Cheewei leads our Leadership Practice. He has more than 30 years’ experience, having held senior roles across government, corporate sectors and global HR, and leadership consulting firms. As a keen student of leadership, he has spent the bulk of his career working with leaders and leadership teams across Asia Pacific. Cheewei relocated to Auckland in 2011 with his family and works with the Kerridge & Partners team to design and deliver leading edge leadership solutions for organisations, which include;
Working with boards and executive teams to design and facilitate leadership team retreats and strategy days. Cheewei’s hallmark is his ability to create a safe and neutral environment for leadership teams to confront, discuss and resolve team conflicts and strategy issues.
Providing onboarding and coaching support for senior executives.
Curating and facilitating Kerridge & Partners’ leadership conferences and events.
In 2019, Cheewei led a piece of research on “Developing the Next Generation of Chief Executives for New Zealand” and the output now forms the framework for our work in the assessment and development of Chief Executive and senior leaders.
Prior to Cheewei’s relocation to Auckland, he was the founding CEO of the Singapore Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI), a government funded institution whose mission is to develop strategic human capital capabilities and thought leadership for Asia. In addition to formulating strategies and initiatives on research and thought leadership, Cheewei was also the lead facilitator for HCLI’s flagship leadership programmes, seminars and conferences.
Since 2015, Cheewei has taken on an additional role as an adjunct faculty with Duke Corporate Education and is now the lead facilitator for senior leadership programmes for a number of Duke Corporate Education’s clients across Asia, with delivery in locations as far afield as Kazakhstan and South Africa.
Cheewei was educated in the UK under a Singapore government scholarship scheme and spent the first 10 years of his career as an organisational psychologist with the Singapore Armed Forces. He has a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) from Leeds University (UK) and an MBA from the University of Leicester (UK).
Cheewei was recently appointed to the Board of Outward Bound New Zealand and feels very privileged to be able to contribute to the noble cause of developing future leaders for New Zealand.