Executive Director
Khailee’s has a unique track-record in organizing people for collective actions.
In his student days, his community organizing efforts in social issues and underground music won him local and international media recognition. He completed his degree in business at the top 2% of his class a Valedictorian having studied in Sydney, San Francisco State and UC Berkeley, and won the Asian HSBC Young Entrepreneur Award in 2006, the first (and only) time the award was given to Malaysians.
The early years of his career was spent with Mindvalley, where he worked with entrepreneurs and technologists from 16 countries to mobilize online communities in the US and UK.
In 2008, he applied his focus to Southeast Asia with Youth Asia. He built YouthSays.com, where over 250,000 youths collaborate with leading businesses on research, social media marketing, and activation. He recently used his expertise compile one of the largest online studies in Southeast Asia “The SEACHANGE Youth Report” collecting 105,502 stories from youths in 6 weeks.
With Youth Asia, he continues to integrate the understanding of young people with modern technology to truly unleash the power of organized communities with shared goals.
Khailee writes and speaks regularly about mobilizing youths:
- Since 2008: Regular columnist on Marketing about the youth segment
- December to January 2010: “Marketing With Youths with Khailee Ng” An 8 episode special on Business FM 89.9
- 22 July 2009: “Youth: Media and Influence” @ Malaysian Media Conference 2009
- 10 January 2009: 2nd National Youth Entrepreneur Convention 2009
- 17 November 2008: MSC Innotech
- 19 January 2008: 1st National Youth Entrepreneur Convention 2008
- 18 March 2007: Asia Business Forum (ABF), Kuala Lumpur
Read about Khailee’s latest speaking engagements & adventures on his personal blog.
Read about cofounder Joel Neoh.