Kevin D. Asbjörnson
Managing Director & Global Executive Coach

Kevin D. Asbjörnson is a Master Facilitator, Leadership Consultant & Global Executive Coach (SSCC) who designs, facilitates and coaches within customized learning & development programs and workshops to enhance leadership, performance and productivity of individuals, workgroups, and teams. He is a certified in a variety of individual, team and organizational surveys, instruments and assessments including Hogan 

Tanvi Gautam
Programme Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Singapore Management University Executive Development

Dr. Tanvi Gautam, Founder leadershift Inc works with firms across the globe to create more authentic, engaged and inclusive leaders and work cultures. She is on the board of ARTDO (international) and an invited member to the elite leadership think tank of Corporate Executive Board (The leadership transition institute - USA).

Her list of clients include firms like Microsoft, Exxon, Dell, Medtronics, TNT, Accenture, Verizon among others.Dr. Tanvi is a recipient of the Game Changer 2014 award by Workforce Magazine (USA), the change leaders of tomorrow award by the Asian Thought leadership conference, as well as recognized as Top 10 HR influencers on Social media by SHRM-I.  Recognized as one of the women HR leaders to reckon with by the Business manager magazine her views on creating the workplace of tomorrow have been quoted and published by international forums such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes.com, Business Times and Economic Times. She is one of less than one hundred certified story coaches worldwide using this powerful medium for transformational leadership.  Dr. Tanvi also acts as an executive coach to leadership teams . She is a faculty with the business school & program director with SMU Executive Development helping create & deliver high impact programs for future ready leaders. She is the founder of the WISER network.

Dr. Michael Benoliel
Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources (Practice)
Singapore Management University

Dr. Benoliel is the editor of Negotiation Excellence: Successful Deal Making (2011 first edition and 2014 second edition); co-author of Negotiating (2009); author of The Upper Hand (2006) and Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators (2005). He also developed STARLET, a negotiation simulation distributed by Kellogg School of Management. Some of his media interviews include: ABC News; Bloomberg Television; CAN TV; The Deal; The Washington Diplomat; Reuter; Straits Times; and The Wall Street Radio. As a 

consultant and trainer, Dr Benoliel provided services to British Petroleum; Pfizer; Henkel AG; Keppel; Prudential; Applied Micro Devices; BATA International; Clariden Global; PTT Chemicals (Thailand); National Health Group (Singapore); Mekong Capital (Vietnam); Malaysia Oxygen; TNB (Malaysia); and Indian Oil. Dr. Benoliel received his doctorate degree from The George Washington University (in Washington, D.C., USA), was trained at the Harvard Business School in the Participant Centered Model, and taught at The Johns Hopkins University (USA) and the University of Maryland University College (USA).

In 2007, after teaching in the USA, Dr. Benoliel joined the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU) as Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior Practice. In 2008 and 2009 he was listed in the Dean’s Teaching Honour List. In 2010, he won the Innovative Teacher Award. In 2012 he received the Most Outstanding Faculty award, Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Class of 2012; And in 2013 he received the Outstanding Faculty award, Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Class of 2013.

Robin Speculand
C.E.O Bridges Business Consultancy
International Strategy Implementation Specialist

Robin Speculand, the founder and Chief Executive of Bridges Business Consultancy Int, a pioneer and global specialist in strategy implementation. His work begins once clients have crafted their strategy and are ready 

to start the implementation journey. He is one of the most prolific writers on strategy implementation and has published two international best sellers, Beyond Strategy: The Leader’s Role in Successful Implementation and Bricks to Bridges: Make Your Strategy Come Alive. In 2016 he will publish Phenomenal Opportunity – H.O.W. to Achieve Excellence in Execution. He is also the inventor of the Implementation Hub, the first portal in the world dedicated to implementation.

Robin is a masterful event facilitator and an engaging keynote speaker. His work has been featured widely in the media, including BBC Global, CNBC, Channel News Asia, Sunday Telegraph and Financial Times.

Mike Hughes
Managing Director and Executive Coach
Progress-U

Mike is an executive coach based in Singapore who is passionate about helping his clients in the areas of leadership and career development. In addition to executive coaching, he specializes in leadership development training and small business consulting.Mike has spent most of his career working in industry and 

has spent the last twenty years working abroad in Europe and Asia. He has held senior management positions in Finance, Sales and Marketing and spent four years as the General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa for a multinational joint venture in the beverage industry.

Mike’s clients range from the service industry to FMCG and tend to be mid to senior level executives. His expertise covers the following development areas:

• Personal Performance
• Leadership Development
• Team Performance
• Conflict Resolution
• Change Management
• Career Progression