD ( Indian Society for Training and Development 1984-88) and Chairman , ISTD for the period 1989-91.

He was visiting faculty and taught HR as visiting faculty at Postgraduate level in several universities across the Asia Pacific including Monash University, Swinburne University, and RMIT, Australia. In Indonesia he was visiting faculty to the Swiss German University and IPMI Indonesia and in India with leading MNCs / Institutes ( LIBA and Madras School of Social Work ) for Postgraduate levels in Human Resources .

HR blog from John Vijayarangam.