Professor Teo Tong Kooi
Dato’ Dr. Teo Tong Kooi is from Malaysia. With a distinguished background in management and leadership, Dato’ Dr. Teo brings a wealth of experience spanning various industries, including financial services, manufacturing, property development, corporate advisory, and investment management. Over the course of his career, he has held pivotal leadership positions in multinational corporations and conglomerates, demonstrating exceptional leadership acumen and adept management skills. His expertise encompasses the strategic implementation of organic growth initiatives and mergers and acquisitions strategies, consistently driving business performance, transformation, and turnaround management. Notably, he has devoted a significant portion of his career to overseeing operations and businesses in China and South-East Asia since 2004.
Dato’ Dr. Teo holds a B.Sc. in Marketing Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California, USA, followed by a Master of Business Administration from the same institution. Additionally, he completed the Stanford Executive Programme at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Furthering his educational pursuits, he earned a Doctor of Professional Studies, jointly conferred by the National School of Development at Peking University and the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in New York.
After his professional retirement in 2020, he has since devoted in executive education where is guest lecturer at National School of Development, Peking University and China Europe International Business School in Shanghai. Senior Advisor at Asia School of Business, Malaysia, and Adjunct Professor at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He is specialised on leadership and management subjects, cross-cultural leadership.
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