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OVERVIEW
The Transformative Leadership Programme “Lead the Future” is a five-day leadership development experience tailored for C-Suite executives, Senior Management and future leader, aimed at empowering them to navigate change, drive innovation and lead with confidence in their organisations. Through interactive workshops and discussions, participants will enhance their strategic thinking, innovation and personal leadership skills.
Key focus areas include strategic leadership, fostering innovation, leading organisational transformation, stakeholder engagement and personal growth. By the programme’s end, participants will be equipped with the skills and mindset necessary to steer their organisations successfully into the future, fostering innovation and creating value for stakeholders.
PROGRAMME DETAILS
- Course Title: Transformative Leadership for the Future (Lead the Future)
- Type of Training: Face to face and/or Hybrid facilitation
- Skill Area: High Impact Strategic Leadership
- Duration: 5 Days (3 Days in Malaysia, 2 Days in Singapore)
- Simulation: Firechat with UNITAR Adjunct Professors & INSEAD Simulations
- Certification Body: UNITAR International University, UNITAR International Academy, INSEAD
- 100% HRDC Claimable
ENHANCING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
TRAINER'S PROFILE
Anil Gaba
Professor of Decision Science
The ORPAR Chaired Professor of Risk Management
Anil Gaba is the ORPAR Chaired Professor of Risk Management and Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD. He is also the Academic Director of the Centre on Decision Making and Risk Analysis at INSEAD. He was Dean of Faculty at INSEAD from 2006 to 2009 and Dean of Faculty and Research at INSEAD Asia Campus from 2002 to 2006. He was part of the pioneer faculty group from the Europe Campus for the establishment of the INSEAD Asia Campus in Singapore.
His research is in the area of assessment and use of subjective information and analysis of decisions under risk and uncertainty. His research has appeared in several academic journals, such as Management Science, Operations Research, Marketing Science, International Journal of Forecasting, and Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. He is a co-author (with S. Makridakis and R. Hogarth) of the book Dance with Chance: Making Luck Work For You.
He teaches courses in the MBA, Ph.D., and Executive programmes at INSEAD. He also co-directs the International Directors Program (for board directors). He has won the Outstanding Teacher Award for the INSEAD MBA Core Course (Uncertainty, Data and Judgment) fourteen times.
He is a regular consultant and keynote speaker at various multinationals and conferences in areas of judgments, decision making, and risk management. A representative list of his past clients includes Resource Capital Funds, Netflix, BHP Billiton, IPSOS, OC&C Strategy Consultants, Novo, Pacific Basin, Prudential, Fidelity, HSBC, BlackRock, Citibank, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, CLSA, and its various clients in the asset management industry (US, UK, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia). He has been a keynote speaker at plenary sessions of various CLSA Investors Forums (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Las Vegas) and CFA Institute Conferences (Melbourne, Dubai, Bangkok, Mumbai, Hong Kong). He has been an invited speaker at various World Economic Forum events, including Davos 2010.
He received his Ph.D. in Decision Sciences at Duke University in the United States and B.A. (Hons) in Economics at St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, India.
Research Areas
Incentive Schemes, Contests and Tournaments, Risk Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Decision Analysis, Decision Making
Teaching Areas
Judgement and Choice (Executive Education), Bayeisan Analysis, Probability and Statistics (PhD), Decision Analysis, Applied Statistics (MBA), Uncertainty, Data and Judgement, Decision Making, Risk Management
Roger Lehman
Emeritus Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Roger Lehman is Emeritus Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD’s Singapore campus where he is Director of the Executive Masters in Consulting and Coaching for Change Program. In addition, he designs and teaches in both open and company specific programmes, providing a focus on executive leadership, leading innovation, personal and professional development, change management and high performance teams. In 2002, Roger was instrumental in setting up the INSEAD Global Leadership Center (IGLC) serving as its first Executive Director. As co-designer and Program Director of INSEAD’s innovative Coaching and Consulting for Change Program (CCC), he is deeply involved in supporting leadership transformational processes. In 2009, Roger navigated the CCC programme through its own transformation from a non-degree executive education programme into an Executive Masters Degree, resulting in the EMCCC programme being offered in both Fontainebleau and Singapore and Roger’s relocation from Europe to Singapore.
Roger’s clinical, teaching and organisational consulting career spans over 35 years during which time his experience has included a variety of staff and leadership positions in both public and private institutions. Over the past 20 years his teaching and consulting have led him to a variety of international assignments on all continents including Antarctica. In addition to his extensive involvement in the Executive Masters Program, Roger’s current focus is on leader development in Asia and Africa.
As a result of his extremely varied academic background (anthropology, sociology, clinical social work, psychiatry and religion, clinical and organisational psychology and psychoanalytic training), Roger brings a variety of “lenses” to his understanding of both leader and leadership development. His formal academic degrees include Masters degrees from both Rutgers (Social Work) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Psychiatry and Religion) as well as a Ph.D. from the Florida Institute of Technology (Clinical Psychology). He completed his psychoanalytic training at the Sigmund Freud Institute, Frankfurt Germany in 1996.
He is an active member of the American Psychological Association, the International Psychoanalytic Association and the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations. Over the years, he has been instrumental in helping to bridge the gap between the psychoanalytic and business communities. Over the years, some of Rogers clients have been the executive teams from Deutsche Bank, SAP, HSBC, BP, Church of
England Bishops, JTI, the UN, Credit Suisse, as well as the Executive Management Board of LEGO. His advisory board positions include 8inc; TeamStreamz & The Sparks Foundation.
When not traveling, Roger splits his time between Singapore and Europe with his wife, Tessa. They have two adult sons, one who resides in Hong Kong and the other who lives in New York City.
Research Areas
Leadership and Collaboration, Leading in Turbulent Times, Life-long Learning
Teaching Areas
Leadership, High-Performance Teams, Leading Change, Collaborative Leadership and Organisational Culture
Fireside Chat Speaker #1
Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid bin Abu Bakar FASc
Vice-Chancellor,
UNITAR International University
With a remarkable career spanning over 40 years, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Sahol stands as an esteemed figure in academia, engineering consultancy, leadership and governance. He earned his B. Eng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia and went on to obtain dual Master’s Degrees in Civil Engineering and Economics from Colorado State University, USA. In 1992, he achieved his D. Phil. in Civil Engineering from the University of Sussex, UK. Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Sahol has been recognised with honorary doctorates from both the University of Sussex and the University of Stuttgart, Germany, where he was the first Asian to be awarded the Honorary Doctorate Dr. Ing.
Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Sahol began his academic journey as a lecturer in 1976. His outstanding leadership skills saw him rise to become the Vice-Chancellor of UiTM, Malaysia in 2010. After his successful tenure at UiTM, he made history as the first foreign Vice-Chancellor of an Indian university at B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai, India. Additionally, he provided consultancy services to two universities in Ankara, Turkey.
His areas of expertise include Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Organisational Intelligence and Blue Ocean Strategy which he has adeptly applied to enhance the institutions he has led. Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Sahol has trained numerous prospective Vice-Chancellors in India and has extended his leadership training to senior administrators and Vice-Chancellors of various higher education institutions worldwide. Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Sahol is regularly invited to Oxford, UK to share his expertise in training current and aspiring Vice-Chancellors from around the globe. He is particularly noted for his ability to transform universities into entrepreneurial entities.
Returning to Malaysia in October 2019, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Sahol now serves as the Vice-Chancellor of UNITAR International University. He continues to make significant contributions to both private and public universities. His achievements have earned him numerous accolades, including the prestigious titles of Tan Sri and Dato’ Sri in Malaysia. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia and the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Fireside Chat Speaker #2
Dato’ Seri Dr. Vaseehar Hassan
Senior Associate,
Kets de Vries Institute,
Executive Coach,
INSEAD
Dato’ Seri Dr. Vaseehar is a seasoned banker with a 30-year career in merchant and investment banking, retiring as Chairman of an Investment Bank in Malaysia. He served on the Boards of several Malaysian banks, including Bank Islam Malaysia and Bank Utama and was the founding chairman of RHB Islamic Bank. He also served as Managing Director/CEO of Dallah Albaraka Group’s Malaysian office for 18 years, managing investments across various sectors.
During the Utama and RHB Bank merger, he represented Utama in the negotiations committee, sparking his interest in Organisational Clinical Psychology. He completed Master’s programmes at INSEAD and HEC in France and earned a PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with a thesis on Malay leadership qualities.
As an INSEAD accredited coach and senior associate at KDVI, Dato’ Seri Dr. Vaseehar has been an executive coach and leadership development consultant since completing his studies. He currently serves on the Boards of Ingress Corporation Berhad and Saturna as an independent director with over 35 years of experience on various supervisory boards and committees.
His research interests include the impact of culture on leadership and the effectiveness of executive coaching. In 2020, he began a doctoral programme at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, aiming to graduate in 2025.
He holds a PhD in Leadership from VU University Amsterdam, an Executive Master’s in Coaching and Organisational Psychology from INSEAD, an MSc in Organisational Psychology from HEC Paris and an MBA in Finance from Aston University.
Fireside Chat Speaker #3
Prashant Chadha
MD | CEO | Panel Director |
Board Advisor | Executive Assessor & Coach | Del Advocate
Prashant Chadha is a seasoned professional with a strong track record in leadership, team building and strategic project management. He currently serves as Managing Partner at Energem Advisory in Kuala Lumpur. Prashant is also an Adjunct Professor at UNITAR International University, bringing academic insights into practical business applications.
Previously, Prashant held notable positions such as Managing Director and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, CEO at Mercer Malaysia and Managing Director at Aon in Malaysia and the Philippines. He has a rich background
in organisational and talent development, having served as VP at Astro and held various roles at Aon Hewitt, where he led consulting initiatives across Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
Prashant holds an MBA from the University of East London and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Business from Amity Business School. His extensive experience spans across consulting, market leadership and HR strategy, making him a valuable asset in driving organisational growth and development.
Fireside Chat Speaker #4
David Heng Hock Wang
Managing Partner and
Executive Coach
David Heng is the founder of Global Leadership Dynamics Asia (GLDAsia), a company specialising in leadership and organisational development. With over 30 years of experience across Asia, Europe and North America,David has worked in both the private and public sectors.
David is an expert in executive coaching and consulting, focusing on leaders in competitive Asian markets. His clients include founders of family conglomerates, high-growth start-ups in edutech, fintech and consumer tech and social entrepreneurs. Many of his clients are recognised in prestigious lists such as Forbes 30 Under 30 and Wharton 40 Under 40 and Cartier Women Initiative’s Laureates.
He has served as the Associate Dean of the Global Leadership Fellows Programme at the World Economic Forum and as the Head and Managing Director of Talent and Culture Building at CIMB Group. David’s career also includes roles at Organisation Solutions Pte Ltd, the Singapore Economic Development Board and the Singapore Police Force.
David has advised the International Baccalaureate Organisation and is a faculty member of the Women’s Impact Alliance. He holds a B.A. in Mass Communications and Economics from the National University of Singapore and an M.Sc. in Organisation Development from Pepperdine University, USA. David is also certified in Hogan Assessments, SHL Assessments and the Golden Personality Profiler.
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