Cheewei Kwan
Partner, Leadership, New Zealand
Cheewei leads our Leadership Practice. He has close to 40 years’ experience, having held senior roles across government, corporate sectors and global HR, and leadership consulting firms.
About Cheewei
As an organisational psychologist and a keen student of leadership, he has spent the bulk of his career working with leaders and leadership teams across Asia Pacific.
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Cheewei’s Expertise
As an organisational psychologist and 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;
Leadership assessments for executive level appointments
Chief Executive succession
Working with boards and executive teams to design and facilitate leadership team retreats and strategy days
Onboarding and coaching support for senior executives
Curating and facilitating Kerridge & Partners’ research initiatives, leadership conferences and events
Cheewei’s Background
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).
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