Shawn Teo
• Lifelong Learner. Conscious Parent. Strategic Leader. Transformation Enabler. Global Trader. Wellbeing Mentor.
• Passionate about making a positive difference, Shawn supports others in embracing their true self, evolving alongside personal and professional domains, and thriving in all pillars of wellbeing.
• Senior executive leader in trading and seasoned business strategist with overseas expatriate experience and over 20 years successfully leading global, cross-functional teams at MNCs
• Active driver of parent support and youth mentorship communities for shared wisdom and connection to make real-world impact.
• Curious by nature and approachable by design; always ready for conversations about leadership, investing, trading, health, fitness, wellbeing and audio.
Professional Background
Shawn is currently Head of Operational Excellence and Transformation at Mitsubishi Corporation RtM International, spearheading strategic initiatives essential to future growth. Collaborating with diverse stakeholders including governmental agencies and think tanks, he blends strategic clarity with practical execution.
Previously, Shawn built and led the firm’s profitable global ferrous raw materials trading division, successfully managing teams across Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, London, Dubai and New York. He concurrently leads the company’s global trade operations and shipping teams, ensuring flawless execution in volatile markets.
Passionate about developing talent, Shawn has mentored numerous staff, actively groomed managers and contributes regularly to executive leadership discussions. His global perspective, honed through expatriate postings in Geneva and Shanghai, allows him to navigate diverse organizational cultures, from government-linked companies, family-run businesses, to investment banks and global trading corporations.
A frequent speaker at industry forums hosted by SGX, FT, and Bloomberg, Shawn holds an MBA, CFA, and certifications from leading institutions (INSEAD, Stanford-NUS, Harvard, SMU) ranging from business leadership, organizational change and artificial intelligence. Ever curious, he’s also an enthusiastic student of Positive Psychology and a practitioner of the SPARK Resilience Programme.
Coaching Specialty
Shawn is especially passionate about whole-person coaching to create overall sustainable change.
He is especially engaged by coaching clients in following areas:
• Parenting – Navigating complexities of family life and building strong, thriving family units.
• Leadership & Performance – Supporting emerging leaders and executives to reach new levels of personal effectiveness and team leadership.
• Financial & Life Planning – Assisting clients in achieving clarity around financial wellbeing, life and career choices
• Personal & Professional Growth – Partnering with clients to enable transformation alongside changes in life and work
• General Well-being – Improving positive affect, fulfilling engagements, relationships, life meaning, health and affirming accomplishments.
Personal Philosophy
Shawn lives by these simple beliefs:
• Lifelong learning is essential to growth in an everchanging world.
• People and relationships are the foundation of a better future
• Good things compound and ripple to create big impacts.
• Wellbeing is achievable for everyone, and no one needs to walk alone.
Personal Background
Coming from a humble, working-class family in Singapore, Shawn overcame significant personal adversity – most notably, the loss of his father, which plunged his family into deep financial distress. Over the next two decades, he successfully rebuilt family finances, strengthened family bonds, shifted ingrained beliefs and uplifted his close relatives. These experiences profoundly shaped Shawn’s belief in resilience, compassion, and the transformative power of intentional change, especially for youth and families.
Shawn firmly believes his greatest negotiation wasn’t in the commodities markets – it was convincing his wife to marry him. She is his strongest pillar, partner in laughter, and voice of reason amidst life’s inevitable chaos. As a proud father of teens, his parenting approach emphasizes mindful presence, connection over correction, empathic empowerment and purposeful boundaries.
Since high school, Shawn has been dedicated to mentoring and coaching from tutoring elementary students to supporting troubled youths. He also supports undergraduates, professionals on career paths and guides others to achieve financial literacy.
Today, Shawn enjoys life’s simple pleasures like reading, researching investments, playing sports, enjoying quality family time and listening to high-quality audio files as an audiophile. He is also a chronic sufferer of Tsundoku – and his wife is threatening a formal intervention if one more unread book enters the house.
Coaching Style
• Empathetic and Collaborative – safe partnership for insights and self-discovery
• Grounded and Strategic – simplify complexity for confidence and clarity
• Open and Energizing – non-judgmental; empowering growth and transformation
• Supportive and Focused – keeps clients steady and without being overwhelmed