Dr Elaine Kim is a medical doctor and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and CEO of Trehaus, an early education business behind the leading, premium Trehaus School preschool brand, powered by Little Lab, an AI- enabled ed-tech platform that delivers the proprietary Trehaus curriculum and teacher training in the research-and project/play-based “Trehaus Method” pedagogical framework. The Trehaus flagship spaces bring together preschool, office space/ business club with creche, so professional parents do not need to choose between career and family.

Prior to taking the helm at Trehaus, she was the CEO of CRIB, a social enterprise she co-founded to empower women to become successful entrepreneurs through networking, co-founder and investor/start-up matching and training and equipping of female founders. 
After a decade as a doctor caring for terminally ill patients, she continues her involvement in palliative care through her work with the Singapore Ministry of Health Ageing Planning Office and remains involved in various charitable causes, especially through the philanthropic arm CRIB Gives Back that she launched at the helm of CRIB. 

Elaine is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (WEF YGL) , a member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF) and actively involved in the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO). She is married to venture capitalist John Kim of Amasia VC and they have 4 young children.

Elizabeth Wu is an educator, entrepreneur and mother of 3. She believes that it takes a village to raise a child and a community that keeps parents sane, and she’s found her tribe in Trehaus, where work-life integration is a reality for working parents like her.

 

Prior to co-founding Trehaus, Elizabeth’s experience in education spanned across all levels from early years enrichment to tertiary. At tertiary level, she taught Project Work, Enterprise, Communications, Critical Thinking and Current Affairs. She is often consulted for curriculum design and development, and lectures on an adjunct basis at educational institutions. In her free time, Elizabeth writes on a regular basis on the topic of parenting and has been featured on various platforms. She is also a parenting coach certified by Gordon Training International and trains parents in effective communication & conflict resolution with their children.

Carolyn M. Choo is a long-standing advocate for quality early childhood education, with over 20 years of experience training educators across Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific. She brings an interdisciplinary background in language, Montessori education, teacher mentoring, and higher education leadership.

 

She is the Head of the Department of Early Childhood at SEGi University & Colleges, President of the ECCE Council Malaysia, and a Master Trainer for Kurikulum Prasekolah 2026 (KP2026), where she contributes to national efforts to strengthen educator professionalism and holistic child development.

 

Carolyn also leads work in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) as a facilitator of the Asia-Pacific ECCE Teacher Training Handbook (APETT-SEL), supporting educator wellbeing, self-awareness, and sustainable teaching practices. She believes emotionally healthy educators are key to creating safe, responsive, and empowering learning environments for young children.

Bilal Ahmad is an education reform and system transformation expert with nearly three decades of experience working with governments to strengthen education policy, institutional capacity, and large-scale implementation. He currently advises the World Bank Group and leads teaching and learning initiatives under FCDO-funded programmes, where he has designed and delivered reforms impacting tens of thousands of teachers and students across Pakistan.

 

Bilal has played a central role in shaping teacher professional development systems, assessment frameworks, and governance reforms, working closely with institutions such as UNDP and the British Council. He is also recognised for pioneering technology-enabled education solutions, including blended learning models and AI-driven pilots to improve foundational learning outcomes at scale.

 

He holds an Executive MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences and a Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Assessment from the University of Cambridge. Across his career, Bilal has combined deep policy expertise with hands-on implementation to drive practical, system-wide improvements in education.