About me
Specialities:
1. Strategy: Destination, City and Organisation Culture.
2. Urban Rejuvenation - Economic Grant Creation and Implementation, Placemaking and Curation
I am passionate about people and places. My area of focus is in the intersection between Leadership, Placemaking, Organisation Culture, the Arts and Communities, and how each of these are intertwined in helping build vibrant city economies and places. I believe that there is a huge gap in this area and hope I can build partnerships with governments, organisations and communities to collectively solve issues affecting our cities and organisations. Created the Brand Strategy for George Town Transformation Programme 2018. Led the Urban Rejuvenation for DownTown Kuala Lumpur as Programme Director Kuala Lumpur and Partnerships- 2015 to 2019.
Created and co-curated Think City's Arts of the Move programme - Asia's longest running visual and performing arts programme in a Kuala Lumpur mass transit station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MzFM9JUidw
Voluntary positions:
- Board Member - PlacemakingX - a cooperative network initiated by a global group of urbanist leaders.
- Chairperson - Placemaking Malaysia under the auspices or Malaysian Institute of Planners
- Council of Advisors - Abundant Ventures, a social enterprise that grows livelihoods through farming.
- Board of Advisors - Doh Eain, Myanmar, a social enterprise that preserves built heritage and improves public space through placemaking (2021 - 2023)