Kenneth Chai

Mobile: 0122255352

Credential: PCC

Coaching Specialty: Business, Career, Coach Facilitation/ Training, Communications, Executive Coaching, Health & Wellness, Life, Leadership, Performance

Kenneth Chai

Mobile: 0122255352

Credential: PCC

Coaching Specialty: Business, Career, Coach Facilitation/ Training, Communications, Executive Coaching, Health & Wellness, Life, Leadership, Performance

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About the Coach

Kenneth is the Founder of KACE Consultants (www.kaceconsultants.com). With ‘Kaizen, Alliance & Corporate Excellence’ and ‘Knowledge Academy & Centre of Excellence’ as taglines, KACE Consultants partners with corporations and their people so that they can perform even better. KACE Consultants achieves this by providing business and corporate management advisory and consultancy, and coaching and facilitation for executive, leadership and personal development and transformation.

Prior to establishing KACE Consultants, Kenneth had spent over twenty years in corporate management, specifically in corporate planning and strategy, corporate finance, corporate affairs and branding, corporate communication and stakeholder engagement, corporate governance and compliance, and strategic marketing.

Kenneth is an experienced ListCo board of director with chairman experience. He has served as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Annum Berhad and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Ageson Berhad. He currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Evergreen Max Cash Capital Berhad. All three companies are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

As a multi-faceted leader passionate about sustainability and social impact, Kenneth focuses on emotional intelligence and leadership development aimed at cultivating leaders who champion sustainable practices and drive positive impact.

Kenneth is a Professional Certified Coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation and a HRD Corp Accredited Trainer. As a coach and facilitator, Kenneth is passionate about facilitating executive, leadership and personal development and transformation so that people become better versions of themselves at their workplaces and in their personal lives. Specialising in emotional intelligence and human behaviour, Kenneth shapes emotionally intelligent future leaders, develops leaders to lead with emotional intelligence, and helps people connect better with others and achieve their desired results. Kenneth also specialises in helping executives and leaders perform better by successfully navigating the intricacies of corporate life.

In addition, Kenneth is a global Ambassador of the International Coaching Federation Foundation, a member of the International Coaching Federation, a member of the International Coaching Federation Malaysia Charter Chapter and a member of the Malaysian Estate Owners' Association.

Outside of his professional life, Kenneth is a happy family-man, a doting father of two lovely children, a supportive husband and a grateful son. He works out religiously at the gym, doing both weight training and cardio. He enjoys wine and he is ever ready to try a new label without expectations.

As a person, Kenneth is a motivated high-achiever, strategic thinker and planner, nurturing and compassionate coach, effective communicator, positive thinker and motivator, and creative change agent. He generously shares his knowledge and experience as he aspires to be a positive change catalyst for people from all walks of life and the organisations they represent.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
1. Founder of a business/corporate management consultancy outfit focusing on helping organisations and their people perform better.
2. Experienced ListCo Chairman and BOD.
3. Led and managed the corporate strategic planning and KPI monitoring/reporting functions of a unit of a Fortune 500 company.
4. Led and managed an O&G group’s successful listing on the AIM Market in London. It was only one of ten Asian based groups to be listed on the AIM Market then.
5. Led and managed the diverse businesses of a regional conglomerate in agriculture and natural resources industries, including compliance and stakeholder management/engagement.
6. Managed over 200 investment sales agents of collective investment schemes including rollout of incentive programmes etc.
7. Setup and managed new businesses including recruitment and building team from scratch, establishing SOP etc.
8. Currently one of only eight global Ambassadors of the International Coaching Federation Foundation.
9. Coached over 1,000 hours. Notable coaching clients include leaders in an international non-profit organisation based in a few European countries, scholar of an American international foundation based in Chicago, management team of the Malaysian operation of a multinational fast casual chain, and executive secretarial team of a leading Malaysian secretarial, advisory and management services provider.

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