Dr. Edwin Ho

Vice President, Health & Wellbeing — Asia Pacific, BP

Topic: Mental Health at Work: How Real Is It – Really?

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Dr Edwin Ho is an Occupational Health Physician with nearly 20 years’ experience across clinical medicine, public health, and corporate health leadership. Based in Singapore, he is Vice President, Health & Wellbeing for Asia Pacific at bp, overseeing global strategies and programs across diverse regional operations. Previously, he spent almost a decade with Shell as Country Health Manager leading the health team supporting the various upstream, midstream and downstream businesses.

Edwin has led health teams from the frontline to the boardroom, delivering initiatives that improved employee engagement, reduced healthcare costs, enhanced human and workplace performance, and ensured compliance with regulatory standards. His expertise spans occupational health, mental health, holistic well-being, leadership, AI in health, health data analytics and many others.

Edwin is a frequent international conference speaker and has published widely on workplace health. He recently contributed to the book Wellbeing Centered Workplace, where he shared experiences and lessons on building the right wellbeing culture in the workplace. He is a member of various medical associations and organizations, contributing back to society diligently and improving health broadly. Outside work, he enjoys fitness, investment, and volunteering.

Abstract

Workplace mental health is widely discussed—but in large multinational companies (MNCs), the real test is whether support is felt in everyday work, not just communicated. This session shares a practical view of what makes mental health initiatives work at scale: using multiple signals to understand needs (e.g., psychosocial indicators and aggregated trends), the role of a leader and building their confidence to notice early signs and have effective conversations, and making support pathways clear—through local health teams, confidential assistance services, and peer networks. We will also unpack why good intentions stall in MNCs: inconsistent manager practices, competing priorities, varying cultural comfort with help seeking, and the challenge of sustaining adoption beyond awareness moments, and etc. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the challenges of prioritizing mental health at the workplace, important elements required to build the right culture prioritizing mental health, and real examples of success outcomes when mental health is prioritized.

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