Joy Jing Hui Xu

Chief Human Resources Officer, Asia and Head of Global Learning and Future of Work.

Joy Xu joined Manulife as Head of Human Resources, Asia, effective November 1, 2019. She is also a member of the Company’s Asia Division Executive Committee. In April 2020, she took over additional responsibilities as Head of Global Learning and Future of Work in addition to her HR role for Asia Segment.

In her role, Joy works in partnership with Manulife’s business and Human Resources leadership to help drive culture transformation and ensure the Company attracts, develops and retains a high performing global workforce.

Prior to joining Manulife, Joy worked for Novartis where she served as Global Head of Human Resources for the company’s Sandoz business, based in Munich, Germany. Prior to that, Joy was with PepsiCo for almost ten years, holding senior leadership roles in Asia and globally. Joy started her career with Procter & Gamble in 1995 with increasingly broader leadership roles in both China and the US. Joy has significant experience in cultural transformation, diverse talent development and organizational engagement.

Joy graduated from South China University of Technology as BA in English.