Leading through the green light | Charles Caldwell | TEDxHongKong

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Charles Caldwell
Director of HR, ESF; Former Sr. Dir of HR Juniper Networks Asia

Charles, originally from Toronto, Canada, holds a Bachelors Degree in Administrative Studies, Post-Graduate Diploma in Asia Pacific Management Studies and MBA from the Kellogg – HKUST MBA program. In 2001 the Asia Pacific HR community recognized Charles with four awards including China Staff magazine’s prestigious HK Manager of the Year Award. In 2002 Charles was nominated for “Outstanding Contribution to HR in Hong Kong & China.” Charles has also received several other Hong Kong HR Awards and ERC service awards.

Charles started his career as an entrepreneur in Toronto, when he was 16 years old. The success of his company landed him on the cover Canadian Business Magazine at 22 years old. The formative years as a general manager planted a fascination for everything leadership, culture and insightful. After joining the corporate ranks, Charles moved to Hong Kong in 1996 where he was Director Sales & Marketing for Achieve Global. In 1998 Charles became the HR Director for Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific. His initiatives included the highly regarded Currency Crisis Awareness Training. In April 2003 Charles joined Juniper Networks as their HR Director, Asia Pacific. At the time the company had 100 APAC employees and as of March 2011 had over 3,000 APAC employees. In April 2011, Charles career had a change of season when he became the HR Director for English Schools Foundation, his current role.

Charles met his wife, Tess, over the Internet in 1996. They live in Hong Kong with their twelve -year-old son and ten year old triplets. (Being in HR, Charles claims he “has headcount issues everywhere!”) Charles is a Deacon of Union Church and a Board Member for International Care Ministries – an organization dedicated to helping the ultra-poor in the Philippines.

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