PETRONASExecutive, Desk Officer – UK
Dec. 2006 - Dec. 2008WP. Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia• Supervised Pre-U scholars’ placement at local Pre-U colleges and monitored their academic performance. • Performed regular engagement sessions for the scholars at respective colleges to motivate and guide the scholars.
• Coached and facilitated the university applications and placement and conducted pre-departure programs to equip the scholars on their university life.
• Collaborated with the academic advisors and program leads in local preparatory colleges such as Talor's College, Sunway College, Kolej Tuanku Jaafar, Kolej Yayasan UEM, Kolej MARA Banting, Kolej Damansara Utama on scholars’ academic and wellbeing matters, including university placements.
• Established network and rapport among local colleges, other sponsoring bodies, Malaysian Education Ministry and embassies such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, China, South Africa and India on matters pertaining to study and visa requirements.
• Collaborated and assisted the Student Advisors at USA and UK on industrial training programs in PETRONAS for their scholars.
• Enabled the scholar selection camp and was one of the trained assessors to conduct assessment and interview the potential scholars.
• Led a few streams during the annual PETRONAS Education Sponsorship Program (PESP) Award Ceremony, to celebrate and award successful students the PETRONAS Education sponsorship.