RESUME
Training
Experience
Independent Corporate Trainer, Facilitator & Coach:
Forte Focus
May 2016 - Present
Corporate Trainer and Facilitator for Leadership and Talent Development programmes, and Management and Graduate Associate programmes, in large multinationals, local companies and universities. Responsible for design and delivery of course curriculum, providing support to participants and tracking course progress. Clients include Development Bank of Singapore, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays, UBS, JP Morgan Chase, Temasek Holdings and Yale NUS College.
Training topics include Economics, Banking and Financial Services, Risk Management, Project Management (including Agile), Managing Change, Communication Skills, Coaching Skills, Influencing Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback Skills, Networking Skills, Cultural Awareness, Organisational Awareness, Executive Presence, Personal Branding, Business Etiquette, Interview Skills and Meeting Skills.
Trained Coach working with senior executives from multinational organisations and entrepreneurs, of diverse nationalities and cultures like Australian, Chinese, Canadian, French, Hong Kong Chinese, Indonesian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, New Zealanders, Singaporean, South African, Taiwanese and Vietnamese.
ICAEW ACA Accounting Tutor:
Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
Jan - Feb 2010
Institute appointed tutor for the Accounting module of the ACA Professional Stage exams, responsible for delivering the course curriculum, providing student support and tracking student progress via mock assessments
Independently prepared teaching materials and mock assessments to facilitate recap of key examinable areas by students
Skills
Banking & Finance
Accounting & Auditing
Team Management
Communication skills
Presentation skills
Negotiation skills
Influencing Skills
Networking Skills
Gender Diversity
Maternity Coaching
Flexible Working
Personal Development
Leadership
Coaching
Market Risk
Business Analysis
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Change Management
Cultural Awareness
Interview Skills
Professional Presence
Personal Branding
Business Etiquette
Languages
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
Re-Insurance Trainer:
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (London)
Aug - Oct 2004
Internal trainer for an Introduction to Re-Insurance course for colleagues and senior managers from other specialisations, responsible for preparing and delivering the course material and addressing queries from attendees
Women’s Initiative Network Working Group &
Dynamic Working Champion:
Barclays Capital (Singapore)
Jun 2012 - Feb 2016
Panelist, facilitator and organizer of internal diversity training events on flexible working arrangements and retaining female talent
Barclays representative for external diversity training events on flexible working arrangements and retaining female talent
Professional
Qualifications/
Development
Financial Risk Manager (FRM) - Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
Chartered Accountant (FCA) - Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Ontological Coaching in Action Workshop - Onotological Coaching Institute
International Corporate Coaching -
Progress-U & SMU Executive Development
Associate Certified Coach (ACC) - International Coach Federation (ICF)
Member of Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC)
Certified DiSC Trainer - Everything DiSC: A Wiley Brand
Business
Experience
I have 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, working in London and Singapore.
I started my career in the London Audit and Assurance division of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), specialising in the statutory audit of Insurance and Investment Management companies.
Upon qualification as a Chartered Accountant, I joined Barclays Capital in London, working across a range of Global Finance teams and regions during a 2-year ACA rotation stint.
In my following 10 years at Barclays, I specialised in Market Risk Production and Projects in London and Singapore.
I played a key role in the successful right-shoring of Production processes from London to Singapore in 2006, and built out the Asia Market Risk Projects function in Singapore in 2007.
I also managed and coached the Singapore Market Risk Projects team in my last 6 years, delivering a variety of regulatory and business-driven market risk project streams.