Seeking Impact

Brandon is currently pursuing his undergraduate in Computing at Imperial College London. He has completed two internships in two different startups. He is the current Head of Region for iCube UK. Brandon has also recently started a new venture, Eklan, which is a digital directory for home businesses in his hometown, Kota Kinabalu.

Gabriel's passion for Music has been unrivalled amongst Malaysians. Since young, he followed his father, a fellow musician, to perform at multiple musical performances. He is currently pursuing Contemporary Writing, Production & Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music. He has been in the Malaysian book of records for being the youngest Malaysian to achieve Grade 8 on drums at 9 years old. We talked about his ambitions, Malaysia's local music scene, and much more.

This podcast episode is accompanied by our president, Eugene Teoh.

Intro Music: Lily (teaser) - L.U.C.A.S (Gabriel de Leon)

Being the first STEM member of her family, Sher Ree strives to continuously develop herself in different skillsets ranging from Leadership to Engineering across various different organisations. Sher Ree is currently a third-year student at the University of Manchester studying Chemical Engineering. Sher Ree is notably the Vice President of Young Malaysian Engineers, a student organisation built to empower Malaysian youth in the STEM field. She is also a Social Media Marketing Intern at Wonsulting, the President of UoM Chemical Engineering Society, an ex-intern at Top Glove and much more.

Kevin Bu, a third-year Civil Engineering student at Imperial College London joins us to talk about his passion and viewpoints on the tech, finance and consulting industries. Kevin has had many experiences throughout his time in university, starting from being the 9th Council Associate of International Council of Malaysian Scholars and Associates (ICMS), Business Strategy Intern at CapBay, Consulting Intern at Alpha Catalyst, Data Research Analyst at Imperial College London and much more. Most notably, Kevin is the Ex-Global Chairperson of iCube and an Incoming Summer Analyst at BlackRock.

Sean Ng is currently a Graduate Design Engineer in Dyson UK. When he was 17, he co-founded a film production company, Ocrux Studios, where he produced films for many different clients, one of which includes his own university, University of Southampton Malaysia. He is a recent graduate from University of Southampton, where he studied Mechanical Engineering with Mechatronics in which he received a grade of first class honours. He was also the Public Relations Officer of Malaysian Students' Association Southampton in the 19/20 academic year.

In this episode, he walks through his life as a student while working as a film producer, both with Ocrux Studios and as a freelancer. He also talks about his passion and motivation with combining technology with creative applications.

How is life after university? Nelson Ng is the Founder of ProjectEd, a non-profit organisation he founded during his university time, which empowers underprivileged students in Malaysia to pursue their tertiary education dreams. He is currently an Investment Analyst in Khazanah Nasional Berhad. He is also a recent graduate from the University of Southampton, where he studied Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering. 

In the very first episode of the Seeking Impact podcast, Nelson discusses his passion, journey of his university life, why he started ProjectEd and much more.