FOCUS Adventure

Andrew Chua has over 10 years of experience in adventure learning. He is one of the pioneer facilitators that populated integration of action-oriented and interactive experiential learning modules into mainstream programmes like Teambuilding Challenge, Situational Leadership, The Leadership Challenge, The Learning Organisation and LEGO SERIOUS PLAY. This has effected a transformation in learning within the corporate arena.

Andrew has designed and facilitated in programmes specific to client’s objectives like conflict management, problem solving, values integration and shared vision. He has worked with most of the market leaders of various industries like Cisco Systems, FedEx, Citibank, Seagate Technologies, AIA, HSBC, SingTel and P&G.

Andrew is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Leicester. He holds a Diploma in Human Resource Development and a Degree in Business Administration. In addition, he is licensed to conduct Situational Leadership II (Ken Blanchard and Co), Strength Deployment Inventory (Dr Elias Porter, PSP) and The Innovative Team (Leahy and Associates). In 2006, Andrew attended LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitation workshop in Florida and become one of the few LSP certified facilitators in Singapore. Andrew is also a Certified Behavioural Consultant.

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Low Sau Bing started his career in marketing that required the development of a new business line. He later joined the education sector as a lecturer in a junior college and as a head of department in Institute of Technical Education.

During his career in education, Sau Bing was actively involved in the design, development and delivery of training programmes such as leadership and relationship skills, as well as staff training. He subsequently joined the private sector to pursue his interest in doing training and development for private corporations.

Since joining FOCUS Adventure as a facilitator, Sau Bing has conducted adventure-based outdoor teambuilding programmes for a number of companies from different industries such as finance (American Express, Prebon Yamane), manufacturing (Fisher Rosemount, Delphi), service (Hotel Rendezvous, Ascendas), IT (Cisco Systems, Decillion Solutions) and telecommunications (StarHub).

Sau Bing's personal mission for life and vocation is to 'make a positive impact on people around him'. In extending his reach, he is currently developing and delivering further programmes such as family programmes and using EQ to enhance personal growth.

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Adam Chan has travelled the road least traveled. He obtained an honors degree from Nanyang Technological University in engineering and he spent a few founding career years as an engineer, he made a career switch into human capital development. The journey started in Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) from 1998 to 2006 as a facilitator.

He last held the position of Manager for Training Development in OBS where he oversaw the training route map and development of in-house training programs for both new and existing facilitators. He has facilitated programs of noteworthy clients like INSEAD’s new entrances, SIA's Cadet Pilots, Singapore Police Force's cadet inspectors.

After leaving OBS, he entered the private sector which he held the portfolio of Learning & Development in Dairy Farm Singapore. Noteworthy, he has managed the learning needs of a network of 300 plus convenience stores. He pioneered the concept of de-centralized operation training. Juggling the multiple work demands, he was also a member of the core team in a key merger project. In addition, he has developed and conducted in-house training programs such as Hiring skills for Managers, Conducting Effective Meetings, Performance Appraisal, Induction of Company Core Values, WSQ modules in retailing industry, etc.

Part of this career journey included setting up the operations of the SAFRA Adventure Hub. He introduced artificial ice-climbing as the first in Singapore. In addition, he led the way in tapping on the corporate market by conceiving curriculum for training would-be trainers.

His unending passion for progression has led to obtaining the administering rights for the Myer Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Conflict Dynamic Profile psychometric tool. He has also conversant in developing and conducting competency-based learning (WSQ modules) as he has attained the full certification in the Advance Certification in Training Assessment (ACTA). This passion finds its way to Republic Polytechnic too. He is currently an Associate Academic lecturing under the Diploma of Outdoor Adventure Learning.

Now with FOCUS Adventure and equipped ten over thousands of hours of facilitation field time over years, he has conducted a wide repertoire of programs utilizing uncommon tools like remote controlled model tanks, jumping clays, Lego, musical instruments, etc which make the learning experiences real and lasting. He has the privilege in working with noteworthy clients like the CEOs under Ministry of Trade & Industry, management team of IDA, Senior Officers’ of Home Team, Training-the trainer for NTUC and PSA, Linde Group Cultural Workshop for senior executives, etc.

A quote he believes in firmly; Don’t’ part with your illusion, when they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live – Mark Twain.

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Terence Tan is a lead facilitator with FOCUS Adventure over three years. Prior to joining FOCUS, he was a mechanical engineer with a consulting firm, well conditioned to manage multiple construction projects. His niche is in the Mechanical and Electrical field which honed him in adopting thinking approaches from a systemic point of view.
In FOCUS he rapidly emerges as one of our fast track facilitators, capable of delivering high impact, high energy Leadership, Teambuilding and Innovation programmes.

During the last 3 years, Terence has worked with some of the numerous companies in Singapore and in the Region. He is able to weave clients’ learning objectives creatively into FOCUS’s unique experiential activities with effectiveness, energy and merriment. He never fails to offer his clients novel and useful perspectives in understanding ways to enhance interpersonal relationship at workplace.
Clients who have benefited from these programmes include, Citibank, DBS, HSBC, UBS, P & G, SingTel, Singapore Powers, DHL, TNT Logistics, Merck, RS Components, Rockwell Automation, Honeywell, Caterpillar, INSEAD, Manulife, AIA, , etc., which count among the more than 150 corporate clients to date.

Being an avid sports and outdoor enthusiast, his involvement with sports has seen him though being captain and sportsman of the year when he was an undergraduate. He also engages in a repertoire of other activities e.g. scuba diving, snow boarding and ice climbing. His closeness to outdoors have provided inspiration and creativity in the way he designs programme.

Academically, Terence holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Graduate Diploma in Training and Development and is a Certified Behavioral Consultant (DISC).

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Shan K is a highly motivated individual with strong passion for the great outdoors and adventure learning. His exposure in the field of learning and development has been four years. Seeking to offer his clients valuable discoveries, the training as a Certified Behavioral Consultant has enabled him to attain this desire.

He conducts quality adventure learning program, radiating his jovial characteristics to the clients thus making the program very enjoyable and unforgettable. As a Certified Behavioral Consultant, his vision is to assist people in discovering their full potential and be successful in their personal and professional life. His ability to inject energy into his participants has always made him an effective facilitator. Clients who have benefited from his facilitation leadership are Barclay Capital, Applied Materials, Transitlink, NUS, etc.

Shan’s portfolio extends beyond the field of adventure learning. Currently, he is the business leader for CAMP CHALLENGE Pte Ltd, a subsidiary to FOCUS Adventure that designs and markets adventure learning programs to the schooling youth. His vision in developing CAMP CHALLENGE has led to developing of a new site at Sembawang, on-route to be one of largest adventure learning sites in Singapore for students equipped with both adventure learning and residential facilities to cater to the students’ character development needs.

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Sylvain hails from France and he is an experienced traveller. As a student, he was already travelling while studying Geography. Since leaving his home country more than ten years ago, he had lived and worked in Scotland, Switzerland, Spain and Finland. He has also travelled to many countries across Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Sylvain started his career as a camp counselor, working predominantly with young people from the low income bracket. His experience in the hospitality field also gave him a good sense of customer service and exposed him to a wide variety of people.

His passion for nature and outdoor adventure also brought him to Finland where he completed a physically and mentally demanding International Wilderness Guide Course. In Finland, he worked in Lapland as a snow-mobile guide where he introduced adventure-seekers to extreme polar conditions. He is also proficient in using dog-sledges, which enabled him to study about motivation in animals.

Sylvain thrives on challenges and new experiences and has a wide repertoire of outdoor skills. He is proficient in canoeing and kayaking (BCU 2 stars), diving (PADI) (Advance), snowboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking and trekking.

Currently committed to FOCUS Adventure and CAMP CHALLENGE, Sylvain’s facilitation style is strongly linked to his experiences and he brings multicultural and diversity into the programmes that he runs. Companies that have benefitted from his experience are Insead, Singtel, Cisco, Danone, MAS, CPF and many others.

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sylvain@CAMP-CHALLENGE.com

Chew Wei Guan’s career journey was never far from services and passion. Served in both private and public sector, the exposure has granted him numerous opportunities in interacting with a great diversity of people. He was a financial consultant in AIA and while in CPF, he managed requests and feedback from the public. Prior to joining FOCUS Adventure, he was teaching under the Ministry on Education. The calling from the outdoor impels him in switching from teaching to facilitating.

Outdoors to Wei Guan is the best theatre for learning to take place at multiple sensory levels. His ability to impel participants to invest greatly in the activities, striving to attain quality in both outcomes and their relationship comes with ease to him. During facilitation, Wei Guan displayed great strength in creating metaphors that are down-to-earth thus making the metaphoric transfer easily identifiable to the participants.

Equipped with teaching background, he is sensitive to participants’ learning needs by offering the right amount of challenges to different types of learners.

He has conducted many successful programs the following are some companies he has benefited, Nokia Siemens Network, Cycle & Carriage, Singapore Power, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, NTUC, etc.

His belief in life is: our attitude determines everything.

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weiguan@FOCUSAdventure.com

Alex Yeo - "Don´t quit when winning, don’t quit when losing and don’t quit when hurt.” Alex’s own personal mission statement strongly sums up his ‘Never-Say-Die’ attitude. Always up for a challenge and optimistic even when things look dim, Alex’s presence and words of encouragement never fails to inspire others and re-ignites even the lowest of morales.

Academically, Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Management from the Singapore Institute of Management as well as a Diploma in Mechatronics from Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Alex found his calling and joined FOCUS Adventure after attending the Basic Facilitator Course 6. Since then, he has successfully led numerous teambuilding programmes for corporate clients such as Microsoft, Miele, National University of Singapore, etc. His infectious laughter and ability to tailor teambuilding programmes to cater to different organizations is always a winning combination and a valuable asset that clients appreciate and applaud. With him, every programme is always a new and enlightening memorable experience.

Alex is also an avid diver and secured the franchise for Technical and Scuba Diving International in South East Asia. As a dive professional in the diving industry, he leads, facilitates and conducts an array of exciting Scuba Diving courses. His passion for diving is clearly reflected in his upmost drive to not only create greater public awareness and interest in Scuba Diving but also to establish Scuba Diving as The hobby to take up in the region. His enthusiasm and love for Scuba Diving has brought him to explore the many great and relatively unknown dive spots like Java, Sumatra, Vietnam. He enjoys not just the dive but also appreciates experiencing the local life that each different unique culture offers.

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Dean Martin graduated with a Honors Bachelor Degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He also holds a Diploma in Marine Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic and during that period, he earned himself an award - The Tripartite Sponsorship from major companies in the Shipping Industry.

With vast experience in the Hospitality, Shipping & Engineering sectors, Dean has a natural flair for interacting with people from all walks of life, both young and experienced. He also enjoys intellectual conversations with seniors as well as top management.

His desire and constant pursuit for excellence inspired him to join FOCUS Adventure's elite team of Facilitators. In so doing, he would not only be able to pursue his passion for interacting with people but also enhance his own character and personality through the experience.

Still in the early stages of his career as a FOCUS Facilitator, Dean has dedicated himself to the fine art of Teambuilding and leadership activities. His goal is to ensure that every FOCUS participant not only has a memorable and exciting time but a fruitful and life changing experience as well.

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Leon Chan served as a Physical Education teacher at a local primary school for 3 years, his experience in teaching has taught him significantly the virtue of being patient. Apart from teaching Leon also held on various portfolios during his teaching career, one of which as the head coach of the school's rugby team. Leading the team on to multiple championships during his service.

He is also deeply passionate for sports and has represented the country for rugby and in his past time he plays the violin for pleasure.

Leon also hold several certificates for level 2 coaching and is also an NLP Practitioner, at the same time using his experiences to touch lives around him.

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Joseph Fernandez adheres to the notion of empowering an individual to optimize his/her potential.

He was involved with ESL (English as second language) for 3 years with tenure as corporate trainer in Neungyule Education (Korea’s leading Company) with its flagship division in the Philippines. Together with a qualified team, he engineered a training program that ensures quality service to their clients. He introduced the concept of corporate culture training and employee personal development as he firmly believes teachers play the most important role in the organization’s vision-mission.

Joseph extended his principles outside the office and became a certified fitness coach, helping individuals improve their lifestyle. He continues this commitment by also working as a columnist for Health & Lifestyle Magazines with topics ranging from positive thinking, exercise, to dieting, etc.

His academic background states a degree in psychology, units in language education and currently in a program in clinical psychology.

Given his experience, love for meeting people of different cultures and an inclination to outdoor adventures, sports, traveling, fitness, human behavior & development, Joseph intends to carry on with people empowerment through experiential learning.

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