Andrew Kim

Experience

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  Systematic Education Group

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1999

  Director of Studies and Corporate Services

  Grew the college from pioneering days to a strong 15,000 student and played a senior and pivotal role in guiding Systematic College to public company listing in Malaysia and stayed as the Executive Director of the public listed company.

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  Nexted Australia LTD

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Regional General Manager

  Marketed the Global Universities Consortium online learning courses (for a consortium of ten universities from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK and the Netherlands) to maximise use of available and emerging educational technology for South East Asia multi-sites operations.

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  Pro-Genx Learning Company PTY LTD

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2008

  Education Director

  Provided leadership in the Regional Training’s Quality System including management of brand and ensured compliance with the training guidelines and outcomes. Formulated a master franchise agreement for business expansion and successfully registered with the Franchise Council of Australia.

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  Professional Consultancy

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Consultant

  Provided consultancy advice in professional, education and training services to several government, private and not for profit RTOs. Principal role included conducting internal audits to meet the standards under the Australian Quality Training Framework and ISO 9001 Quality Management System. Developed training and assessment strategies, learning resources, and monitoring the assessment process, development of facilitation skills, continuous improvements projects and risk management and monitoring individual and team work performance. Show less

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  The Australian International Academy Canberra

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  General Manager

  Assisted the CEO in the overall management and business development of the RTO to rank as top three RTO in ACT. Developed quality control policies and procedures and continuous improvements initiatives, handled government funding, income generating business activities, recruitment and staff training, dealing with employers, industry and peak professional bodies and regulatory bodies like the Australian Skills Quality Authority and the State Training Authorities.

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  The Management Development Institute

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2014

  Chief Executive Officer

  The Management Development Institute is a worldwide certification establishment that endorses specialist field work experience in the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe market. Responsible for the business and corporate strategic planning, business development, building key strategic relationships, sourcing funding, marketing strategies and management of leading industry specialist. Spearheaded talent acquisition for the company and conducted, sourced, interviewed and developed the framework and minimum standards for recruitment of industry experts. Show less

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  Jobbed

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  Director of Education and Training

  Jobbed! is the new generation digital employment portals and job ads search. Developed strategy to leverage local and global expertise and identify appropriate education and training partners and introduce relevant programs and courses to address gap training for employment. Sourced, developed, negotiated and established new foundational clients like universities, registered training organisations, professional bodies, not-for-profits organisations and government agencies.

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  Future Work Solutions

  Aug 2015 - now

  Director and Partner at Future Work Solutions

  I have vast international experience consulting to major educational establishments and universities in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada, USA and Asia Pacific, coupled with a thorough and applied working knowledge of the Vocational Education and Training (VET), Tertiary Education and Professional Education sectors.I have been actively involved in managing human capital and manpower planning and have an inherent ability to understand and engage with people. My passion is connecting people with employers, via effective selection, recruitment, induction, training and performance appraisal. Show less

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  The BrandLaureate Awards

  Apr 2019 - now

  Country President - Australia

  The World Brands Foundation (TWBF) takes an active role in identifying andnurturing outstanding brands on an international platform. The launch of TheBrandLaureate platform in 2020 in Australia will champion its mission topromote the concept that brand culture with good practices will give brandsthe edge in this competitive environment and to developing brands in amyriad of business backdrops.This role is to promote Australia as the BrandLaureate Regional Hub for theAsia Pacific Region that will provide an excellent avenue where businessesand entrepreneurs can meet to leverage and network for their businessexpansion and branding locally and overseas. It is also to developstrategies to expand The BrandLaureate including creating and developingstrategic alliances and sponsorship partnerships to enhance TheBrandLaureate's positioning on the global stage as the benchmark forexcellent brands and branding. Show less