Dr. Edwin Ho

Vice President, Health and Wellbeing, Asia Pacific at British Petroleum

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. He is currently the Vice President, Health and Wellbeing for Asia Pacific at British Petroleum (BP), based in Singapore, overseeing global strategy and programs across diverse regional operations. He also spent almost a decade with Shell as Country Health Manager leading the health team.

Dr. Ho 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 across occupational health, mental health, holistic well-being, leadership, artificial intelligence in health, health data analytics, and many others. He is a member of various medical associations and organizations, contributing back to society diligently and improving health broadly.

As a distinguished speaker, Dr Ho has spoken in various international conferences in different parts of the world, highlighting his diverse understanding of Health in a global context. He has spoken in conferences across Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Qatar, America, and others. He has also contributed to a newly released book, “The wellbeing centered workplace” and conducted health workshops to help participants identify key health concerns at their workplace. He has a strong passion for health and especially mental health and is keen to share in this conference.

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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