Sharmini Suthan

Sharmini heads the People Potential regional office in Singapore. In the 25 years she has spent in the training industry, Sharmini has been involved in business development, strategic planning and client servicing with numerous local and multinational companies. Her prior work experience in the retail industry has helped in designing and conducting workshops and programmes across a wide variety of industries, including corporate banking, IT, media and advertising, manufacturing, government sector as well as recently corporatised/privatised agencies.

Sharmini has trained spokespeople, including diplomats, managing directors and CEOs, to handle a variety of communication situations – major presentations, handling the media and top-level negotiations. Countries that she has trained in: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, United States and United Kingdom.

Summary of key project experience

Sharmini trains and/or developed the following programmes:

• The Case Maker™
• Think on Your Feet®
• Presentations Alive!™
• Strategic Articulation
• Executive Presence Coaching.
• She is the co-author of ‘Articulate’ – to be published in 2017 by Blackcard Books (Canada).

Education / professional qualifications

Sharmini graduated with an MBA (Strategic Management) from the Strathclyde Graduate Business School in Glasgow, Scotland. Some clients who she has worked for include: Aberdeen Asset Management Singapore, Allianz Insurance Singapore, ANZ Singapore, BASF Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, CIMB, Fonterra Singapore, Honda Motors Indonesia, IBM Singapore, Johnson&Johnson Singapore, Keppel Land Singapore, Motorola Asia.