Pratap Nambiar – Executive in Residence, National University of Singapore Business School and CEO Thought Perfect Pte Ltd

CEO Profile

The biggest contribution a coach makes through reflective dialogue is to help clients get a strong understanding of the way they think and act. It helps shape their perspectives. Your perspective determines your experience in life, not your circumstance.

Prior to founding Thought Perfect Pte Ltd Pratap Nambiar was a KPMG US Partner, based in Singapore, responsible for the Asia Pacific Global Client Program. He has extensively covered the Asia Pacific region since 1994 when he relocated here from Moscow. His forte until he began his coaching journey has been growing his firm’s business along with the client’s business through strategic conversations that led to the development of Market Entry Strategies, Joint Ventures/Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions.

He has over 35 years of International experience including stints in India, Indonesia, The Middle East, Nigeria, USA, Russia, and of course, Singapore. Starting his career in the Market Research division of J. Walter Thompson, he has been exposed to a wide range of products and services holding senior management positions in MNCs like Eastman Kodak, The Bata Shoe Company, Ernst & Young and KPMG. He is currently an advisor to the NUS Business School, and teaches several executive MBA programs.

Pratap Nambiar is an honours graduate in Economics and Statistics and a Gold Medal winner in his postgraduate studies in Advertising and Public Relations from Bombay University. He is also a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) with a MBA from the National University of Singapore. He 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.

Over his long career, Pratap has attended several management development programs, at Harvard, Kellog, IMD and INSEAD. He is the Asia Pacific advisor to an organisation called Peaceful Settlement founded by Sir Geoffrey Howe in London, which provides Mediation services to corporates.

Pratap takes great pride in investing all his energy and deep commitment to quality in improving the business performances of senior executives. He is bright, articulate, and 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 and get accredited as an Associate Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. He now looks to leverage all his knowledge, skills and business experience of operating at senior management levels to help others to think clearly and maximize their own potential.

Pratap Nambiar is a keen sportsman and plays cricket, tennis, and golf with a passion. He was the Vice President of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association and both his children are keen tennis players. He writes poetry and has two books published to his name. The latest is a bilingual version copublished 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. He is a freelance writer and contributes special articles to various newspapers and magazines in the region.