Board Of Directors

 

Chris Tock

Co-Founder, Executive Director

Christopher Tock was previously the Director of Information Systems for the UK and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC) in 2005/06 and 2006/07 where he, alongside Wan Mohd Firdaus, helped to revive UKEC as a student movement and launched projects such as the UKEC Careers’ Fair, Projek Amanat Negara IV and the 1st Malaysian Student Leaders’ Summit 2007. He was also previously a Communication Secretary to Imperial College Malaysian Society, as well as a representative of the Overseas Student Committee responsible for liaising between all overseas society in Imperial College, London.

Hailing from Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Christopher completed his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysian (SPM) at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar (KTJ), Mantin in 2001 and obtained straight As for A-levels in 2003 within the same institution under the KTJ Scholarship award. Later, upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Joint Mathematics and Computer Science from Imperial College, London, he started off as a freelancing IT consultant for small business companies located within London and did a complete IT makeover for JPA London before leaving back to Malaysia to embark on a set of mission objectives that makes part and parcel of his goals.

 

His love for sports, fun and adventure enabled him to represent West District of Seremban in Hockey for 3 years in the U-21 District championship as well as a proud receiver of the PADI Open Water Diver license. He takes interest in a myriad of hobbies including: photography, food review/adventures/trips, lion dancing (peak performance at Trafalgar Square with thousands of viewers) and a self-professed techie (aka geek) at heart.

Christopher Tock is currently working on his own social media consultancy service as well as leading a youth development platform called the EYE Project. Previously he was an e-Business development executive for ECM Libra Investment Bank, where he was part of a team heading the development of a forward-driven online share trading portal called www.ecmmoney.com. During off-working hours, he dedicates his time to the Young Corporate Malaysians (YCM) as a founding convener, organizing CEO Series for Young Professionals among other initiatives. He is also an active committee member of the Imperial College Alumni Association in Malaysia (ICAAM), a Technical Consultant at RandomAlphabets.com known for their guerilla-styled pro-bono projects, an avid blogger at www.spinzer.us covering media events and his love for food, and last but not least, an entrepreneur dedicated to the development of the leaders of the future in Malaysia.

 

He can be found either via most social network sites but mostly active via Twitter (http://twitter.com/spinzer).