“When looking at any new technology or initiative or process, the key thing I always consider is our employees’ experience. We saw that mobility around the APAC region was common, but the experience of these employees differed from country to country. Our people had sometimes found it difficult to learn about their benefits or even access vendors when moving to another territory, so we wanted – as far as possible – to standardise our benefits solution across the APAC region.

In the years that I’ve been working in total reward, I’ve definitely seen a transformation in what employees expect from their tech. It used to be that benefits could be surfaced on a simple intranet site; now it needs to be mobile, and the look and feel is essential. The more people have become used to seamless tech, the more important it’s been to make sure we reduce the barriers or number of clicks it takes to access information. We needed a solution that was polished and focused on user experience.”