Lead Facilitator
Andy Chiok
Associate Adult Educator
Adult Education Professionalism, IAL
Andy Chiok has an MBA from The University of South Australia. He is also a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®).
Trained in Economics, Andy has started as a derivative dealer with Credit Lyonnais Rouse before running the Dollar/Swiss Desk at Astley & Pearce (Singapore) - now iCAP – as a linkman distributing trades between Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Zurich. He has also spent another 5 years in the trading room of Phillip Capital dealing in equities.
Andy has joined Grandtag Singapore (www.grandtag.com) as VP in charge of cross-border collaborations when machines start taking over the trading function in dealing rooms. He is very effective as a Relationship Manager in both retail (B2C) and institutional (B2B) sales. Other than setting up and managing the electronic platform for ETF trading, Andy’s portfolio also includes wealth accumulation for High Networth and Accredited Investors with trust-like financial instruments.
While at Grandtag, Andy has founded Werdna Communications, a consultancy advising listed companies on media and analyst relations, corporate transparency and crisis management. He is sought after to set up an integrated marketing division for Freight Links Ltd and to start business development (cross-selling to existing clients) for Strategem Consultants.
Andy has been a trainer/ facilitator since 2015. He is a Specialist in Outdoor Education. He uses story-telling as a tool for influence to enable participants to work together, to discover how their parts fits into the whole. Questions are asked to explore ideas and experiences. Andy is also an ACTA and outdoor education-certified trainer. His specialty allows him to facilitate both indoor and outdoor activities from a management perspective. “An activity without a meaningful debrief is valueless,” he says “What adds value is the learning from it.”
Qualification/ Certification
MBA - South Australia
CELTA - Cambridge
ACTA - Institute for Adult Learning
CFP - Financial Planning Association of Singapore
Portfolo
Adventure-Based Learning - MOE (Leadership, Social Emotional Learning, Adventure)
SAF Warrant Officers' School (Joint Leadership Course)
WSQ-Framework - Negotiation, Digital Marketing, Impactful Presentations
Public Speaking & Soft Skills
Corporate Team-building - UBS, Swiss Re, CPF...
Werdna Communications