Shawn Teo | Collective Change Institute
Shawn Teo
– Collective Change Certified Coach, Collective Change Institute
– Strategic Leadership in AI, SMU Leading Organizational Renewal, HBS International Management, Stanford
– Leadership Development, INSEAD Applied Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, TSPP
– SPARK Resilience Trainer, TSPP Coaching to Build Ownership and Performance, Mind Transformations NLP Building Mental and Emotional Resilience, Mind Transformations CFA, CFA Institute
– Head of Operational Excellence and Transformation
– General Manager, Trade Operations
– General Manager, Maritime Business Development
Coaching Since
Formalized coaching practice in 2025 as a CCI-certified coach, awaiting ACC accreditation from ICF.
Engaged by clients for
– Leadership & Professional Excellence – Supporting professionals and emerging leaders to reach new levels of personal effectiveness and strategic impact
– Personal & Career Performance – Guiding clients through career transitions, performance optimization, and navigating complex professional challenges
– Holistic Wellbeing & Life Systems – Integrating sustainable practices across multiple dimensions of life
His clients include:
Professionals navigating career and financial challenges, mid-career leaders managing transition and overwhelm, C-suite executives leading organizational renewal, and parents seeking clarity and connection.
From the following:
Healthcare | Digital Marketing | Public Sector | Global Trading | Financial Services | Education
Clients know him to be
Intellectually rigorous yet clear without oversimplifying complexity. Direct and challenging when needed, but deeply empathetic while creating safety for exploration. Fluent in professional and personal speak.
Coaching philosophy
People are multi-dimensional and growth truly compounds when we stop fragmenting ourselves and start designing integrated systems for excellence and wellbeing.
Background
Shawn employs systems thinking in coaching by integrating professional performance, mental wellbeing, relationships, financial and physical health. A rare combination of 20+ years of strategic and commercial acumen, evidence-based rigour from fields such as positive psychology and Neuro-linguistic programming; and practical wisdom from successful personal transformation allows him to work fluidly across life stages, from executives seeking performance, individuals rebuilding from adversity, to families strengthening foundations.
Shawn currently holds three senior roles: Head of Operational Excellence & Transformation, GM of Trade Operations, and GM of Maritime Department. This portfolio demonstrates the range and systems integration he embodies: the ability to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously and synergize multiple domains. He’s built a trading business across Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, London, India and New York, navigating volatile markets and complex negotiations. His career includes expatriate positions in Geneva and Shanghai, speaking appointments at SGX, Bloomberg, and Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Over two decades, Shawn led his family from his father’s passing and severe financial crisis to financial independence, while transforming limiting beliefs across generations and strengthening family bonds. He simultaneously built a global career while maintaining commitment to family and youth development. This lived experience of rebuilding from ground zero gives him empathy and practical wisdom that academic credentials cannot provide. He intimately understands navigating professional ambition while carrying personal burdens, and how to emerge stronger on both fronts.
Shawn holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, B.Sc (Hons) Computer Engineering from National University of Singapore, Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, and qualifications from CFA Institute, Harvard Business School, Stanford-NUS and SMU.
