Our Judges

Here are our judges

ARTHUR F CARMAZZI

Arthur’s unique and effective global contributions to leadership development and leadership training, has earned him the Global Gurus Award in the Leadership category and he is ranked as the #10 Leadership Thought Leader globally. Combing his multi-faceted systems, assessments, training tools and the processes in his proprietary Directive Communication Psychology, and over 280 licensees who practice and train others using his methodology, Arthur has impacted leadership and organizational culture development on a global scale.

As the original developer and founder of the Directive Communication Psychology, Arthur has helped organizations around the world to develop better leadership and organizational cultures. With flagship training courses like his fully comprehensive Leadership Development program “The Hero’s Way”, his Organizational Culture Change workshop “Lessons from the Monkey King”, and “TEAMcolores” based on Team Building applications to Arthur’s Colored Brain model, he gets 38% more implementation of concepts (based on a 2007 DCI study) that other experiential training programs. Arthur’s other popular programs include Leadership Intelligence, Creating and Leading a Brand Culture in Your Organization, Leadership Communication to Enhance Corporate and Public Image and Culture Centred Leadership. Organizations such as Qatar Gas, Etisalat, Emirates, Motorola, Citibank, DELL, Bursa Malaysia, Petronas, Unilever, Philips, Levis, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, MTV and more, have benefited from Arthur’s leadership and Organizational Culture Change workshops.

HE ABDULRAHIM HASSAN NAQI

HE ABDULRAHIM HASSAN NAQI is the former Secretary General of the Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC). Been in the Federation of GCC, he has moved the business industry for the gulf region into greater heights. With more than 27 years of experience in the field of business matching, marketing, organizing multi events such as conferences, exhibitions, forums and training programs, HE Abdulrahim Hassan Naqi is recognized as the ‘Business Expert’.

STEVE CHEAH

Dato’ Steve Cheah is a social entrepreneur and advisor with over 30 years of international business and corporate experience working in Malaysia, England, Hongkong, Myanmar and Thailand.

Serving as a board member and advisor to business chambers, education institutions, corporations, and international organizations, he is involved in commercial, educational, youth and community projects hosting national and international activities and programmes that create opportunities to help “internationalize” startups, businesses and SMEs. Global events include GEN@Startup Thailand, Global Entrepreneurship Congress plus (GEC+ Bangkok), Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC), and Pitch@Palace ASEAN in cooperation with Buckingham Palace and others.

He engages private sectors and government agencies in diplomacy, education, innovation and entrepreneurship development with the mission to support an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for deeper cross-border collaboration between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders and founded the Pitch at School Entrepreneurial Mindset equitable Education programme and business pitch competition designed for school students.

He is also the Head of Mission for the Diplomatic Council to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, a global think tank with special consultative status to the United Nations (ECOSOC), with Observer status at UNESCAP Bangkok.