Steam and Towel Discipline in Class — Mona Yam

Mona Yam is an experienced business strategist, adult trainer, and professional coach with over 15 years of experience in enterprise growth, technology, public-sector engagement, sales leadership, and business transformation across the Asia-Pacific region. Her professional expertise spans AI, cybersecurity, analytics, digital transformation, go-to-market strategy, leadership, coaching, and human performance, enabling her to bring a strong combination of business strategy and people development into her training.

Mona also brings substantial training and assessment experience, having previously served as an in-house trainer and programme assessor with SingTel. Her responsibilities included soft-skills coaching, programme development, assessment design, and working with management teams to improve business and service outcomes. She successfully supported the rollout of six call-centre soft-skills training programmes covering approximately 5,000 participants.

With extensive senior commercial experience across technology and cybersecurity organisations, Mona has developed strong expertise in strategic sales, value-based selling, market development, stakeholder engagement, strategic partnerships, and C-suite communication. Her experience working across ASEAN and international markets allows her to incorporate practical business scenarios and cross-cultural perspectives into her training and coaching.

Mona has further expanded her professional practice into AI, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), holistic wellbeing, breathwork, somatic movement, and performance coaching. Her approach integrates business strategy with behavioural development, helping learners strengthen both professional capabilities and personal effectiveness.

Official SOQ profile: soq.edu.sg/trainer/mona-yam