About

15 YEARS | 10+ COUNTRIES | 30+ PARTNERS | 30,000+ STUDENTS

We help companies accelerate their people and culture into industry 4.0 by upgrading managers into leadapreneurs. Leadapreneurs are agile digital innovators who can rapidly deliver solutions that grow the business in VUCA realities.

We are certified by the ‘Institute of Leadership & Management’ based in London, and we are the creators of the world’s largest online leadership course with 30,000+ students.

Leadapreneur Sdn. Bhd.
1086234-K

16-1, Level 16 Wisma UOA Damansara II No 6,, Changkat Semantan, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

Jan@Leadapreneur.com
+60 (0)12 973 4982

MEET THE TEAM

Innovate or die.

Jan Bartscht, MSc & BA

FOUNDER & CEO

Described as "a bold and visionary disruptor", Jan has built a compelling vision that clearly describes how organisations can shift from traditional management thinking to the advanced leading agile innovation methodology.

Grounded in rigorous science, Jan’s passion and area of expertise is in systems thinking, making complex and advanced leadership, management and entrepreneurship theory practical and useful. Jan has published his own research in peer-reviewed papers such as Why systems must be open to Survive in a VUCA World (2015) and The Cybernetics of Authenticity and is one of the first people in the world to have earned an MSc in Systems Science. He has created and delivered high-standard competitions including The Leadership Tournament at Cambridge, Oxford, UCL and LSE, The 1,000 Global Leaders Programme with Coca-Cola, Smart AXIATA and RMA Group as well as MBA-level programmes such as the Corporate Innovation Accelerator in Malaysia. He has trained and coached junior, middle and senior managers at top corporations such as GSK, ANZ Royal Bank and Unilever. He has spoken at TEDx, the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Lean In Malaysia Summit and other global platforms and been engaged as an adjunct lecturer for social entrepreneurship at INTI and Puthisastra Universities.

Jan is also an avid fitness enthusiast, rugby player, kite-surfer and an IRONMAN triathlete.

HEAD OF PROJECTS

Elaine Leaw, PMP & BE

A firm believer of Kaizen, Elaine is always on the lookout to improve processes and optimize growth. With over 17 years of corporate experience, she has been constantly involved in improvement initiatives. Amongst her notable efforts were championing of work-life balance for her team, inspiring her team to deliver beyond the call of duty and developing a solution for KPI measurement and analytics, which was adopted as the benchmark for global testing teams.

Her willingness to help others saw her taking on coaching and training roles within her team as well as across teams.

One of her success stories is improving her team’s performance by 20% within 4 months through comprehensive review and improvement of processes, competencies gap analysis, skills development training and mentoring team members.

Elaine’s resourcefulness and tenacity in solving problems and delivering results were recognized by her management team, who trusted her with highly complex global projects to lead. She is very adept in dealing with people from diverse cultures and managing high pressure environments.

MS MARY LOPEZ, CPT & MSC

A marketing and business development professional and a certified Professional Trainer (CPT) with over 30 years of work experience, Mary is highly competent in enhancing marketing strategies, managing corporate projects and brilliantly improving PR and sales to generate leads that grow businesses.

With a Master’s degree in Technology Management from Griffith University, Australia, Mary has applied her knowledge and skills in Marketing and Business Development in myriad industries both in the private sector and government. As the Science & Technology / Country Representative for a Canadian government funded agency for more than 10 years she promoted technologies and engaged with Malaysian government and private sector stakeholders to identify needs and match solutions in the fields of Women in Development, Education, and Science & Technology. Using her unique networking and PR skills, she then took the role of Business Development Consultant for an IT start-up, helping to promote the company and identify business opportunities especially with MNCs seeking systems integration solutions. For almost a decade, she was the Membership Manager with the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry and was instrumental in making the Chamber a force to be reckoned with.

She spends her free time volunteering for causes close to her heart especially issues related to the environment and women in need.

HEAD OF SALES

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it. ~ W.H.Murray

EXECUTIVE COACH

Being In the Moment Inspired to Inspire!

KHOO SIM CHOO, ICF

Khoo Sim Choo is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach. Over the last 30 years, Sim Choo has acquired a wealth of experience across different corporations including IBM, Texas Instruments and British
American Tobacco where she was consistently recognized for her professional drive, tenacity and strategic perspective, especially when engaging at the C-suite level.

As an Executive Coach and passionate mentor, Sim Choo has led change and transformation projects for her clients. For example, she led the strategic transformation for clients in the airline and banking industries by coaching the staff through transition to embrace a 'growth mindset'. Her powerful skill lies in helping individuals reflect deeply, gain new insights and create bright solutions through the power of coaching. As a Leadapreneur Innovation Coach, she's been recognised for empowering and stimulating over 100 managers at Citibank, Eco World and United Overseas Bank towards turbocharging real, tangible innovation that grows business forward.

Sim Choo currently performs assessments for a ICF Accredited Coach certification program, and also serves as an International Consultant Coach of MoovOne. She is part of a thriving global community looking into subject matter content around Narrative Coaching and Coaching Supervision, whilst conducting supervision of coaches from Amsterdam, US and Hong Kong among others. Sim Choo is a Conversational Intelligence® practitioner and a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Certified Coach. She is accredited in DISC personality profiling, She serves on the ICF Malaysia Board (2016-2018). She has a Master’s in Engineering Science from University Malaya.

KARFEI CHEAH

KarFei’s fascination with human behavior and psychology from an early age kickstarted his journey with coaching 8 years ago. Enthralled with how people worked and why they do the things they do, he pursued knowledge from the world’s best teachers in leadership, coaching, hypnosis, subconscious mind, and personal well-being.

He is the Founder of Life Redesigned. Along with his team, they aim to coach and develop young people in the global workforce to create a better workplace and a better world. His approach is to redesign and remap new strategies for people to succeed in all different aspects of life. He has coached and trained young leaders at workplaces such as Procter and Gamble (P&G), IBM, Accenture, Great Eastern and other clients. Kar Fei also specializes in social business innovation and transformation. KarFei has trained with/for organizations such as MaGIC, Tandemic, and IBM in social business transformations using Design Thinking. He is also the Resident Coach and Head of Learning & Culture in Mindvalley. His coaching with team members in Mindvalley covers leadership coaching (Marshall Goldsmith Coaching), life coaching, career coaching, and hypnotherapy.

He was selected as part of the Hive Global Leaders Program in Harvard Business School to work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Apart from speaking and coaching in more than 15 countries across continents, KarFei is the few that were selected to be part of the Global Shapers Community initiative by World Economic Forum (WEF).