Our Franchise Team

Meet the talented and passionate team behind our programmes.
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David Chiem

Founder CEO & Executive Chairman of MindChamps PreSchool Limited

David is the Founder CEO & Executive Chairman of MindChamps PreSchool Limited. Arriving in Australia at the age of nine without being able to speak a single word of English, David has since gone on to become the first Asian cast in a lead role on mainstream Australian television, in the internationally acclaimed drama series Butterfly Island. He has also published two critically acclaimed novels, Only the Heart and The Full Story, which were nominated for three prestigious Australian literary awards.

David is also co-author of The 3-Mind Revolution, the ground-breaking volume that lays out a new world-view for leaders and educators, alongside internationally acclaimed author and literacy expert Brian Caswell. His research and work in developing the ‘3-Mind’ philosophy underpins the MindChamps movement, providing children with the mindset and learning tools to be the best they can be – that is, MindChampions.

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Brian Caswell

Dean of Research & Programme Development

Brian is an internationally-acclaimed, multi-award-winning author, researcher and educator who has dedicated his time to research into the psychology and neuroscience of the learning brain.

Over the past 20 years, he has developed ‘brain-friendly’ learning strategies and enrichment programmes for young learners. With a particular interest in early childhood, Brian developed the S.M.I.L.E.S.™ Methodology to early learning, which is hailed as a breakthrough in preschool curriculum design and used in all MindChamps PreSchool and Early Learning centres worldwide.

To-date, Brian has written over 100 reading books, 110 phonics books for young children, and more than 50 novels, including The Art of Communicating with Your Child and The 3-Mind Revolution.

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Dean Carey

Dean of Theatre

Dean is the founder of Actors Centre Australia (ACA) in Sydney, one of Australia’s top theatre schools. An established acting teacher, he brings with him with more than 30 years of experience and have coached celebrities such as Hugh Jackman.

Dean was also the Head of Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Some of the TV and film projects that he has worked on as a performance consultant include the Australian productions of The Boy from Oz and Saturday Night Fever.

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Emeritus Professor Larry Scripp

Senior Fellow/Dean of Music in Education

Professor Lawrence Scripp is a distinguished musician, composer and educator whose research has had major impact in schools across the United States. As Founding Chair of the Music Education Department at New England Conservatory, he spearheaded the design of a new Music-in-Education programme for students of all backgrounds.

For over three decades, Lawrence has been researching, writing and publishing on artistic development in children, including with Harvard University’s Project Zero from 1982 to 1994. He remains heavily involved in various research centres and consortiums devoted to enriching young minds with the gift of music.

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Michelle Peh

Global Chief Brand Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Michelle is our Global Chief Brand Officer & Chief Operating Officer. As one of the pioneers of MindChamps, Michelle has been instrumental to spearheading MindChamps’ brand positioning, culture and business growth over the last 16 years.

She is responsible for driving the visibility, values and strength of the brand across all touchpoints in Singapore and across the world. Michelle is also a highly experienced and diversified strategic leader in branding, sales, marketing, business growth and operations. She embodies MindChamps’ commitment to the creation of educational opportunities where they would not otherwise exist. This stems from her strong belief in the vision of making the world a better place to live in by nurturing generations of MindChampions who possess the 3 Minds and face the world with 100% Respect, Zero Fear.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Sociology and a minor in Statistics from the National University of Singapore.

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Teo Wee Jone

Chief Financial Officer

Wee Jone is our Chief Financial Officer. He joined MindChamps in 2008 and assumed his current role in 2010. He is responsible for the MindChamps Group’s finance-related functions, including financial management, treasury, taxation and investor relations.

Wee Jone has over 19 years of experience in finance, corporate planning and mergers and acquisitions in the education and information and communications technology industries. Before joining MindChamps, he was most recently Finance Director, China Operations at Singapore Computer Systems Limited from 2006 to 2007.

Wee Jone holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne, Australia and a Bachelor of Economics majoring in Accounting from Macquarie University, Australia. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Fellow of CPA Australia.

Our Franchise Team

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Warren Billett

Director, Franchise Development – Australia

E : [email protected]
P : 0420 319 316

Warren grew up in the Wollongong region of New South Wales and attended university completing a bachelor in Education. Whilst teaching full time, Warren also worked ten years in Franchise management before upgrading from both roles to own his own private education business as a Franchisee.

Leading the franchise team at MindChamps is the culmination of over 35 years of working within the education, franchise and property industries in a number of middle and senior level management roles. Warren has spent most of his career with franchisors developing strategic growth plans across Australia by carefully selecting the right people as Franchisees for appropriate locations on sustainable lease terms. Warren has extensive experience in all critical aspects of growing a franchise network which enables him to command this space and lead our MindChamps franchisees to partner together to bring the GoldChampion standards of this global leader to benefit the families in the local area of our franchisees.

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Nicholas Caswell

Assistant Director, Business Development

E : [email protected]
P : 1300 646 324

Our World Research, Advisory and Education Team

The MindChamps philosophy, our commitment to research excellence and our passion for turning the latest discoveries into effective educational initiatives have drawn some of the world’s best and brightest to help us achieve our vision.

Our research-backed curriculum is uniquely synthesised by award-winning and world-leading experts from the four domains of: Education, Psychology, Neuroscience and Theatre.
  • Neuroscience
  • Education
  • Psychology
  • Theatre
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Chair of ResearchEmeritus Professor Allan Snyder FRS

Australia and USA
  • Fellow of the Royal Society (the prestigious scientific fellowship that counts Newton and Einstein as its former fellows)
  • Founder, Centre for the Mind (University of Sydney)
  • Holds the 150th Anniversary Chair of Science at the University of Sydney
  • Winner of the 2001 Marconi International Prize, the world’s foremost prize in communications and information technology
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Senior Fellow/Dean of Music in EducationEmeritus Professor Larry Scripp

U.S.A
  • Founding Chair, Music Education Department, New England Conservatory, Boston University
  • Awarded the title Faculty Emeritus in perpetuity by the New England Conservatory
  • Participated in Harvard University’s Project Zero, investigating artistic development in children and assessment of arts and general education programmes
  • Accomplished musician, composer and music director
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Senior FellowEmeritus Professor Steven Schwartz, AM, FASSA

Australia
  • Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2013
  • Former Chairman of the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority
  • International award-winning researcher
  • Named as one of the 100 highest cited researchers in his field
  • Former professor with Harvard and Stanford
  • Won the Brain Research Award, British Red Cross Society
  • Australian Academy of Science – Royal Society (London) Exchange Fellowship
  • Former Vice-Chancellor of:
    • Macquarie University
    • Brunel University
    • Murdoch University
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Chief Academic OfficerMr Steven Andrews

U.K.
  • Former Senior Education Advisor to the UK Government
    (Tony Blair Administration)
  • Former Director of Schools, Greenwich, UK
  • Former Group Chief Education Officer, Cognita International Schools
  • Former Group CEO, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
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Mentor PrincipalMrs Carmee Lim

Singapore
  • Former Principal of Raffles Girls’ School, one of Singapore’s top schools
  • Former Senior Inspector of Schools in the Ministry of Education, Singapore
  • First Executive Director of the Academy of Principals, Singapore
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Director General Of EducationMrs Louise Mulligan-Andrews

U.K.
  • Former Director of Schools, The Department for Education, UK
  • Responsible for improving student exam performance in Nottingham City at double the national rate
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FellowProfessor Trevor H. Cairney, OAM

Australia
  • Awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2012
  • Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Department of Education
  • President of the New South Wales Business Chamber
  • Has written nine books and over 200 reports, articles and book chapters on early learning, training, language acquisition and development
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FellowMs Libby Gleeson, AM

Australia
  • Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2007
  • Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Department of Education and Social Work
  • Award-winning writer for picture books and fiction titles, including Hannah and the Tomorrow Room, An Ordinary Day, and Amy and Louis
  • Chair of WestWords, Western Sydney’s Literature Development Organization for Young People
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Senior FellowProfessor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

U.S.A
  • Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, USA
  • Director, Infant Language Laboratory, Temple University, USA
  • Recipient of numerous awards
  • Author of 12 books including Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards and A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool
  • Has published over 200 articles and research papers
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Senior FellowProfessor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

U.S.A
  • Director, Child’s Play, Learning, and Development Laboratory, University of Delaware, USA
  • Recipient of numerous awards
  • Author of 14 books including Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards and A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool
  • Has published over 150 articles and research papers
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FellowDr Thalia R. Goldstein

U.S.A
  • Assistant Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason University
  • Focuses on children’s developing of social and emotional skills
  • Directs The Social Skills, Imagination, and Theatre Lab
  • Co-director of the National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab, the Mason Arts Research Center (MasonARC)
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Senior FellowDr Scott Hicks

Australia
  • Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning director and screenwriter
  • Director of the Academy Award-winning films Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars and box-office hits including No Reservations and The Lucky One
  • Member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • SA Australian of the Year recipient in 2008
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Senior FellowMr Aubrey Mellor, OAM

Australia
  • Awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1992
  • Former Director of the world-renowned National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia
  • Renowned theatre teacher to a generation of acclaimed Australian Academy Award winners
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