Khoo Kheng-Hor

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Khoo Kheng-Hor (1956 - present) is a management consultant, author and speaker. He has been described as a comtemporary interpreter of Sun Tzu's treatise, 'Art of War'. He was born in Penang, West Malaysia in 1956. He received his education at St. Xavier's Institution before leaving for Singapore in 1974 to continue his pre-u education at St. Joseph's Institution. After completing his studies, he worked as a journalist with 'The Star' until 1980 when he joined Malaysia's largest sugar refinery, 'Malayan Sugar' in Prai as a Personnel Manager. In 1983, he moved to Kuala Lumpur to join as the Sales and Marketing Manager for the sugar manufacturer. When Asian sugar baron, Robert Kuok was invited to turnaround the ailing Multi-Purpose group of companies in 1987, Khoo went over as Administration Manager at Magnum Corporation, the 'cash cow' of the Multi-Purpose group. In 1989, he left to head the personnel and administration department of Metroplex Berhad, where he climbed rapidly within just four months, to become the General Manager of Metroplex Holdings managing The Mall shopping complex.

After securing the 'Best Shopping Mall' award for two years in a row for The Mall, Khoo, who has a Diploma in Administrative Management and a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance( ACCA) earlier, left for the University of Stirling in Scotland to read for his Master of Business Administration despite not possessing a first degree. He graduated with Distinction in 1991. Instead of returning to Malaysia, he went to Singapore where he was offered the job as Director of Operations for Kentucky Fried Chicken. In 1994, after being retrenched from KFC despite contributing to increased sales and profitability, he set up his own company, Stirling Training & Management Consultants Pte Ltd, which assists clients in planning and implementing strategies and motivating their executives through his proprietary 'Management, the Sun Tzu Way' programs.

In 1999 at the age of 43, Khoo decided to 'hang up his swords' to live a quiet & leisurely life in Cameron Highlands(M'sia) with his wife Judy and their "four-legged son", Bandit, a Yorkshire terrier to this very day. In the seclusion of his mountain sanctuary, he pursue his passion whole-heartedly in writing & speaking extensively on the 'Art of War' on which most of his 26 books on business and management were based. A much sought after speaker and authority on Sun Tzu's military treatise, he still travels once a month for five to ten days to "suntzunize" - a term he coined for sharing the wisdom of Sun Tzu's strategies for success and happiness in his seminars.

His previous clients include well-known corporations like AIA, Cisco System, Citibank, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Meritius Hotels, Port of Singapore Authority, among many others, and also government bodies such as the Prime Minister's Office of Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia.

As a consultant-trainer to the Singapore Police Force since 1995, many police officers in Singapore have learned how to use Sun Tzu’s principles of “Generalship” to be good leaders and team builders. In 1997, he was sent for intensive training and thereafter appointed an honorary Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP) in recognition for his contribution to the police force.

When not travelling in the region to "suntzunize" people. He constantly explored on various subject matter to write & has recently expanded his literary works to novels, two of which had been published to date, 'Taikor' and 'Mamasan'.

1 Works
- 1.1 Sun Tzu's Series
- 1.2 Novels
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Works

[edit] Sun Tzu's Series

To date, he has written over 26 books on business and management with bestseller hits like:

"Win Without Fighting" (2006)
"Applying Sun Tzu's Art of War - Collection 2" (2002)
"Sun Tzu: The Keeper of CEO's Conscience" (1997)
"Applying Sun Tzu's Art of War in Corporate Politics" (1995)
"Sun Tzu and Management" (1992)
"War at Work - Applying Sun Tzu's Art of War in Today Business World" (1990)

[edit] Novels

His first novel, "Taikor" was released in late 2004. It's a historical saga of Malaya which traces the years 1922 to 1982, telling the story of Ya Loong, from his family’s migration from South Thailand to Penang after his father’s death. It was among the 132 entries nominated for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

His second novel, "Mamasan" is about life of those people working in the glitzy world of nightclubbing and their customers who patronize nightclubs. Along with the main tale, Khoo spins other tales covering juvenile delinquency, growing up, deceit versus honesty, love, broken homes, corruption and power abuse of police officers, rape, blackmail, and murder. It is targeted for release in April 2007.

See list of books written by Khoo Kheng-Hor here