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Yasmin is a co-founder, managing director and principal consultant of Adder Corp; an education consultancy firm based in Singapore. Yasmin has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education and business; in every aspect from teaching to school administration, from marketing to business development.
She started her career as a secondary school teacher in 1987. She taught English Language and Literature. She left the teaching service in 1993 to join her husband in Los Angeles, USA. Yasmin returned to the workforce in 1998; working as a Branch Administrator for a non-profit organization. . Here, she managed all aspects of the operations, from finance to recruitment; from administration to curricula. She was overall in-charge of 11 education centres.
Yasmin was also Asst Director of a MNC Business Unit. She joined as Regional Manager in 2002 and in a short span of 6 months; she was promoted to Asst Director, heading the Young Learners’ Group Business Unit. Reporting directly to the President of the MNC, Yasmin managed the overall operations of the Global Business Unit which has more than 100 franchisees in the Asia-Pacific region. Her portfolios included product development, franchise support, marketing communications and branding as well as the management of the P&L of the GBU. During her tenure, Yasmin was turned the business unit around, making it profitable in just 6 months.
At Adder Corp, Yasmin is responsible for the overall performance of the firm and is the lead consultant for all projects; primarily responsible for consulting, human resource development and management. Yasmin has worked closely with a wide range of clientele across all levels from the Singapore Police Force, Grand Hyatt Singapore, Singapore Pools, Changi International Airport Services, Republic Polytechnic, KKH and countless other organizations including educational institutions in Asia and Africa.
Yasmin serves as an academic advisor to many leading private institutions of higher learning. She teaches education psychology, language acquisition and human development to undergraduates and post-graduate students.
She has been featured in leading local magazines like Women’s Weekly as an expert on education matters and was one of Singapore’s Ministry of Education’s spokesperson and “faces” for their “Teaching as a Career” advertisements in the early 1990s. Yasmin has also represented Singapore in several international youth exchange programmes; including the famed Ship of Southeast-Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) in 1988 where is was elected Asst. Youth Leader and the International Youth Development Exchange Program for Asia Pacific in 1991 where Yasmin was Singapore’s delegation leader. She has also won numerous youth and community awards for her services to the community.
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