Susan Lim, Chief Executive Officer

Armed with a Masters in Instructional Design from the University of Alabama (USA), Susan Lim worked at various companies, including a dotcom and a consulting company and the US Coastguard base while in the US. On her return to Malaysia, she enjoyed a corporate career at Intel Malaysia.

She joined KMP in early 2007, bringing her experience in strategic and tactical planning from the corporate world as well as her instructional design skills which naturally lend themselves to producing materials people can learn from to benefit themselves and others.

She is responsible for KMP’s day-to-day operations, its strategic business planning, project management, human resource and finance. In particular, she enjoys spearheading new products and market segments for KMP and developing KMP’s online sales channel.

Above all, she treasures the opportunity to learn Dharma and apply it on a daily basis.

Tan Sio Chian, Director of Marketing

Sio Chian gained her Executive MBA in 1991 from University of Bath and has extensive media experience International Advertising Agencies such as Lintas, J Walter Thompson, Leo Burnett and Media Agencies such as Starcom and MediaVest, finally starting her own Media Agency, Natural Media from end 2003 till present.

Sharon Saw, Director of Communications

With a Masters from Cambridge University and several years working experience in London, Sharon returned from the UK after 17 years and worked in the communications team of the National Economic Action Council, under the Prime Minister’s department during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998. She has been writing for magazines and newspapers and is a scriptwriter for independent movies and TV productions.

Sharon oversees the communications plan for the whole Kechara organisation and is also a writer for Kechara Media and Publications.

Jamie Khoo, Chief Editor (English)

Having graduated with an MA in English Literature from University of York, Jamie came back to Malaysia to work as a journalist with The Star newspaper and freelance writer for several magazines and publications around Malaysia.

Jamie now dedicates her life to working extensively with the editorial and communications teams to bring Rinpoche’s teachings and Dharma to the world in diverse media.

Kok Yek Yee, Chief Editor (Chinese)

With a diploma in journalism and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Psychology, Kok Yek Yee started her career as a journalist, writing for Guang Ming Daily as a journalist and Nanyang Siang Pau, an established national newspaper, as a features writer.

She won an award for The Best Health Related Article in the Magazine Category, which was awarded by the Malaysian government in 2007, and has continued to write for major dailies and popular magazines such as Feminine and Buddha. She published her first book, Protector Setrap, in 2007.