Pratap Nambiar MBA, CPC

Pratap Nambiar Quick Facts

Main Areas: Strategic Management, Leadership Development, Change Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing
Best Sellers: Straight From The Heart
Career Focus: Executive Coach
Affiliation: CEO, Thought Perfect

Pratap Nambiar is founder and CEO of Thought Perfect Pte Ltd (www.thoughtperfect.com), a Singapore-based executive coaching firm that is commited to helping CEO-level executives, entrepreneurs and other business leaders maximize their potential. 

 

Before setting up Thought Perfect, Pratap Nambiar was a KPMG US
Partner based in Singapore, responsible for the Asia Pacific Global
Client Program. He has also held senior
management positions in MNCs like Eastman Kodak, The Bata Shoe Company, Ernst
& Young and KPMG International.

 

He brings over 35 years of international experience, including stints in India,
Indonesia, the Middle East, Nigeria, USA, Russia, and of course, Singapore to his executive coaching venture. He has extensively covered the Asia Pacific region since 1994
when he relocated here from Moscow.His forte has been the development of Market Entry Strategies, Joint
Ventures/Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions- always focusing on
growing the client’s business.

 

In addition to being the CEO of Thought Perfect, he is currently the Executive-in-Residence
at the National University of Singapore Business School, building the bridge
between academia and industry.

 

Pratap takes great pride in investing all his energy and deep commitment to
quality in improving the business performance of senior executives. He is
passionate about being a catalyst for change in the
lives of the people he interacts with. It is this passion that made him qualify
as a Professional Coach from the International Coach Academy. He now looks to
leverage all his knowledge, skills and business experience of operating at
senior management levels to help leaders to think clearly and maximize their
potential.

 

Educational Background & Professional Affiliations

• An honours graduate in Economics and Statistics and a Gold Medal
  winner in post-graduate studies in Advertising and Public Relations from
  Bombay University.
• MBA from the National University of Singapore
• Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing
  (UK). Pratap was the Founder
  President (1996) of the Singapore Branch of The Chartered Institute of Marketing
  (CIM UK) and was conferred the CIM President’s Award for his contribution to the
  field of Marketing.
• Attended several management development
  programs, such as those at Harvard, Kellog, IMD and INSEAD.
• Certified Professional Coach by the International Coach Academy
• Asia
  Pacific advisor to "Peaceful Settlement" - an organisation chaired by Sir
  Geoffrey Howe in London which provides Mediation services to corporates.

 

Other interests and achievements

• Poetry: Pratap has two published two anthologies; the latest is a bilingual version "Straight from the Heart" co-published by the
  National Arts Council of Singapore. He is particularly proud that a significant
  part of the proceeds of the book’s revenues goes to support autistic children in
  Singapore. He is also the recipient of the Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding
  Achievement in Poetry from The National Library of Poetry, USA.
• Writing: Pratap writes regularly on various aspects of management and business and is published by various leading newspapers and
  magazines in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Sports: A keen sportsman, Pratap plays cricket, tennis, and golf with a
  passion. He was the Vice President of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association.