Mr. Woo Yee Saik, Consultant

Mr. Woo Yee Saik has been involved in Training and Education for over twenty-five years, and runs workshops and seminars to help customers develop practical skills in the areas of leadership, management and communication.

Academic Background: Language, Literature and Educational Processes
He holds a Teacher’s Certificate from the Ministry of Education, and in 1987, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia, where he read English and Literature. In 1991 he pursued his postgraduate studies at the University of Bath, United Kingdom, on a British High Commissioner’s Award under the Chevening Scheme, and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Education Management.

Professional Experience
Saik has worked in various institutions and organizations in different capacities, starting initially as a schoolteacher in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. After university, he joined the International School of Penang, Uplands, where he rose to the position of Head of English and Drama as well as Head of Senior School Pastoral Care. He left the schools sector in 1993 to work at Disted College as its Marketing and PR Manager.

From there, he became Training Manager at Sony Mechatronic Malaysia for three years before joining Robert Bosch Malaysia in 1998 as its Recruitment and Employee Welfare manager. During his time working in both these multinationals, Saik was actively involved in the design and delivery of customized in-house leadership and communication training programmes for all levels of staff, and was also a certified trainer for external programmes like FranklinCovey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, DDI’s Interaction Management and Targeted Selection and Blanchart’s Situational Leadership II.

Saik’s outgoing nature and keen interest in learning and communication processes continue to be the mainstay of his approach to training, and this has been noted by many participants who have attended his programmes.

Affiliations
He is a founder member of the Kiwanis Club of Georgetown and also serves as HR advisor to the Penang Heritage Trust. He is quite involved in the arts scene in Penang, and until quite recently was on the management committee of the Penang-YTL Arts Festival, an annual showcase of local and international arts events. In 1985 he founded Newscast, the talking newspaper for the blind in Malaysia, under the auspices of the St Nicholas Home for the Blind, and has continued to serve as its chief editor ever since.

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