Samuel Lock has wide ranging local and regional experience spanning the marketing research, NGO, oil, and beverage industries. His past responsibilities include marketing research, marketing, corporate communications, change management; liaison with the Advisory Board, government ministries, analysts, media and the community.

As Group Corporate Communications Manager in Asia Pacific Breweries, and Public Affairs Advisor in ExxonMobil, Samuel has managed numerous “real life” crises and issues. He was a part of the ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Regional Response Team and was a part of numerous change management processes including the Exxon-Mobil merger in Singapore.

His market research experience at a predecessor of AC Nielsen, ranges from banking, courier services, shipping, cars, government research projects, consumer products, to advertising concept development and pre-testing. He has helped clients successfully develop new products, fine-tune product positioning and advertising, as well as assess market feasibility.

Samuel has guest lectured in marketing research at the Marketing Institute of Singapore, and a Japanese MNC; and speaks on corporate communications at professional conferences. A qualified ISO 14000 and ISO 9000 auditor, he has successfully promoted positive mindsets and employee behavioural change on environmental and quality issues.

Samuel’s stint as Assistant Director at The Salvation Army Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar Command places him well to advise on the needs of Non Profit Organisations, community project management, and how companies can achieve better public trust, corporate brand equity and government relations.
His instinctive training and coaching ability, enhanced by a brief association with an international training company, facilitates effective implementation of solutions. Samuel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma, and graduate diplomas in marketing management and marketing communications.

Director, Coaching & Training, David Lock

A dynamic and charismatic speaker, David is currently the only Certified Coach and Facilitator in Asia for the “Tick Tock, Who Broke the Clock - Work Life Integration®” workshop; a highly popular life-skills program in the United States by Dr. William Guillory and Warren “Trapper” Woods. David has developed and adapted the U.S. program to local context and titled it “Arrows With Soul™”- A “heartware” road map to work life integration.

David is the Chief Facilitator for the Clarion Consultants CEO Round Table monthly learning forum, attended by leaders and owners of local SMEs and numerous business organizations such as The Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (ASME), Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), Singapore Manufacturers Association (SMA), and Singapore International Foundation (SIF).

He has appeared on national radio and television on subjects of work life integration. He has also spoken at the Singapore Human Resource Management Conference on “The Flexible Workplace: Creating and Implementing a Successful Strategy”.

David is a registered speaker with the Work-Life Unit of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS).

A graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington (USA) with a tertiary qualification in Finance and Economics, David is also a member of the speaking professionals’ Asia Speakers Association.

David is highly regarded for his ability to facilitate and act, as a catalyst to create self-fueling attitudes to learning and improving that will withstand the test of time and trying circumstances.

Associate Director (IT/Business Continuity Management), Christopher Loo

Christopher possesses an excellent blend of technical and business expertise, culled from over 25 years of senior level experience in a variety of portfolios. He has worked in respected multinationals including IBM, Logica plc, Lotus Development, Candle Corporation, Standard Chartered Bank.

Christopher had a stint as technopreneur when he set up his own systems consultancy company in 1985. Since then, he has successfully built up regional businesses in professional services and systems integration, training and development, and consultancy and services.

He is very familiar with all aspects of business management processes including finance (both legal and management reporting), operations, legal matters, personnel. His in-depth exposure to the entire sales life cycle corroborates with an impressive track record of revenue performance both as regional director and as owner of his own consulting firm.
Christopher is experienced in the entire life cycle of a computer system, from concept and feasibility study to ongoing maintenance and support. In particular, systems integration and project management of complex, leading edge systems to time and budget, in order to achieve profitability.

Experienced with the business use of IT, Christopher worked with business critical systems including online financial transaction processing systems and high-value funds transfer systems. He set up and managed product support center to ISO 9000 standards for business critical systems.

Christopher has wide ranging project experience in many industries on a variety of hardware platforms. He has in-depth experience in retail and wholesale banking; credit approval and administration. He has a special passion for the adult training and education business.

Christopher has a broad regional experience covering the Asia Pacific countries of Australia and New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan.
He manages effectively in multinational and multicultural environments, having worked with customers, business partners, and staff throughout Asia Pacific, United States and United Kingdom.

Evonne Lee is a creative, versatile and award winning PR manager with significant experience in the hospitality industry and 5 international PR awards to her credit. She made her foray into the hospitality industry with The Regent, Kuala Lumpur, upon graduation from Sydney University in the eighties. A former Malaysian, she moved to Singapore to work as Public Relations Manager in Harbour View Dai-ichi Hotel, now known as “M”.

Evonne joined Le Meridien Singapore, to take charge of its newly initiated Privilege Club, before taking over the helm of Public Relations department in 1993. She handled both public relations, advertising & promotions, covering media relations, advertising, to event promotions (without advertising agency support) and even publishing – producing up to four concurrent newsletters for Le Meridien.

Evonne has picked up three international awards for newsletters she has produced - two silvers and a bronze at the Adrian and Golden Bell PR Awards, conferred by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI).
She had a hand in a number of high profile events, having sat on several charity fund-raising committees in aid of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. The inaugural 1993 Vienna Opera Ball, billed as “The Ball of the Year” by Lifestyle Asia, a Philippine publication, was graced by Deputy Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, ambassadors, prominent businessmen and luminaries in Singapore’s social cultural circles.

She secured wide editorial mileage for the Vienna Opera Ball in both Singapore and Malaysia, including coverage on prime-time television. The successful outcome culminated in Le Meridien being conferred the honour to host the event in the following year where former President of Singapore, H.E. Mr Ong Teng Cheong and the First Lady, were Guests of Honour.

Evonne also spearheaded two Green Christmas campaigns in 1994 and 1995, replacing live trees with environmentally friendly ones. This ‘green’ effort and the Vienna Opera Ball earned the hotel two silvers at the Adrian and Golden Bell PR Awards from HSMAI.
Her creativity extends to conceptualising and implementing major food and beverage promotions - transforming run-of the-mill culinary events, such as the French Cheese promotion, into an original and much commended series of “Cheese and Chinese Tea Appreciation” workshops.

She has worked with the tourism boards of New Zealand and Australia in organising successful and profitable food festivals. An enterprising PR practitioner, Evonne is an outgoing, friendly and approachable professional. She has established strong media ties in her 18 years of experience in the hospitality arena.

Samuel Wee has eight years of PR and Marcom experience. During his stint at Institute of Technical Education HQ, his Marcom team won the Institute of Public Relations Singapore’s PRISM Award for Best Public Campaign in 2000. The campaign was also a finalist in the Singapore Marketing Award conferred by the Marketing Institute of Singapore.

Samuel headed the set up of a Corporate Communications department of a mega church in Singapore. He managed corporate identity development, the corporate website and various marketing collaterals. He also managed media relations and coordinated communication channels for numerous local and international events.

Working with a network of 150 churches, Samuel headed the publicity task force for a 10-day event at the Singapore National Stadium in 2001. In the same year, he was involved in the execution of an award-winning advertising campaign.

An experienced editor, Samuel has produced publications such as annual reports, newsletters and marketing collaterals for companies and educational institutions.

In addition to PR skills, Samuel has wide experience in the field of learning and development, particularly as Course Manager of Lifeskills department at ITE College East, Singapore. Samuel is a certified facilitator for a personal effectiveness course. He is also a certified behavioural consultant in the DISC personality profiling system and a certified facilitator in experiential learning. Samuel has conducted training for adults and the youth, as well as train-the-trainer sessions in a variety of topics.

Samuel holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and BA (Hons) in English Language from the National University of Singapore. He is also a qualified teacher and prior teaching experience at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Temasek Polytechnic.

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