Tim is a consultant at Meta and the Chief Digital Officer at mum+, a social enterprise whose purpose is to help create a healthier New Zealand. 

 

Formerly trained as a sociologist, Tim currently helps businesses across the APAC region with transformative digital projects. He is a pioneer in the digital business with 25 years of experience across four continents, working with enterprises, including P&G, 3M, Nike, Samsung, LG and GE, and with partners such as Google, Facebook, and Salesforce. Tim has domain expertise in Platform Business Models, Digital Transformation, Customer Centricity and  Start-ups. 

 

Tim’s current focus is gamification and Artificial Intelligence. He has spoken at events across APAC including ad:tech Shanghai, Online Retailer Sydney, Asia Inc’s Leading Business in Asia Forum Brunei, and guest lectured at the Fudan University Marketing Series Shanghai. 

 

Tim is an advocate of lifelong learning and is a prolific publisher with recent articles on platforms, strategy, neuromarketing, customer journey and digital transformation. 

 

He is based in Auckland and travels frequently around Asia Pacific region on assignments.

A blogger, author, Board advisor, consultant, executive coach, father, professor and… agent-provocateur, Didier’s (Belgian/Swiss) interest is in advising leaders on how to “intellectually compel” and “emotionally engage” their people into large scale change (strategic, organizational, cultural or post M&A), using the three levers of Logos (intellect), Ethos (behaviours) and Pathos (emotion). He advises his clients on organizational change (Engagement Processes), leadership development & team/individual coaching at Executive/Board levels. He is also actively engaged on the side of famous Business Futurist, Gerd Leonhard, to understand how the “Disruption Economy” impacts strategy, organization and leadership in companies. He is a TED-x speaker.

 

He advised and worked with firms such as Ardian (boutique European Private Equity firm), Banco de Desenvolvimento do Minas Gerais, Bank Julius Bär, BASF, Brookfield, Bunge, Credit Suisse (France), DebioPharm, DCNS, Diana, Dow Chemical, Evonik, FIDAL, Freshfields Bruckhaus & Derringer, G.T.T., ICN (DCNS/Odebrecht), Ipsen, KPMG & KPMG-Meijburg, McAfee, Novacap, Italian Olympic Committee, Pearson Plc, SAP, Safran, SHV, Siegwerk, Société Générale, Solvay, TOTAL or Vallourec.

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Didier is busy contributing to the redesign of the MBA of one of France’s top Business Schools. He has been Guest Professor of Leadership & Engagement at the Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil’s leading Business School), Associate Professor in Nyenrode University (NL) and visiting Professor in Insead and NEOMA (the sole triply accredited Business School in Paris) and has been a speaker at IMD (2014). He holds a degree in Law and an MBA from IMD. He co-authored “Engaging Leadership”, published in April 2009 by Palgrave/MacMillan, which was on Amazon.co.uk’s top twenty “hot presale list”.

Nancy Fortner, Managing Director of Fortner Consulting, has more than twenty years of Global Organizational Development and Human Resources experience. 

 

Nancy has consulted and trained globally on Organizational Development and Human Resources in the areas of Strategy, Performance Management, Change Management, Organizational Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, Succession Planning and Leadership Assessment and Development across a wide spectrum of industries. She is also an invited speaker at various global conferences and professional events.

 

Nancy obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Western University, Ontario, Canada and her CHRL (Certified Human Resources Leader) designation in Toronto, Canada. 

 

Nancy is a member of Human Resources Professionals Association (Canada), Society for Human Resource Management, Association for Talent Development and The Human Capital Institute’s Research Group (USA). 

 

In 2014, Nancy received the Strategic Leadership Award from the World HRD Congress at the Global HR Excellence Awards in Mumbai.

 

Nancy is also an Associate of the Melbourne Business School. 

Denis Oakley is an accomplished entrepreneur, coach and business model innovator. 

Prior to starting Denis Oakley & Co consultancy, he was the co-founder of successful Oakley steel trading company that specialized in heavy steel plate for use in oil & gas platforms, FPSOs and refineries. His technical background includes risk management and the development and delivery of complex projects. 

 

Under Denis Oakley & Co, he has Analysed and improved over 300 business models and their consumers propositions for over 300 start-ups. He has also created a blog and YouTube channel on business model design that has been used by over 250,000 entrepreneurs. 

Presented at conferences and workshops on lean startup, business model design & ideation, cultural change and leadership skills influencing over 2,000 people face to face.  He has extended the Business Model Canvas to use it as a tool for measuring corporate performance, cultural flexibility and as a threat radar.

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Denis holds an MBA from Warwick University in the UK and a Bachelor of Arts from Bristol University

Zafrul is the co-founder of CodeAr.my which was launched in London, UK, as an online accelerator that helps non-technical entrepreneurs build their products and launch their startups with experienced CTO's.

 

He successfully raised funds from Malaysian angel investors and government agencies and was then appointed as a head for Lean Startup Machine (LSM) in Malaysia. He conducted their early program in partnership with Microsoft Malaysia. Moving into 2015, Zafrul became Asia’s representative for LSM’s Global Advisory Board.
 

In partnership with Malaysia’s oldest investment fund, Zafrul launched Project Brainchild - Malaysia’s first ever program targeted at existing employees of government linked companies, helping the employees to launch new Startups. Later on, he established partnership with General Electric to further spread Lean Startup methodology among large corporates and their partners. Until today, Zafrul and his team have helped many large corporates and countless startup founders to apply the mechanics and thinking of Lean Startup to improve their business.

Professor Selvaraj Oyyan Pillay received his PhD in Biochemical Genetics from the Department of Genetics and Cellular Biology, University of Malaya. 

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Professor Selvaraj’s commitment and passion for quality programs, innovative delivery mechanism leveraging on the latest technology and friendly services, has placed his institutions at the forefront of adult learning opportunity creation. 

 

Within this field, he has served as the Deputy Director in University Malaya spearheading the Centre of Continuing Education. At the Faculty of Science, he supervised undergraduates, masters and PhD candidates and published 27 International and Local Research Papers. He  then joined Open University Malaysia to spearhead the Institute of Professional Development (IPD-OUM) and the School of Lifelong Learning (SOLL), where he doubled the institutions’ annual revenue, transforming them into one of the leading education groups.

 

He now heads the International Malaysian Education Center (IMEC) which offers immersive programs for worldwide professionals as well as developmental opportunities for professionals. Through his extensive network, IMEC offers certificate and diploma level programs with UK based Universities. His current focus is on developing and offering on-line programs.

Bryan has considerable experience and expertise in innovation and entrepreneurial ventures. His mission is to “Help Companies and organizations stay ahead by creating new categories of products and services that companies want.” 

 

His portfolio of skills includes Opportunity Scanning, Business model validation, product creation, go to market strategies, building high performance teams and integration back into parent companies. 

In addition to consulting and starting his own companies, Bryan has worked for Citibank as business transformation specialist for Asia Pacific. He has also worked for MINDEF in Singapore and the Singapore Air Force. 

 

Companies he has founded and led include Big Life Treats, an on-line gifting company, The Testing Ground a lean start-up coaching agency, Stacck, an enterprise resource planning system for food and beverages franchises. Stacck was acquired by a third party in 2017.

 

Bryan graduated with honors from Purdue University in the USA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds an MBA with distinction from University of Manchester in the UK, a bachelor of Law from National University in Singapore and will be graduating later this year with a graduate diploma in Social Psychology and Counseling for Aventis School of Management.

Dave has been a consultant, speaker and trainer in the personality tool business for 20 years. He has personally delivered and facilitated training sessions around the globe and advised over a hundred thousand people in the practical use of personality assessments. Working across industries in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, Dave developed significant knowledge of personality assessment tools, innovation methods, and organizational development processes. He is dedicated to using the latest brain science to enhance people’s natural strengths, improve organizational effectiveness, and create high-performing teams.

 

His clients include many large multi-national companies as well as federal and state governments and small businesses.

 

Dave received a Master of Science in Creativity, Innovation, and Change Leadership from the International Center for Studies in Creativity at the State University of New York (Buffalo) and his BA in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.

Nathan has contributed to thought leadership and business management for the past two decades. As the first Director of Content Development, he established Enspire’s approach to instructional and simulation design. He was the principle author on courses for organizations such Harvard Business School, the World Bank, Texas National Guard, and Canon USA. As VP of Product Development he managed the design and development of Enspire’s business simulations and online curricula, including the business simulation Business Challenge and the e-learning curriculum Fluent in Finance. 

 

He has facilitated leadership and business acumen development seminars at organizations such as GE, Nokia Siemens Networks, Bank of America, Mars, Kraft Foods, IMD Business School, UCLA Anderson, and MIT Sloan School of Management. He has led simulation design and instructional design workshops at leading industry conferences on both sides of the Atlantic including ASTD, Training, and Online Education and for corporate clients such as National Instruments.

 

Nathan holds a BS in Mathematics and BA degrees in Philosophy and Liberal Arts Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Prim was a Sr. Manager with MOTOROLA UNIVERSITY (Asia Pac.), responsible for Developing Corporate University, Leadership Development, e-Learning and a strategic Knowledge Management Partnership Project. He also spent 2 years as the VP of Learning & Knowledge Management with MAYBANK GROUP setting up their Group Centre of Excellence for Learning.

 

Prim has being a passionate practitioner in the field of Six Sigma, Corporate Culture, Leadership Supply, Corporate University & the Learning Organization. He has  developed several Learning Principles, Models and Implementation System which are being utilized globally. He has been involved in training, workshop facilitation, coaching and consulting over the last 17 years covering ASIA, Europe and USA

 

He has led major learning & applied research projects across China. His primary interest is on the fusion of Eastern principles and philosophy with Western methodologies & tools. The projects cover Leadership Transformation, Strategy Management, Culture Enhancement, Six Sigma Implementation and Corporate University have been cited as an attempt to introduce scientific management to Chinese SOEs. Prim is also a regular columnist with China Workers Daily.

 

Prim also has led the successful transformation at multiple corporate universities across Indonesia including some of Indonesia’s largest enterprise – PT Telkom, PT PLN, Bank Permata.

 

He has also chaired, mediated and presented at many conferences globally including IFTDO, Global Corporate University Summit and CIPD.

Nick’s key specialty is improving organizational-wide effectiveness and enabling focused change based on a more empowering and unique form of leadership and talent development, strategy and change.  

 

He has served as a cavalry officer in the British Army, Executive Consultant of Ernst & Young’s Strategy Consulting Group, Chief of Staff Development Director of Gateway with over 12,000 staff , where he led a major change program, the founder CEO of Tomorrow’s Company Enterprises Limited, responsible for developing an innovative strategy and taking a new philosophy into business; and CEO and Chairman of green energy technology start-ups, Associate Professor of Leadership at Nyenrode, Director at London Business School’s CMD, Visiting professor of leadership at INSEAD, IMD and Honorary Fellow at University of Exeter’s Centre for Leadership Studies in the UK. 

 

As an author, his various publications include: “Complex Adaptive Leadership – Embracing Paradox and Uncertainty”, “Practical Business Re-engineering – Tools and Techniques for Achieving Effective Change”; “Chaos, Leadership and Polyarchy”. His new book “More for Less – How to lead an agile, self-organizing organization” was published by Gower in August 2018. 

 

Nick’s educational background includes an MBA from IMD (Valedictorian 1988) in Switzerland and a Russian honors degree from Durham, UK.