Persana — people-first AI for HR

About Persana

People-First. Data-Informed.

We are an HR and AI practice built on a simple premise: data and AI are most useful in HR when they serve the people doing the work — not the other way around.

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Our Story

Where Persana Came From

Persana grew out of a shared frustration. For years, the practitioners who founded this practice had watched organisations in Singapore adopt HR technology — including AI tools — without the underlying data or process clarity to make those tools work. The results were predictable: dashboards that no one trusted, AI features that were ignored, and HR teams no better positioned than before.

We started Persana to fill a different kind of gap — not another platform, not another generic consulting framework, but a small practice focused on the foundational questions: What is your HR data actually telling you? Where could AI genuinely help, and where would it introduce more problems than it solves?

Our engagements are deliberately bounded, clearly scoped, and delivered in plain language. We work with HR and leadership teams in Singapore — from mid-size local organisations to regional subsidiaries of multinationals — and we are honest about what each organisation can realistically achieve from their current starting point.

Our Mission

What We Are Here to Do

"To help HR and leadership teams in Singapore make more considered workforce decisions — by being clearer about what their data says, and more deliberate about how they use AI to support human judgement."

Clarity over complexity. We present findings in plain language, with clear interpretive guidance, so decisions can be made with confidence rather than confusion.

Honest about limitations. We are direct when data is incomplete, when AI tools are not the right fit, or when an organisation is not yet ready for a particular capability.

Rooted in Singapore. Our work is shaped by the employment landscape, regulatory context, and organisational realities of operating in Singapore and the wider region.

The People Behind the Work

Our Team

Persana is a practitioner-led practice. The people delivering the work are the people with the expertise — not a layer of account management sitting above the analysis.

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Wei-Lin Tan

Founder & Principal

With over 15 years in HR analytics across Singapore and Southeast Asia, Wei-Lin founded Persana to bring more thoughtful, human-centred AI practice to regional organisations. Previously Head of People Analytics at a major Singapore financial institution.

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Priya Nair

Head of Data Practice

A data practitioner with deep experience in HR systems architecture and workforce modelling, Priya leads the analytical work across Persana's client engagements. She brings particular expertise in HR data quality frameworks and assessment methodology.

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James Ong

HR Practice Lead

James brings 12 years of HR operations experience across financial services and technology firms in Singapore. He grounds Persana's analytical work in practical organisational realities and leads the recruitment process review engagements.

How We Operate

Standards We Hold Ourselves To

These standards shape how we scope, deliver, and communicate every engagement — and how we protect the data and interests of the organisations we work with.

Professional Confidentiality

All client data and engagement details are treated with strict confidentiality. We do not share client information with third parties, reference client engagements publicly without explicit consent, or retain sensitive data beyond the scope of the engagement.

Independent Assessment

Our recommendations are formed independently of any technology vendor relationships. We do not receive referral fees or commissions for recommending specific HR technology tools, platforms, or AI services.

Singapore Employment Law Awareness

Our recruitment and HR process work is informed by current MOM guidelines, the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, and relevant data protection obligations under the PDPA.

Clear Scope and Deliverables

Every engagement is governed by a clear scope document before work begins. This defines what is included, what is not, what the deliverables are, and what the timeline looks like — so there are no surprises.

Honest Communication

We tell clients when the data is insufficient, when the question being asked is not answerable with the available information, or when a proposed approach carries risks that need to be understood before proceeding.

Data Handling Standards

We handle all client data in accordance with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). Data sharing arrangements, storage, and disposal are agreed in writing before any data transfer takes place.

Our Expertise

HR Analytics and AI Consulting in Singapore

Persana operates at the intersection of HR practice, data analysis, and applied AI — with a focus on the workforce decisions that matter most to organisations in Singapore. Our work spans talent analytics, recruitment process design, HR data architecture review, and the practical application of AI tools in people management contexts.

Singapore's HR landscape presents particular challenges: organisations operate across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts, navigate MOM and tripartite guidelines on fair hiring and data use, and manage talent in a competitive regional labour market. Our practice is shaped by this context — not imported wholesale from jurisdictions with different employment norms.

We work with HR and People teams at different stages of analytical maturity — from organisations taking their first steps in structured workforce analytics, to those looking to critically assess how AI is already embedded in their HR processes. Our approach is proportionate to where each organisation is, and honest about what a bounded engagement can and cannot achieve.

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If you are working through a workforce or HR challenge and want to understand whether a structured, data-informed engagement could help, we would welcome a short conversation to explore whether it is the right fit.

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