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Yazdi Jehangir Bankwala

Yazdi Jehangir Bankwala is currently the principal consultant at Arpitha Associates in Singapore and Arpitha Associates Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He has been involved in this field in the region since 1995 during which time he has conducted training programs and provided consultancy for organisation in the areas of “Transformation, Emotional Intelligence, Values and Change”. Yazdi, decided in 1997 to follow his passion to promote values at work and brings over 20 years of work experience and research. He has been personally trained and understudied the pioneering work on Values Clarification by Dr J M Sampath, whom he has assisted and co-facilitated with since 1997.

Basically a law graduate, Yazdi completed his Marketing and Business studies in the United Kingdom. A major part of his experience has been with an international bank in London where he gained valuable international exposure working with people from a variety of cultures. He was past President of Lions Club of Singapore Hill View,(2003-2004) an International social service organization and a cofounder of Centre for Promoting Human Values, Singapore.

Key Client Profile

Malaysia

• Amoco
• Bank Negara
• Maybank
• UEM
• Securities Commission
• Malaysian Airlines
• Securities Industry Development Centre
• Sime Darby
• Petronas Management Training Sdn Bhd
• Tenaga National Bhd
• International Islamic University
• EON Finance
• UMW
• Phileo Allied
• National Tax Academy
• Malaysian Administrative Modernization & Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), Prime Minister’s Department

Singapore

• MINDEF
• Social Development Unit under the Prime Minister’s Dept
• Royal Sporting House
• Marcam Asia Pacific Ltd., Mendaki

India

• Indian Oil
• Management Centre Steel Authority of India
• Symbiosis Center for Management & HRD
• Intertec Communications Ltd

Indonesia

• PT Indofoods
• Bogasari Flour Mills. Mauritius: GOPIO

Key papers presented in conferences and workshops organised by:

• Asia Business Forum
• Budapest University of Economic Sciences
• Nanyang Technological University
• The Canadian Institute on Governance
• EBEN (European Business Ethics Network)
• Universiti Malaysia Sabah
• Multi Media University, Malaysia
• The Institute of International Research
• The Institute of Professional Advancement
• Rotary International
• The Malaysian Society for Training & Development
• GOPIO
• International Round Table on Corporate Reputation & Competitive Advantage
• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Key Publications:

• Corporate Governance-perspectives and perception in Singapore published April 2001 in “Corporate Governance” Edited by Prof Emeritus and former dean of business school, A Chambers, City University, London.
• Integrating Corporate Values (co author) in Journal of Human Values, Vol 8, No 2 Dec 2002, Sage Publications.
• “Organisational Transformation through Human Values”, in “Spirituality and Ethics in Management” edited by Prof L Zsolani, Budapest University of Economic Sciences. (June 2004) Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York & London

Yazdi can be reached at:

yazdi@arpitha.com

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