Eoin Henry

Vice President, Global Head of Human Resources @ The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®

About

Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) and Global Head of Human Resources at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, leading the people strategy from our global HQ in Singapore and supporting 1200+ locations across 25+ international markets. I’m a purpose-driven HR executive with 20 years of international experience across consulting, financial services, real estate, hospitality, and F&B. I’ve led people and culture through every stage of the business lifecycle, from startup to scale-up, transformation to rightsizing, always with a focus on enabling growth and building cultures where people thrive. Today, I partner closely with our CEO and global leadership team to shape an environment that connects strategy with purpose, performance with values, and people with possibility. - Executive Partner: Advising C-suite and Boards on people strategy, transformation, and organizational design. - Team Building & Scaling: Built and led HR teams from 2 to 60 employees, supporting 30+ countries through complex transformation, rapid growth, and pre/through/post-IPO change. - Culture & Scalability: Designing scalable people practices that balance global consistency with local context. - Global Lens, Local Impact: Based in Singapore, with hands-on experience leading across APAC, EMEA, and the US. I care deeply about creating meaningful employee experiences and helping people do their best work with purpose.

Country

City

Singapore

Industry

Food & Beverages

Skill

Boxing, Muay Thai, Contract Recruitment, Business Negotiating, Project Management, Career Management, Consultancy, Staff Management, Employment Law, Negotiation, Recruitment Advertising, Temporary Staffing, Recruiting, Interviews, Payroll, Career Counseling, Human Resources, Team Management, Management, Start-ups

Experience

Vice President, Global Head of Human Resources

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Singapore

Reporting to the CEO, leading the global Human Resources and culture strategy for CBTL. Based in our global Headquarters in Singapore, supporting 1200+ locations across 25+ international markets globally.

Global Head of People Partners & Talent

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®

2023-1 - 2025-2 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Singapore

Leading a global team located across APAC & US (Including HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, People Operations & HR Admin). Includes 6 months as interim Global Head of HR from August 2023 through Feb 2024.

APAC & EMEA Head of Talent

WeWork

2021-1 - 2022-12 · 2 yrs

Singapore

-Responsible for Talent Strategy across APAC and EMEA (approx 30 countries) -Leading team of 25 HR professionals based throughout EMEA and APAC (Singapore, London, South Korea, Germany, Australia and India)

APAC Senior Director, Head of Talent

WeWork

2018-7 - 2021-1 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Singapore

-Responsible for managing the full spectrum of Talent Management and HR responsibilities, including Organization Design, Employee Experience, Performance Management, Business Restructuring, Succession Planning, Executive Leadership Partnering, Budget & Headcount Management. -Designing and implementing strategy for all aspects of Talent across talent planning, hiring, growing, assessing and rewarding -Led team responsible for business partnering with global corporate functions such as Finance, Product, Technology and Regional Management office -Building, scaling and leading APAC TA team from 2 to 20 employees in a high growth (and fast changing!) environment - Supported the growth of the APAC business from 80 employees in 2 countries to approx. 1000 employees in 8 countries -Supported the rightsizing and restructuring of the organization through more turbulent times, and then reset the team for the transformational comeback

Vice President, APAC Human Resources

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2014-6 - 2018-7 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Singapore

APAC VP of Human Resources & Staffing

Muay Thai Boxer

Kobra Muay Thai

2013-6 - 2014-5 · 1 yr

Thailand

Living, training and competing as a Muay Thai boxer in Koh Phangan

Consultant Head

Hays

2005-4 - 2013-6 · 8 yrs 3 mos

Dublin

I held various regional and national leadership roles, managing P&L and teams of up to 20 people. Head of Recruiting - Regional Senior Finance Division, 2011 - 2013 National Recruitment Head - Technology & Operations Division, 2008 - 2011 Recruitment Manager - Accountancy & Finance Division, 2005 - 2008

International Consultant and Project Manager, South Africa

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)

2004-1 - 2004-12 · 1 yr

Cape Town Area, South Africa

South Africa-based national adviser for the Irish government focused on attracting foreign investment to Ireland, specializing in market research, managing cross-sectoral Trade Missions, and collaborating with Irish and South African business leaders.