Principal Consultant - Carl Larsen

Carl Larsen began his extensive consulting career in 1970 with Philips as HR manager in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. 3 years later, he moved on to International Institute for Organizational and Social Development (IOD) in Belgium where he became one of the partners. In 1978, he serviced in a non-profit organisation as director for a mental health institute in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Carl rejoined Philips in 1989 and expanded his career internationally. He was later based in Singapore for 4 years as regional training director. In 1999, he became a member of corporate HRM of Philips International in Amsterdam, as director of the International Resources Group, providing management training and development / assessment centres to all world-wide product divisions.

In 2001, Carl started IRC to organise and deliver international management development activities for European MNCs. He also conducts ‘Coaching for Performance’ and ‘MBTI’ workshops in Asia and Europe.

Besides his commercial career, Carl has also taught in universities in Eindhoven and Amsterdam as part-time lecturer and invited speaker. He has also co-authored 3 books, namely ‘Communication During Turn-Around’, ‘Learning to Stimulate Learning’ and ‘The Coach Approach’.

Senior Consultant – Mira Ma

Since 1999, Mira Ma has been in Europe developing her management consultancy career with the objective of integrating her business experience and knowledge of Asian companies with the European business culture. Being fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, she is able to work closely with international companies to coach Chinese managers to boost their ability to drive performance in China’s business environment. She also guides international managers on their personal career development. Her core values in her professional practice are: ‘Help people to help themselves’, ‘Work on positive energy’ and ‘Challenge the process’.

Prior to becoming independent, Mira has had an extensive 10-year career in HRD and business management in Asia. She has practical experience in areas of learning and development, customer service, creating business value & talent management. In addition, she has been involved in delivering programs and sharing sessions for both private and public sectors.