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Meet our team of professional coaches
 Profile — Dr Michel Gagné,
Master Executive Coach
Michel Gagné started to train coaches in Québec, Canada
in 1975. His Train the Trainer program has successfully contributed to more then
35,000 coaches throughout Canada. Michel Gagné is a Certified Coach Facilitator with
Corporate
Coach U International and a Certified Counselor with the International Society
of Mental Training and Excellence. He is also a Certified and Licensed Leader
with the Legacy Leadership Institute of Dallas, Texas and a Certified NLP Coach
with Lambent do Brasil of Sao Paulo.
Michel is a highly skilled communicator and
motivator experienced in dealing with the corporate, government and education sectors,
as well as NGO’s. He has directed courses and lectured all over Canada; in the European
countries of
United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Russia; in the Caribbean Islands
of Puerto Rico and Dominica; in the West African countries of Senegal, Guinea and
Mauritania; in Cairo for the Gulf Region; in the Asian countries of India,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Singapore, Taiwan
and
China.
Currently based in Malaysia, he was previously attached to a Government Agency
in
Malaysia as Manager of High Performance Programs. He has been involved in Management
and High Performance for many years at various levels; initially, at the City of
Montreal in
Staff Training and Stress Management programs; the Coaching Association of
Canada
in High Performance Programs. In Asia with companies such as INTEL CHINA, INTEL
Technology Sdn Bhd, INTEL Microelectronics Sdn Bhd, ING Insurance, AXA
Insurance,
Global Implementors, Magnus Management Consultant, Arachem, Easy Call, Liebert,
Yokohama, Pioneer, Concorde Hotel, Transnational Insurance Brokers, Emerson
Group of
Companies, Inter - Enterprise Solutions, Gamuda IT Services, Great Eastern Life
Assurance
Berhad, 3M Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Apex Communications, Walton International Group,
Bank Bumiputra Commerce Berhad, Bank Pembanguan & Infrastruktur Berhad, CISCO
Security Pte Ltd, INDOSAT, Hewlet Packard, Telekom Malaysia Berhad and many
more.
Johannes
offers a unique combination of expertise − a blending
of information technology, business strategy & development, and people
management skills.
He has extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the
telecommunication industry, as well as financial and commerce industries, which
he gained
while serving as senior executive at Indosat, and through his professional affiliation with
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
His coaching approach, leadership skills and knowledge of merger and
transformation processes have earned him a reputation for building and managing
productive teams throughout his career. Some of the important business
development initiatives he has lead, have contributed significantly to the
company's revenue stream, value and efficiency.
Johannes received several awards, from:
- Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston for his Paper in the field of Research Technology Management
- IT Leader
Award in 1999 from Hewlett Packard Royale
- Man of The Year 2001 for IT Top
Executive category from Yayasan Penghargaan Indonesia (Indonesian Foundation of
Awards)
His professional objective is to become a prominent leader in business, IT
and Telecommunication services with an entrepreneurial strength of mind,
contributing value to the company, people and society.
Profile —
Andrew Cheah, Business Coach & Consultant
Andrew Cheah holds a Bachelor of Economics, MBA,
International Certified Business Coach,
Member of Coaching & Training Asia Business Coaches Team. He brings with him more than 12 years of experience in materials
management and
production planning working with various multi-national Fortune 500 companies.
He is
highly regarded for his ability in setting up material and production planning
system for
fast-paced electronics manufacturing operations.
As a consultant, he has helped
Fortune 500 companies in turning around their warehousing management,
reengineering their materials processes, carrying out factory-wide barcode
implementation, vendor-managed inventory (VMI), setting up Kanban pull system
and
improving production capacity. He possesses wide knowledge in implementing SCM
system solutions, Lean manufacturing, MES (Manufacturing Execution System), CRM
and
ERP system integration. Today, Andrew is one of the highly sought after Supply
Chain
Management & Lean Manufacturing consultant in Malaysia and Singapore.
Andrew is currently a Fellow of International Entrepreneurs Association, UK (IEA),
and is also a
Certified Professional Business Coach from the International Professional
Managers
Association (IPMA of UK). He is a founding member of the International
Association
of Coaches, and a member of CoachVille, the largest coaching organizations in
the
world.
The key exceptional difference about Andrew as a trainer is FUN! While many
workshops
are BORING classroom type of training, his workshop is always full with
fun-filled games
and activities. He is able to create FUN for the participants to enjoy and
involve in the
learning and therefore increase the rate of understanding. Through his exciting, activity-based
leadership workshops, he has motivated directors, managers, executives and
supervisors from both MNC and SMI corporations in Malaysia and Singapore.
Andrew's
clients
include: B. Braun, Sony, Xerox, Seagate, Bard, AIC, Globetronics, Luster, Hock Ju,
Danisco, Clarion, Kobe, Ire-Tex, Polar Twin, Ya Horng, Honsin, Eastern Garment,
Jabil,
Lumileds, Matsushita, Dell, Good Year Malaysia, Silterra, Celestica and many
more.
Andrew also provides coaching to high school students in helping them to improve
their
learning capabilities. He was a guest speakers to the whole Malaysia SMJK School
Principals in the year 2003 Annual Majlis Pengetua SMJK Malaysia held at The
Mines
Resort City, Selangor, Malaysia.
Profile —
Lim Joo Chong, Business Coach & Consultant
Joo Chong holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University Sains
Malaysia and
has been in the field of organizations development, training and education for
the last 27 years. He was the Organization development Manager for Intel Malaysia.
He is passionate about enabling others to excel and positively contribute and
collaborate in building healthy communities and organizations. His personal
mission is
“Touching and Impacting Lives”. He is a life-long learner and is very willing to
share. He
believes in process driven interventions that will deliver sustainable
transformation for
individuals and organizations. He comfortably connects and communicates with all
levels of organizations.
Lim Joo Chong is an International Certified Business Coach who has been instrumental in
reestablishing
a Coaching Culture at INTEL Malaysia; he personally contributed to the
development of more than 100 Senior Manager Coaches at INTEL, and
provided individual executive coaching to more than 40 senior and middle
managers in
leadership and coaching.
He also has been certified to facilitate and train employees in the 7 Habits of
Highly
Effective People, Situational leadership, Development Dimensions International
Interaction Management, Transition management, Human Dynamics, Myers Briggs Type
Indicator, Language of DISC and Business Simulations. He utilizes facilitative
and
engaging processes to stimulate participation and learning. He has also taught
Human
resources Management course for MBA students. He has vast international
experience
as the onsite program manager and lead facilitator for residential management
development programs for front line and middle managers.
Joo Chong is very well grounded in the fields of Organizational Development and
Human Resources Development. He has experiences in new start-ups, consolidation
of
organizations, business directions shifts, team based and continuous improvement
culture building and inculcating factory operational efficiency. He provided OD
consultation and interventions for small works units, global teams, large
functional
groups or departments. This included organization assessment, capability
development,
team development, strategic planning, culture building executive coaching and
transition change management.
He has vast experience in facilitating large and small group processes for
strategic
planning, developing a learning organization, team development and leadership
development. His expertise includes Focus Group Technique, Scenario Planning,
World
Café, Dialogue, Map Day, SWOT Analysis and Problem Solving Methodology.
Profile — Kanagadorai Doraisamy,
Marketing Manager
Kanagadorai has been involved in the marketing and sales arena for the past 11
years. He
has been very successful in his career during his stint in direct selling,
multi-level
marketing and event organizing.
He holds an MBA, majoring in Total Quality Management. He had successfully
trained
and motivated sales staffs over the 11 year stint in various MNCs’ and corporate
organizations. He had also built sales floor (telemarketing) for event
organizing
companies from scratch and to achieve enormous sales targets. This position also
has
given him opportunity to achieve more success in organizing summits such as
F@stec 2001, Asia Fi-Tech, CIO Summits, CFO Summits, CEO Summits and North Asia
E-Business.
Kanagadorai has dealt with senior decision makers such as Board of Directors,
MD’s
CEO’s, CIO’s, CFO’s and VP’s on globally. Some of his global exposures are in
United
States America, Canada, United Kingdom, United Arab of Emirates, Brunei,
Singapore,
Australia, Philippines, China, Hong Kong and Japan. This has been the plus point
and
cutting edge to his career in the business industry.
Some of his major clients include: Brunei Information Ministry, Bumiputra Commerce
Bank,
Celcom, Malaysia Airports Berhad, Maybank, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, OCBC Bank and
Alcatel. He is currently attached to
Malaysia Canada Business Council as Marketing
Director.
Profile — Dr
(HC) Clara Kriswanto, MA, Certified Professional Business Coach
(Indonesia)
 Dr
Clara Kriswanto is the Founder & Content Developer of
Keluargabahagia.com,
www.curhat.net, and
CoachIndonesia.com.
Keluargabahagia.com & Curhat.net are interactive portals that serve as a meeting
point between experts and their clients who want to share their problems and
experiences. CoachIndonesia.com is a website for building communication between
professional coaches under the Coaching Association of Indonesia.
She provides leadership in bringing a reliable coaching method in Indonesia
as one of the best ways to educate and develop people in any industry and
promoting coaching to become one of the wanted professions in Indonesia.
She has a unique combination of expertise, a blending of psychology,
entrepreneurship, education, training and coaching skills and capabilities. She
also has strong experience in the Education Industry and part of them related
to family development. Her first career as a psychologist had been developed
when she started to be a volunteer of Hotline Service to provide counseling by
phone and then involved in many recruitment processes and as lecturer. Since
2002, she has trained executive coaches and manager coaches from several big
companies in Indonesia.
She has depth knowledge in the education industry and a broad knowledge in
starting up a new company from her experiences during her tenures in some
companies. She is a confident leader and manager in teamwork with her staff &
partners through a solid coaching approach. Some of the entrepreneurial
initiatives that have been part of her works are building home based business
with the aid of the Internet / Information Technology with her spouse who is an
IT professional.
She also has strong experiences as a social worker in helping people with
HIV/AIDS since 1998.
She received several awards such as PUTRI AYU – an Indonesian Traditional Beauty
Pageant in 1981, from the British Government as a Chevening Scholar in 2000,
Indonesian First Quality and Development Award as an entrepreneur in 2005 and
Doctor Honoris Causa from Cambridge in 2007.
Profile — Andreas Hasto
Pranowo, Certified Professional Business Coach (Indonesia)
 Andreas
is a qualified trainer and business coach in a variety of disciplines,
including:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Executive Coach & Life Coach
- Team Building
- Presentation Skills
He is fluent in English and French and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from
the STF Driyarkara, Jakarta, S1 (Strata 1) from Sanata Dharma University,
Yogyakarta, and S2 (Strata 2) from Ateneo de Manila University Phillippines
Faculty of Education, with a major in counseling. Andreas is a Certified
Professional Business Coach from the
International Professional
Managers Association UK, who also received
Dale Carnegie's
Highest Award for Achievement.
His extensive experience in education and human resources offers exceptional insight in people
skills development.
 Antoinette is a Certified Co-Active Coach, a programme with over 100 hours of coaching practise and 116 contact training hours. She has over 500 hours of coaching experience and has coached a range of leaders, from senior Executives to high potential managers. She has coached people in career change situations and has worked with people to achieve higher levels of success in their personal and professional life.
Her current work in organisations focuses on encouraging individual performance in order to achieve clearly defined business results. Her specialty is effectively working with individuals to become engaged in their work and to align their values to that of the organisation in order to affect business outcomes and progress in their careers.
Antoinette is experienced in the application of psychometric instruments wich allows her to measure change from before to after coaching. With the use of Psychometric tools she is able to assist people in the exploration of their attitude and personality traits or characteristics which helps in the process of creating self awareness and this provides insight for the coaching to take place and the exploration of deep seated self-beliefs.
Her experience of over 10 years in Learning and Development exposed her to work with over 51 nationalities. This experience combined with her keen interest in cultural aspects make her a good choice to work with to explore the meaning or current importance of cultural values.
Antoinette’s education and expereince in Psychology and Sociology provides her with a solid foundation to understand the nature of behaviour and the requirements for change.
Antoinette is a highly effective coach and has been very well regarded by her clients for her pragmatic, straightforward, ‘no fuss’ approach, and for her ability to communicate effectively and ask meaningful questions to increase self awareness and learning opportunities. Antoinette enjoys working with people that embrace change and see development as an opportunity to grow.
Marc Davey has established himself as a Business and Executive Coach based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is Currently appointed as an Executive Coaching Consultant to Jardines Group Hongkong which involves participation as an Accessor and Coach at Senior Management Assessment centres for Jardines businesses throughout Asia and longer term individual coaching assignments.
He was previously the Managing Director for Verify Limited, a subsidiary of Hill & Associates which he established in 2004 and was acquired by First Advantage in 2008. Verify had over 200 employees with screening centres across Asia including Malaysia, India, China and Hong Kong. Verify specialized in Pre-employment, Vendor and company background verification.
Prior to the establishment of Verify Limited, Marc held positions with Hill & Associates as Chief Operating Officer and Director Business Development. During his ten years with Hill & Associates, he established businesses in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Dubai and Iraq.
Prior to joining Hill & Associates in 1994, Marc practiced as a criminal and family lawyer before spending sixteen years with Royal Hong Kong Police Force holding Senior Command positions in Specialist Units including Counter-terrorism and VIP protection. He was an adviser to the New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong Govern¬ments on the development of strategy and contingency plans for response to major incidents, the protection of visiting dignitaries and Heads of States as well as the security for such conferences as ADB, CHOGM and IMF. Marc holds a Law Degree from Auckland University, New Zealand. He is also a member of the American Society for Industrial Security.
Matt D. Wieland is a Senior Business Coach, Corporate Facilitator and International Manager with more than 14 years of professional experience. Matt speaks German, English, Italian, Spanish and basic French and Bahasa Malaysia and has been in Asia for more than seven years.
He is a highly skilled communicator and motivator experienced in dealing with the Corporate and the Educational Sectors. He holds a masters degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Matt is also a Certified Facilitator for Coach-the-Coaches Programs in Industrial and Manufacturing Environment with UTM (Germany) and a Certified Business Process Coach. Matt has been involved in strategic corporate development and international project management for many years and worked in European countries of Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy; in the United States of America and Mexico and in Malaysia in the Southeast Asian region. He has gained experience in the metal processing, automotive, semi-conductor, machine building and F&B industries.
Currently based in Malaysia, he has been focusing on production systems, logistics and supply-chain management applying his in-depth expertise in OEE, TQM and TPM lean manufacturing methods and computerized production, maintenance and logistics management. At the same time as a Senior Manager and Business Coach he has developed and conducted courses mainly in the manufacturing sector as an integral part of high performance and productivity programs. In terms of organizational development he is very well versed in establishing successful self-directed work teams in production environments. His latest project activities comprise:
- Interim management in Production and Plant Operations (metal-processing industry, staff size ~1000).
- Optimizing short- and middle-term capacity planning and factory utilization (metal-processing industry in Germany and Malaysia) using various lean methodologies.
- Designing and implementing new maintenance concept towards preventative maintenance measures (metal-processing industry in Malaysia).
- Identifying alternative sourcing channels with suppliers in Southeast Asia to support global procurement strategies (component manufacturers in Germany, USA and Malaysia).
- Streamlining of internal/external supply-chain activities with focus on overall productivity, WIP/inventory, cycle times and service levels.
- Restructuring traditionally organized production and support departments into self-directed, cross-functional work teams with focus on team performance and sustainable empowerment of employees (metal-processing industry in Malaysia).
- Guest lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Petronas UTP (http://www.utp.edu.my) in Tronoh (Malaysia) on Operations Management.
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