Calvin Woo​

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Calvin believes in the power of education to change lives and be leveraged for social good among millennials like him. Currently, he is an MBA Candidate with Asia School of Business-MIT Sloan School of Management. He was a co-founder of a Kuala Lumpur based social enterprise that aims to develop professional capabilities of millennials from various backgrounds to be better prepared for the workforce. Previously, he worked in a social enterprise as Head of Programmes where he worked closely with marginalised youths in Malaysia in improving their education outcomes. Combining his interest in economic development in Malaysia, Southeast Asia and globally, he was the chief coordinator for Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), an independent liberal public policy think tank, National Unity Youth Fellowship. He was also a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellow on Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in University of Connecticut, USA. His leadership and works in social development led him to be the first Malaysian to be awarded with Queen’s Young Leaders award (from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). He sits on advisory board member position with Successor Generation Initiative, a youth development network with British High Commission Kuala Lumpur and Y-Group, a social enterprise based in Batam, Indonesia. Recently, he documented his journey and authored his first book- “How I escaped the Rat Race” with MPH Books.