Peter Van der Burgh, Consultant

Peter van der Burgh is an Associate Consultant for FranklinCovey Malaysia and specializes in Life management seminars – particularly in the ‘What Matters Most’ curriculum. He is also a specialist in the applications of the world-renowned FranklinCovey PlanPlus software for PDA users that features the FranklinCovey principles into an integrated electronic planning system.

Peter is currently also a Senior Financial Consultant of the Montpelier Group Nordic and a significant highlight in his work has been the setting up a new Personal Financial Life Plan in Asia according to European Customer Protective Advice Standards to service expatriates living and working overseas.

Peter started his career in The Hague, Holland as an Aegon Financial advisor and in 1993 he set up his own insurance brokerage office servicing over 1000 clients. His exemplary service record with clients resulted in him being invited by Delta Lloyd in 1997 to work as a Life Account Manager with the responsibility of improving the sales performance of over 30 international brokers during which time Peter developed and introduced sales and life insurance educational modules as well as account management planning formats. The significant performance improvement of these international brokers led him to be head-hunted by Delta Lloyd’s largest broker Nationaal Spaarfonds NV to coach and mentor 125 financial advisors and 8 sales directors. The results of Peter’s involvement meant that Nationaal Spaarfonds NV had reached in 2005 the level of expertise needed to comply with the Dutch and European Financial Customer Protective Legislation.

Apart from a successful career in sales and coaching in the Financial and Insurance Broking industry, Peter’s fields of expertise is in Commercial Economics and International Marketing which he studied in Groningen, Holland. Peter is also a certified NLP practitioner and trainer, and has received accolades for his expertise in this field.

Peter is a Master in the martial arts of Kung Fu and indulges himself in golf, the cultivation of bonsai, playing the piano, reading, and traveling around the world. He coaches kids in hockey and has a passion for cooking Chinese and Indonesian dishes as well.

He loves working with people of all levels and nationalities, and cares in helping people realize their fullest potential. As a true motivator he coaches people in an inspiring way to improve effectiveness and life quality.

Peter’s motto is: People Never Plan To Fail, They Simply Fail To Plan!

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