Candy Fernandez serves as Director – People & Great Work, IMEA, and also acts as a Speaker with the O.C. Tanner Institute, where she shares global research and insights on culture, leadership, recognition, and employee experience amongst other related topics with senior leadership audiences across the regions O.C. Tanner operates in globally. 

Drawing on the Institute’s extensive research with thousands of organisations worldwide, she helps leaders turn global workplace trends and best practices into practical strategies that strengthen culture, engagement, and business performance. Through her work, Candy regularly consults with organisations across industries to understand recognition and employee experience frameworks, policies, and employee propositions that foster high-trust cultures and enable people to do their best work.

With over two decades of experience across India and the Middle East — spanning sectors including oil & gas, recruitment, finance, and IT services — Candy brings a
broad understanding of how organisations evolve their people strategies as they scale and transform. She has championed initiatives globally around culture, engagement, compensation, EVP, branding, and experience initiatives.

A published contributor to the Forbes Human Resources Council, multiple HR publications, events, and a featured speaker at the O.C. Tanner Culture Trends Tour, she is deeply curious about global workplace trends, leadership thinking, and economic shifts that shape the future of talent and organisations.

Guiding her work is a simple but powerful belief: “Do unto others like you would do unto yourself"