Jasmine Leong
CEO
Inter Education Consult Sdn. Bhd.
Inter Education Consult Sdn. Bhd, or IEC for short as it is fondly known was established in 1981 by Founder Dato' Casey Leong and now run by Director and daughter of Founder Ms Jasmine Leong since 2004.
IEC started as a school of English Language for local students to study English after school hours to ensure they are ready for tertiary studies in the English language. At the same time, IEC also became one of the first Education Consultancy in Sabah, where further studies counselling, free application services were provided to over 100 institutions and universities around the globe.
Since then, Ms Jasmine has expanded the business to include a wider range of courses as well as services such as Baby Ballet, Speech & Drama and Corporate Training. Our new and updated tagline is "Building Confidence from Cradle to Career" using the English Language as as base and foundation.
Jasmine Leong is the current CEO of IEC, a School of English Language and Study Abroad Consultancy which has since expanded to include creative education arm through baby ballet, dance for beginners and speech & drama courses. She obtained her Bachelors of Law (LLB) with Human Resource Management from the UK and was Sabah State Swim Coach between 2006 – 2007 upon returning from the UK, bringing the Sabah team to 4 golds, 6 silvers and 7 bronzes at the Kedah SUKMA Games.
Jasmine is also a former State and National swimmer herself representing the State and Malaysia during her high school years. She broke the SUKMA 100m breaststroke record in 1994 and represented Malaysia in various Asia-Pacific events in Thailand, India, Korea, and Australia.
She is also a Grade 8 pianist, ballet dancer and musical theatre enthusiast having produced, directed, sung and acted in amateur productions in KK since 2009. She went to New York in 2014 to attend a summer course in musical theatre to further develop her skills. In 2018 she founded the IEC Heart for the Arts Foundation as well as iec baby ballet, the creative education arm of her centre to encourage creative education.
She is an active Toastmaster member and achieved her Distinguished Toastmaster status in 2013 as well as placed 2nd Runner-Up in the District 51 (consisting of 7 countries at the time) International Speech Contest in 2004. The winner headed to the US for the World Championships in Public Speaking.
Since 2006, Jasmine has been speaking frequently and giving motivational and career guidance talks and workshops across secondary schools and colleges and has led 3-day Leadership Camps for colleges and schools in Sabah. She continues to update her talks with current events as well as her life experiences to share her knowledge and inspire students to live their passion and dreams. Her current passion is to build up the creative education arm of IEC so that the next generation can grow into confident, well-rounded citizens of the world.
She is a certified trainer with the Maxwell Leadership Team, certified and trained on communication and leadership topics through personal coaching, mastermind groups or keynote workshop sessions for individuals and organisations who wish to level up in these areas. Her unique style of engagement and result oriented follow up are the key differences that make her one of the most sought after coaches in Sabah.
jasmine@iec.com.my