Meet Raymond Ee, ACB, CL, one of our mentors, a past president, and club advisor for operations management. Raymond was the President of MMTMC in the year 2013-2014 and has been a Toastmaster for more than seven years. As a mentor, Raymond loves to share his knowledge on how to be an effective and impactful presenter.
- Tell us a little more about yourself and what do you do?
As a certified Business Continuity Management (BCM) management consultant and avid evangelist for corporate adoption of good BCM practices, I have been invited to speak and share my vision in numerous BCM related seminars and conferences across Asia. I believe that Business Continuity is everybody’s responsibility and all socially responsible corporations should treat this seriously. I love conducting trainings in my industry; always aiming to make the complicated simple. I hope to help the younger toastmasters to be more confident and competent in public speaking.
Before I became a management consultant, I was a General Manager for two factories of 1000 employees each in China for 8 years.
- What has been your most memorable experience in MMTMC so far?
It has to be joining the various contests in MMTMC. We have a lot of awesome speakers and the competition is intense. You will get that quantum leap in public speaking when you prepare seriously in the contests.
- How has being a toastmaster changed your life?
At the age of 40 when I returned from China and joined Toastmasters in 2012, I have almost zero management presentation and training experience. Since then, this platform has greatly accelerated the progress of my career in management consulting and training in the Organizational Resilience industry. Cutently, I am one of the top trainers in the company and a well-recognized speaker/facilitator in regional conferences.
- What motivates you to take up a role as a mentor?
I love to teach and share my knowledge. One of my strengths is the effective use of visual aids in presentations. One is never too young nor too old to become an influential speaker and presenter.
- What is your top de-stressing activity?
Drinking wine, watch Netflix, watching soccer, road biking, playing with my three cats and listening to well-crafted speeches from my life partner, Michell.
- If you can invite anyone for dinner, who will you invite and why?
I would like to invite my older self 30 years in the future, and ask him to mentor me.