Meet The Team

Corinna Lim

Partner + Keynote Speaker, Catalyse Consulting

Corinna is a lawyer, advocate and organisational development practitioner with over three decades of experience at the intersection of law, social change and workplace culture. She has been at the forefront of Singapore’s workplace fairness movement – advising organisations, training leaders, and working closely with government on landmark legislation including the Protection from Harassment Act, the Tripartite Advisory on Managing Workplace Harassment, and the Workplace Fairness Act.

As former Executive Director of AWARE, Singapore’s leading gender equality advocacy organisation, Corinna transformed it from a volunteer-led entity into a professionally-staffed organisation with national influence. She established the Sexual Assault Care Centre, launched Catalyse, and holds Organisation Development training from the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioural Science.

Through her work with AWARE’s helpline and Sexual Assault Care Centre, Corinna has worked closely with individuals who have experienced harassment, discrimination, and violence – grounding her approach in lived realities and trauma-informed practice. She brings this deep, practice-based insight into how harm occurs, is experienced, and can be addressed at both individual and organisational levels

Fun facts: She interviewed Michelle Obama during a special event in Singapore, and as an identical twin, she embraces the power of nurture over nature. Corinna is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on workplace fairness, harassment, and inclusion.

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Cynthia Chan

Managing Director + Lead Coach, Catalyse Consulting

“Growing up in the US, I was one of only two Chinese students in my school. Later, working for the US Air Force in a male-dominated environment, I experienced firsthand the impact of being ‘different’. That journey shaped my belief in fairness, belonging, and the responsibility we each carry in shaping the cultures we are part of. It also taught me that our future is not defined by circumstance, but by the choices we make.”

Cynthia Chan is the Managing Director of Catalyse Consulting, where she leads the business with responsibility for strategy, growth, partnerships, and the quality of its advisory, training and coaching work. She brings three decades of experience spanning business leadership, organisational culture and the transformation of workplaces, beginning her career in the United States before building much of her executive career across Asia.

Cynthia began her career in workplace design and strategy, studying how organisational culture, human behaviour and the physical environment influence the way people work. That foundation stayed with her as her career moved from shaping workplaces to leading the businesses within them.

Over the following decades, Cynthia rose to senior regional leadership roles including Chief Representative and Regional Managing Director for international firms. She led large, multi-country operations with responsibility for business growth, P&L performance and substantial teams across Greater China, North Asia, Southeast Asia and India. Operating across diverse cultures and highly competitive markets, she was responsible not only for commercial results, but for building businesses, developing leadership teams and navigating the complex people dynamics that come with growth, change and organisational pressure.

Today, Cynthia brings that experience to Catalyse, helping organisations and leaders build fairer, healthier and more effective workplace cultures. Her perspective on workplace fairness extends beyond policy and compliance to what happens when principles meet practice: how power is exercised, how people respond when boundaries are crossed, and how leaders create cultures in which dignity, accountability and performance can coexist.

Alongside her executive role, Cynthia works directly with senior leaders through organisational coaching, particularly where the work requires deeper reflection on behaviour, impact and accountability. Her experience led to a growing interest in why insight and good intentions alone do not always create lasting behavioural change.

Cynthia holds a Master of Counselling from Monash University and an IECL Certification in Organisational Coaching. Drawing on counselling and psychotherapy-informed skills alongside decades of executive experience, she works with leaders to explore the beliefs, patterns and interpersonal dynamics that can sit beneath behaviour, supporting deeper reflection and more sustained change.

Her work today brings together business, leadership, workplace culture and human behaviour, helping leaders and organisations translate the principles of fair and healthy workplaces into meaningful change in practice.

Chie van Slobbe

Senior Consultant + Facilitator

“The more I encounter different cultures, the more I find common values and similarities among diverse individuals. Other people fascinate me and there is always something to learn, even as a trainer. Seeing the impact that our programmes have on individuals—receiving a comment or two about how a session has created awareness, realisation, and a desire for change—just hearing these reflections from participants is a win.”

Chie is a seasoned learning and development professional and inclusion specialist with over two decades of experience across corporate banking, regional leadership, and talent development. She is keenly attuned to the specific challenges faced by large, multinational organisations, and brings that understanding to every programme she designs and delivers.

Chie built her career at HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, where she served as a master trainer across 21 markets in APAC and successfully rolled out the Inclusive Leadership Global Programme. Her experience in regional and global roles has sharpened her ability to communicate across cultures and connect with people from diverse backgrounds.

At Catalyse, Chie plays a key role in learning needs analysis and curriculum development. She believes in leading with empathy and integrity to transform mindsets and drive lasting change.

Motivated by her passion for inclusive workplaces, Chie has been volunteering with AWARE since moving to Singapore in 2020. She also volunteers as a coach and mentor with Uplifters, empowering migrant domestic workers in Southeast Asia. Chie is an IECL Level 2 Organisational Coach, a LUMA Institute Human Centred Design practitioner, and a DiSC and DDI certified facilitator.

Loong Seng Onn

Senior Consultant + Mediator

“Discrimination and behaviour such as harassment, erode trust and dignity, and diminishes its victims. A respectful workplace isn’t built on silence – it is built on the courage to call out harm and uphold fairness.”

Seng Onn served with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) for more than two decades, during which he played a pivotal role in shaping its growth and influence in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. From 2004 to 2019, he held the position of Executive Director, overseeing both the strategic direction and daily operations of the organisation. Under his leadership, SMC evolved into one of the largest and most respected ADR institutions in the region.

In addition to his leadership role, Seng Onn continues to serve as a mediator on the panels of the Singapore International Mediation Centre. He is accredited by CEDR (UK), the International Mediation Institute (IMI), and is also a gazetted mediator and an accredited Workplace Mediator with the Asian Development Bank. His commitment to the field extends beyond practice, having previously served on the boards of IMI and the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA). He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Mediation Professionals (Singapore).

Before dedicating his career to conflict resolution and training, Seng Onn practised as a lawyer, called to the Singapore Bar in 1989. His legal background, combined with his decades of experience in dispute resolution and training, has equipped him with a deep understanding of interpersonal relationships and dynamics, and an ability to guide parties toward practical, lasting resolutions.

At Catalyse, Seng Onn brings his extensive mediation and law experience to support organisations in building cultures grounded in dignity, trust and fairness. He is passionate about partnering with organisations through practical skill-building, conflict resolution, and inclusive workplace practices.

As a seasoned trainer, Seng Onn has extensive experience in curriculum development and delivering mediation and other programmes. He has led workshops around the world, including in Austria, Bhutan, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jordan, Malta, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan.

Pauline Gan

Senior Consultant + Facilitator

“If we can raise awareness about the unconscious biases that every one of us has, and if that can lead to changed behaviour—one individual, one department of an organisation at a time—then I think that this small spark will make for better workplaces and, ultimately, better lives.”

Pauline is a lawyer by training with a Master’s in Law from Harvard University, bringing rigorous legal acumen and deep empathy to her work in workplace harassment and discrimination. She practised corporate law at one of Singapore’s Big Four law firms before joining Nanyang Business School as a member of faculty, where she introduced the Harvard Negotiation method and led workshops at undergraduate and MBA levels for more than a decade.

At Catalyse, Pauline specialises in drafting and reviewing workplace anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies tailored to each organisation’s needs, and in conducting trauma-informed investigations. As a member of the Association of Corporate Investigators, she brings a thorough understanding of best practices in sensitive case handling – ensuring that every investigation is conducted with fairness, rigour and care for all parties involved.

In training and facilitation, Pauline draws on her background in education to create collaborative learning environments where knowledge is co-created rather than merely imparted. A long-time member of AWARE, she is committed to the values of gender equality and inclusion.

Outside work, Pauline volunteers with ReadAble, supporting literacy for children from less privileged backgrounds, and serves as a Board Member of Wild Rice, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies.

Miki Amrita

Senior Consultant + Facilitator

Miki is Singapore’s first and only Centre for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) certified NVC Trainer, and a pioneer in integrating neuroscience with communication practice. She studied Neuroscience and Interpersonal Neurobiology directly under Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, clinical professor at UCLA School of Medicine – one of the world’s leading authorities on how the brain shapes human connection and behaviour.

Drawing on this foundation, Miki has developed a distinctive approach to communication training that helps leaders and teams move from reactive, defensive patterns to more grounded, empathetic ways of engaging. Her workshops combine Nonviolent Communication principles with neuroscientific insights to create practical, lasting shifts in how people communicate, with themselves and with others.

At Catalyse, Miki brings this expertise to facilitation and coaching work, helping organisations build the communication cultures that underpin genuinely respectful and inclusive workplaces. She is also dedicated to growing the NVC community in Singapore, serving as an assessor to support the next generation of NVC practitioners.

Penelope Shone

Senior Consultant + Facilitator

Penny is a specialist in reputation management, culture change, strategy and performance. As a Managing Director at Citigroup and then General Electric, Penny led regional and global teams through culture change, public affairs strategy, issues management, social innovation and brand marketing for 20 years. Prior to this, she consulted for the world’s largest communications agencies with public sector, national and multinational clients in the UK and Asia.

Penny is a dynamic and engaging trainer who brings her love of engaging with people to Catalyse. She has in-depth knowledge of Singapore and global markets, international leadership and talent development. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, and a Master’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Stirling, UK.

Rain Khoo

Senior Consultant

“I no longer dream of a better world. I have decided to work on it. Organisations have great potential to deliver positive social change at scale. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion creates the work environment to enable this.”

Rain is a culture change specialist and inclusion practitioner with two decades of experience across MNCs, government, start-ups, and SMEs. As Creative Director at Procter & Gamble, he pioneered user-centric methodologies in market insights. As a General Manager, he led the transformation of a 350-person, three-country retailer into an eCommerce business, giving him a practical, ground-level understanding of how organisations change and what it actually takes.

At Catalyse, Rain works on culture change management and inclusion strategy for Asian organisations, guiding them through both design and execution. He holds a certification in Diversity and Inclusion from ESSEC Business School.

Rain co-founded TransgenderSG in 2017, enabling safe transitioning and destigmatisation of the transgender community in Singapore. In 2022, he founded Dignite Brands, a consultancy working with social enterprises and the circular economy. He mentors entrepreneurs at SMU’s Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and is a TUV-certified management consultant.