Kai Foong Tan

Kai Foong is an organizational psychologist who has worked with senior business leaders of Fortune 500/Global 1000 organizations and NGOs globally for the last 20 years. Her specialty lies in the area of individual change in the context of executive coaching, assessment and development of leaders. Her current portfolio of work revolves around coaching senior leaders and their team in a quest to build “purpose-driven” organizations, facilitating the building of a coaching culture to achieve organizational growth and learning, and working with institutions of higher education like INSEAD in their executive programs.

Kai Foong has extensive experience as a consultant psychologist and business leader at PDI Ninth House (PDINH), now acquired by Korn Ferry, a global leadership consulting firm. Her most recent role at PDINH was as the Regional Director of Leadership Solutions for Asia Pacific; where she was responsible for leading the leadership solutions design, delivery and business development across Asia Pacific. She was also the Deputy General Manager for PDINH’s operations in Singapore accountable for consulting targets and business development. As an executive consultant at PDINH, Kai Foong designed and conducted assessment centres and leadership development interventions globally. She was also the Director of Coaching for the Centre for Leadership and Cultural Intelligence at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University for several years before pursuing a portfolio career track.

An executive coach by identity and choice, Kai Foong specializes in working with senior leaders and their teams on their change journey. She works to support and enable leaders in developing authentic leadership, cultural intelligence and reducing the “knowing-doing” gap. She also has a particular interest in working with Asian and women leaders to take their game up to the next level, in global organizations. In coaching, she works with the “whole self” to access the passion and strengths that the leader brings, and to challenge them to translate insights into habits and routines which will drive change in a pragmatic way. Success means that the leader gains more awareness of their “default patterns of operating” which enhances their ability to mindfully choose their actions.

Kai Foong’s professional training in Psychology includes a Masters in Occupational Psychology (with Merit) from the University of London, and a Master of Buisness from Nanyang Technological University. She is a Registered Psychologist in Singapore. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), a global coaching certification body. She an accreditedCoaching Supervisor and enjoys supervising and mentoring younger coaches.

Kai Foong was originally born Malaysian, and now calls Singapore her home, where she resides with her husband and two children. She has a passion for photography as it teaches her patience, persistence, and perspectives; all key lessons in life.