ROGER COLLANTES is a best-selling motivational author and keynote speaker, multi-awarded
talent developer and executive coach, award-winning edutech founder and entrepreneur, with
30 years of experience as Learning Innovator and Transformational Leadership Expert.
Roger was formerly the Asia-Pacific Learning and Development Director for Citibank, covering
more than 30,000 staff across 13 countries. He founded Citibank's training consultancy
business, the Institute for Learning Excellence and Accelerated Development (ILEAD), based in
Shanghai, China.
Roger founded and manages three pioneering startups as Founder & CEO of Global Learning
Solutions (Singapore & Hong Kong), Master Franchisee & CEO of MindChamps International
Preschools (Philippines), and Co-Founder & CEO of Smarter Robotics (Philippines & Malaysia).
Smarter Robotics was awarded by the prestigious tech magazine, CIO Advisor Asia Pacific, as
one of the “10 Hottest APAC Artificial Intelligence Consulting Services Companies in 2019”.
Roger was appointed as Senator of the Grand Assembly by the World Business Angels
Investment Forum (WBAF), the largest angel investments network in the world, in 2019.
Roger is an industry icon and thought leader who won several prestigious awards during his
professional career, including the “Leading HR Professional Award” from the Singapore Human
Resources Institute (2007); the “Learning Leader Award for Excellence in Organizational
Management” from Bersin Associates USA (2008); the "Most Outstanding Contribution to HR
Industry Award” from HRM Singapore (2011); and the “Most Outstanding Learning Leader
Extraordinaire Award" from the Philippine Society for Training & Development (2013).
Roger conducts the high energy Thrivers Leadership Program, based on his best-selling book
Beyond Survival, where he teaches people how to "thrive, not just survive" in the midst of
accelerated change and to be a “disrupter, not a disgruntled” in the age of technology
disruptions.