Callidus Management Consultancy

David Kanagaraj 

David Kanagaraj had served the Labour Department and Industrial Relations Department for about 29 years before leaving at the end of 1995. He then served as The Human Resource and Administration Manager of a medium-sized company for about 9 months, before moving into full-time consultancy and training. He is considered a leading expert on labour legislation, especially The Employment Act, The Industrial Relations Act, the Trade Unions Act and the practices relating to employee relations. 

Since 1980, he has been very involved in training and has been a course leader for the Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management. He was also The Director for the Diploma in Industrial Relations conducted by MIPM, now known as MIHRM. He has also been a course leader for the Diploma in Human Resource Management conducted jointly by the University of Malaya and the Malaysian Association of Productivity.  He is, himself, a certified Trainer by Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (Certificate No. TTT/0097). 

He has conducted several courses on Labour Laws for various institutions and organizations and had also been a training officer for the Labour Department and Industrial Relations Department. He is an accomplished speaker and his programmes have always produced highly positive response. In addition to training, David has also been a consultant to several organizations on matters relating to employee relations.

Linda Lee

Linda Lee has had more than 20 years experience in administration and human resource management. During this period, she has developed excellent skills in administration, management, communication and training. Linda possesses Certificates in Administrative Management and Diplomas in Secretaryship and Personnel Management and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.  She has recently obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) degree from an internationally recognised university in the United Kingdom.

In mid 1998, Linda gave up a successful career in Human Resource Management, as the Group Human Resource and Administration Executive in a diversified group of companies, to embark on a career of Consultancy in Human Resource Management.  She has since then advised many companies on human resource and employee relations matters, and the setting up of human resource departments and systems. Being a good organiser, she has organised several public and in-house programmes on Employee Relations, Labour Laws, Discipline & Grievance Handling in addition to various social functions. Currently, Linda is involved in assisting several companies in the preparation of comprehensive human resource policies and procedures manuals, terms & conditions of employment and employee handbooks.

Sue Chin

Sue Chin started her career as a Company Secretarial for a public listed company in 1986 while pursuing an ICSA Programme.

She then progressed to the position of a HR Executive in a large Multinational Organisation where she specialised in Payroll and other HR functions.

In August 2003, she joined Callidus Management Consultancy as a HR Consultant.  

Currently, she is responsible for the entire payroll functions of a few companies that are clients of Callidus. She also handles the entire HR Functions of 2 medium sized companies.

Her expertise in the wide area of payroll includes good knowledge of the relevant Labour Laws and the preparation of all reports related to payroll.

 In addition to her knowledge and experience in payroll and related HR matters, Sue has also been actively involved in various social and entrepreneurial activities on a part time basis.

Peter Kanagaraj 

Peter is an Electrical / Electronics Engineer by training.  He obtained a degree in E&E Peter is an Electrical / Electronics Engineer by training.  He obtained a degree in E&E Engineering after a course of study at the University of Hertfordshire and Warnborough University, UK. He also obtained his MBA from Warnborough University in 2006. 

Prior to his engineering degree studies, he underwent a three-month Industrial Training Program in the ‘IT Department’ at Siemens in Malacca. He had also completed a course in Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) at the Sharp Baccalaureate Technology & Engineering Center, Kuala Lumpur whilst pursuing his Diploma in E&E Engineering.  He has also undergone a one-year Technical Training Programme in the Asean Product Development Team with British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd. Peter joined Samsung Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd. in 2002 and was sent to Samsung Electronics Korea for a one-year On-Job Training Program in Research & Development of Microwave Ovens. During his time in Samsung, he had also attained his 6 SIGMA Green Belt Certification.  

He had served as an Engineer with Samsung Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, for almost 5 years in Malaysia, being involved in the development of new microwave models and its respective electrical parts, trouble-shooting, cost cutting activities, improvement in quality and production related activities. 

Since 2000, he has been participating in innumerable seminars and workshops on Human Resources Management and Labour Legislation. 

Peter decided to change his career path in January 2007 and joined Callidus Management Consultancy. He is now actively involved in the area of Consultancy and manages many clients. He has represented Clients’ in the Labour Office, he has prepared Company HR Policies & Procedures Manuals and Employee Handbooks for clients and provides Consultancy services to many clients relating to Trade Union matters, Discipline and Grievances, EPF & SOCSO and Domestic Inquiries.