Simon Matthews

Regional Manager, Southeast Asia, ManpowerGroup

​With a quarter of a century experience in human capital management, workforce solutions as well as business development management, he has had a long and successful career across countries and organizations. Simon joined ManpowerGroup in 1992.

Simon is currently Regional Manager for ManpowerGroup Vietnam, Thailand and Middle East. He formerly held the role of sales and contract management in such companies like SGS and successfully developed call off contracts with Caltex Refinery, Total, Brunei-Shell, Sarawak Shell, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC and Qatar Gas and Unocal, etc.

What makes Simon different to others business executive management is his intensive knowledge and experience in human capital development, solutions as well as understandings of workforce markets and policies making process in many countries. These are practical information sharing which is very valuable to people-centrix strategy for business’s sustainable growth.

Beyond the art of human and business solutions, he has been one of the main proponents of the British Chamber of Commerce where he is the Vice Chairman. He also has remarkable vision and contribution to Junior Achievement Thailand, in which he is the Director, with the view to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy.