Saturday 21 December 2013

Forum Moderator: Mr Christopher Tock




Christopher Tock

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 launched projects such as the UKEC Careers’ Fair, Projek Amanat Negara IV and the 1st Malaysian Student Leaders’ Summit 2007.
 
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.
 
Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Joint Mathematics and Computer Science from Imperial College, he did a complete IT makeover for JPA London before heading back to Malaysia.
 
Tock is currently a social entrepreneur. He provides strategic community-based social media solutions to small and large businesses through SocialGrooves via Socialites, a community of up and coming digital influencers made up of various social communities in Malaysia, and aiming to solve youth unemployment issues and optimize Malaysian talents through his Youth Marketing platform; Empowering Youth Endeavors (EYE) Project.

Prior to this, he played a role in investment banking as an e-Business development executive for ECM Libra Investment Bank (merged with Kenanga in 2012), where he is part of a team heading the development of a forward-driven online share trading portal called www.ecmmoney.com.
 
During off-working hours, he volunteers his time to the Young Corporate Malaysians (YCM) as a founding convenor, organizing CEO Series for Young Professionals, supports RandomAlphabets.com known for their guerilla-styled pro-bono projects and advocating Teach For Malaysia, a non-profit outfit bent on making sure all children in Malaysia will have the opportunity to attain excellent education regardless of their background.
 
Last year Tock was invited as a Founding shaper of the Global Shapers Community – Kuala Lumpur Hub, an initiative by the World Economic Forum where he helped started up the first Hub in Malaysia, became an honored recipient of the Prestige Malaysia’s Top 40 Under 40 2012 Awards and most recently, took his first Arthur Guinness Fund – British Council Social Enterprise Award in 2013 on behalf of his EYE Project team.

Tock is an active blogger at www.spinzer.us.
 
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