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Meet the Team

Theophilus Wong

Certified Consultant, Southeast Asia | Leadership Development Expert | Executive Coach | Facilitator | Talent & Assessment Specialist

Theophilus Wong is a leadership development expert, executive coach, facilitator and people development specialist based in Malaysia. He is a Certified Consultant with The Resilience Institute and has more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, talent management, coaching, organisational development and experiential learning. Since 2006, Theophilus has designed and delivered more than 600 training programmes, trained over 100,000 people and worked with more than 600 organisations, including multinational companies. He has also coached more than 400 leaders and accumulated over 1,000 hours of coaching, supporting leaders through leadership development, behavioural change and professional growth. His work combines leadership development, coaching, behavioural assessments, emotional intelligence and practical learning to help individuals and organisations develop stronger leaders and more effective teams.

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Current Role

Theophilus works with organisations and leaders across Southeast Asia to develop resilience, leadership capability, human performance and sustainable performance. His approach connects resilience with leadership development, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and behavioural insight. He uses assessment and coaching-based approaches to help leaders understand themselves, recognise their impact on others and identify practical opportunities for growth. Theophilus believes effective leadership development starts with self-awareness. His approach helps people understand how they think, behave and relate to others, then turn that awareness into practical action. He combines assessments, coaching, experiential learning and facilitated reflection to create development experiences that are engaging, practical and relevant to real leadership challenges. His work is grounded in a simple principle: When people understand themselves better, they are better equipped to lead, connect and develop others.

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Experience

Theophilus has worked across leadership development, organisational development, talent management and people development since the early 2000s. Since 2006, his work has included: More than 600 training programmes More than 100,000 participants trained More than 600 organisations served More than 400 leaders coached More than 1,000 hours of coaching Leadership programmes delivered across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and India. He is also the co-founder of HR Forum, established in collaboration with Monash University Malaysia Business School. His extensive experience includes working with multinational organisations and senior leaders across different industries and cultures.

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Education

  • DISC Personality System
  • Workplace Big Five Profile
  • EQ-i 2.0 Emotional Intelligence
  • EQ-i 360
  • Belbin Team Roles
  • Team Management Systems
  • Competency and talent management assessments
  • These tools enable him to help leaders develop greater self-awareness and translate assessment insights into practical changes in leadership behaviour.

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Development Talent Management Executive Coaching DISC EQ-i 2.0 Workplace Big Five Leadership & Personality Assessments Resilient Leadership Team Development Organisational Development