Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2026 — Hilti Malaysia has appointed Reena Talla as its Head of Human Resources. As a member of the Hilti Malaysia Executive Management Team, she will lead the country’s people strategy, partnering with business leaders to accelerate business growth through exceptional leadership, talent, and culture. She will oversee all aspects of Human Resources, including business partnering, talent acquisition, leadership development, succession planning, employee engagement, performance management, organizational development, total rewards, employee relations, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), with a strong focus on building a high-performing, people-first organization.
Prior to joining Hilti Malaysia, Reena Talla served as Employee Experience Services Lead – APMEA & Europe at Kerry, where she led strategic employee experience initiatives across the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Europe regions. In this role, she partnered with senior leaders to strengthen employee engagement, workplace culture, and organizational effectiveness while aligning people strategy with business objectives across multiple geographies.
Before Kerry, Reena spent more than twelve years with Vale, holding a series of progressively senior regional HR leadership roles. Most recently, she served as Regional Head of Human Resources for Asia, Middle East, and Europe, where she led the strategic HR agenda across multiple countries, driving organizational capability, leadership development, workforce planning, and regional HR transformation. Earlier, she was Head of Human Resources for Vale Malaysia, leading the country’s HR function across talent management, compensation and benefits, global mobility, HR strategy, and people management.
Earlier during her tenure at Vale, Reena served as Head of Human Resources Services for Asia, Middle East, and Europe, where she established and led regional HR shared services covering payroll, compensation and benefits, talent management, training, and global mobility. She also held the role of Senior Compliance Specialist, supporting regulatory compliance, operational risk management, and governance across the mining business throughout the region, strengthening her expertise in compliance, governance, and organizational effectiveness.
Reena began her professional career with KPMG, where she spent nearly eight years as Manager – Risk Advisory Services, advising organizations on risk management, governance, compliance, and business transformation initiatives. This strong consulting foundation, combined with her extensive regional HR leadership experience, has enabled her to successfully lead people transformation initiatives across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
Throughout her career, Reena has led HR transformation, employee experience, organizational culture, talent management, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives across Asia and beyond. She is passionate about sharing perspectives on leadership, the future of work, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and building high-performing workplaces.
About Hilti Malaysia
Hilti Malaysia is part of the global Hilti Group, a leading provider of innovative technology, software, products, and services for the construction industry. Guided by its core values of courage, integrity, commitment, and teamwork, Hilti helps customers build faster, safer, and more sustainably. Recognized globally for its expertise in anchoring systems, direct fastening technologies, power tools, and digital construction solutions, Hilti partners with professional contractors and industry leaders to continuously raise standards across the construction sector while creating a better future through innovation and people excellence.
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