Track record

Clients & impact

Adrian has worked with organisations across government, statutory boards, financial services, the uniformed services, and international development — in Singapore and abroad.

Selective client list

King’s Office, Bhutan
Civil Service College
Sport Singapore
Health Promotion Board
Family Justice Court
ST Engineering
OCBC
LTA
MOE
ICA
HPB
Royal Civil Service Commission, Bhutan
Sarawak Civil Service
Aon Hewitt
SUSS
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
The Majurity Trust
Boys Brigade
YMCAUOB

Sectors served

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Government & public service

Ministries, statutory boards, civil service agencies — including CSC, HPB, LTA, ICA, MOE

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Banking & finance

Leadership development and OD for major Singapore banks and financial institutions

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Uniformed & judicial

Singapore Armed Forces, Family Justice Court transformation mandate

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International development

National talent pipelines in Bhutan and Sarawak; foreign government advisory

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Education & research

Polytechnics, universities, behavioural insights and impact assessment work

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Non-profit & community

Boys Brigade, YMCA, EMPACT, The Majurity Trust — leadership and transformation

Case vignettes

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Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS)

Kingdom of Bhutan  ·  2013–2018  ·  Leadership development  ·  National scale

In 2013, Adrian was appointed Leadership Resource Person to the King’s Office of Bhutan, tasked with helping the Kingdom build a national talent development pipeline for its senior leaders. He became RIGSS’s first and only resident faculty, living and working in Bhutan from 2015 to 2018 — designing and delivering cohort leadership programmes for officials across government, royal offices, and departments.

Adrian’s engagement was unusual in its depth: he did not fly in for workshops and leave. He was present, available, and embedded — which allowed him to support real behaviour change, not just programme completion. He also provided leadership consultancy to various government and constitutional bodies across the Kingdom.

✓ National talent pipeline established✓ Multi-year cohort alumni network✓ Resident embedded faculty model

“I have discovered the new me by talking one-on-one with you. Through the courses that you have taught us, I am motivated to work like you, who not only teaches subject matter concisely but has blended very well with the culture and tradition of Bhutan.”

— Rinzin Wangchuk, Ministry of Agriculture & Forests, Paro Dzongkhag

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Family Justice Court

Singapore  ·  Organisational transformation  ·  Court upgrade mandate

Adrian was engaged to support the Family Justice Court’s organisational transformation as it underwent a significant institutional change — upgrading from a State Court to Supreme Court status. This was not a training engagement. It was a genuine change mandate: helping the organisation develop the leadership culture, internal capabilities, and ways of working commensurate with its new standing.

The engagement required Adrian to work across leadership levels — from senior judiciary leadership to operational staff — embedding the values, practices, and accountability structures needed to sustain the transformation beyond the immediate change process.

✓ Court-wide transformation programme✓ Multi-level leadership development✓ Culture and capability uplift
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Sport Singapore

Singapore  ·  Long-term relationship  ·  Leadership & transformation

Adrian has maintained a long-term consulting relationship with Sport Singapore, providing leadership training to over 300 leaders across the organisation. The engagement spans leadership development, transformation consulting, and mentoring programme installation.

A sustained relationship — rather than a one-off programme — is the hallmark of how Adrian prefers to work. Real change in organisational capability requires consistent presence, not periodic intervention.

✓ 300+ leaders trained✓ Mentoring programme installed✓ Long-term retained relationship
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Civil Service College & Singapore public sector

Singapore  ·  Associate facilitator  ·  All levels of public service leadership

Adrian is an associate facilitator for the Civil Service College, Singapore’s central institution for public sector leadership development. He has delivered programmes at every tier of the leadership pipeline — from foundational courses (FC, FLP) through mid-level management (LMP, MDC) to senior leadership programmes (LAP, SMP, GLP).

Being appointed as a CSC associate facilitator is itself a significant credential: it means Adrian has been vetted and trusted by the institution that trains the entire Singapore government. His broader public sector work includes HPB, LTA, ICA, MOE, ICA, and SportSG — consulting on leadership courses, mentoring programme installation, and training impact analysis.

✓ All levels: foundational to senior✓ CSC-vetted associate facilitator✓ Multiple agencies & ministries
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Singapore · Strategic adviser · Entrepreneurial mindset development

Adrian serves as strategic adviser to the BAND Centre at Ngee Ann Polytechnic — the institution’s hub for entrepreneurship, innovation, and enterprise development. In this role he advises on programme strategy, curriculum philosophy, and the design of learning experiences that build genuine entrepreneurial capability in students.

A distinct strand of this engagement focuses on entrepreneurial mindset development across the student population — moving beyond skills training to instil the cognitive dispositions, tolerance for ambiguity, and self-directed agency that underpin entrepreneurial behaviour. Adrian acts as strategic lead for this initiative, shaping how it is framed, sequenced, and embedded within the polytechnic’s broader educational identity.

✓ Strategic advisory role✓ Entrepreneurial mindset curriculum✓ Population-wide student initiative
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United Overseas Bank (UOB)

Singapore & regional offices · Bank-wide leadership programme

Adrian was engaged to deliver a bank-wide leadership programme for UOB, spanning both the Singapore headquarters and the bank’s regional offices across Southeast Asia. The programme was built to develop leadership capability at scale — equipping leaders across levels and geographies with a shared language, common frameworks, and the behavioural practices needed to lead effectively in a complex financial services environment.

The regional scope of the engagement required careful transfer of content and facilitation to local trainers to improve resonance across different cultural and organisational contexts while maintaining a coherent, institution-wide developmental thread.

✓ Bank-wide rollout✓ Singapore & regional offices✓ Cross-cultural leadership development