MICHELE SAGAN

Michele has 24 years of leadership and management experience in the public and private sectors both in the UK and Malaysia, bringing critical leadership and management insights with her. Having headed various departments in organisations such as the Asia School of Business, the Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre, UBS, HSBC, and CIMB, Michele has developed expertise in a wide variety of areas such as future of work, leadership, strategic thought, change management, human capital development, managing culture, performance management and more.

A future of work scholar, certified human capital strategist, instructional designer, international speaker and leadership trainer, she has also consulted, taught, facilitated and written on various topics including Future of Work Solutions, Change, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Transformation, Wellbeing and Leadership Development. She has worked with organisations on business innovation, strategic alignment, culture and engagement initiatives, wellbeing policies, and talent and leadership programs and development and more. She is also a certified coach, psychotherapist, and EQ practitioner and has provided and leadership coaching support for clients ranging from the C-suites to young executives. Her audience hail from a wide range of industries such as Oil and Gas, Construction, Transportation, Finance, Telecommunication and SMEs and include the US Embassy, EPF, PNB, HSBC, Khazanah, Talentcorp, CIMB, Axiata, AirAsia, Hibiscus Petroleum, Petronas, ADA, Bank Negara, Indian Railways and many more.

Michele also has a BSc and a MSc from the London School of Economics, UK. She was also a Malaysian JPA, British High Commission and Citibank scholar winning various academic awards. She is currently pursuing her PHD in the Future of Work and Organisations & Leadership of the Future. In 2021, Michele was named one of the most successful people in Malaysia by the British Publishing House.