Meet these inspiring panelists at CultureRun's Big Idea!

Julian Hyde - Reef Check Malaysia Director

A scientist by training, with a degree in biochemistry, Julian worked for several years as a management consultant, managing a variety of environmental consulting programmes. He moved to Malaysia in 1998, initially managing an environmental consulting company in KL before moving to Tioman Island to pursue his dream of running his own dive centre. It was during that time that he became interested in Reef Check. Soon after, he worked with a team to establish Reef Check Malaysia as a registered NGO. Since then he has worked to raise funds for the organisation and to develop its programmes which now include a national annual coral reef survey programme, education programmes for schools and community-based projects.

Andrew Lau - Leaderonomics 

Andrew is the Head of Career Division & Talent Development Project Lead in Leaderonomics & has vast experience specialising in talent development and project management in the oil and gas industry. He has over 7 years of experience working at Shell and is a certified Shell Graduate Assessor, charged with recruiting top graduate talents for Shell. He has also worked extensively in Europe and Asia implementing billion-dollar projects, and is a recipient of 4 Special Recognition Awards from Shell. He is also an avid guitar player and currently the touring guitarist for Juwita Suwito, and has played for Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza, Faizal Tahir, Jacqueline Victor, Liang, Atilia, and many more in addition to playing for One in A Million, 8TV Quickie, and NTV7 Breakfast Show.