WORLD SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT

Who we are

Who we are

Andrew Ng Executive Director

Andrew Ng achieved the academic equivalent of an Olympic gold medal by graduating at the top of Harvard University with a perfect GPA score and was the recipient of the Katie Y F Yang award amongst other awards. Andrew is a business owner, serial entrepreneur, an ordained minister and a corporate senior executive. Besides being an Australian CPA and a Chartered Accountant in Singapore, Andrew has an electrical engineering degree from the top university in Asia (NUS), MBA from the top university in Australia (Melbourne) and a Master of Finance from the top university in the US (Harvard) among his academic qualifications (which include computer studies, corporate finance, accounting & strategic management).

Andrew has experience from start-ups to NASDAQ listed companies and is currently leading a chemicals and petrochemicals marketing group. In his personal capacity he has restructured, launched and acquired over twenty companies and is currently overseeing companies in language localization, engineering services, chemicals & petroleum products and medical supplies. Walking alongside churches, schools and children’s homes in Asia and Africa, Andrew’s passion is for kingdom leaders, building families through supernatural businesses and community transformation.

Philip Whittaker Executive Director

With a background in sports and entertainment marketing spanning more than 20 years Philip has worked with a number of leading national sporting organisations in Australasia including the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Rugby League, Surf Lifesaving Australia and many national sporting franchises, where he has helped develop commercial programs generating over USD $70m in revenues through to impactful grass roots sports and community development programs.

He has successfully founded leading marketing agencies and was previously the GM Marketing & Sponsorship for leading international multi-sports event the Goodwill Games and President of Sponsorship Australasia, where he was inducted into the Sponsorship Australasia Awards Hall of Fame for services to the industry in 2016. Philip holds a Bachelor of Hotel Mgt, Master of Business, Graduate Diploma in Digital Business and is a FAMI and CPM.

No stranger to Malaysia and SEA, Philip worked with Khazanah Nasional subsidiary Themed
Attractions Resorts & Hotels as the CEO Attractions and Chief Commercial Officer for nearly 10 years where he successfully launched a number of theme parks and attractions and Malaysia’s first premium integrated resort. He is currently the Executive Director (Commercial) of Danolyte Malaysia and a strategic advisor to leading Australian and SEA companies.

Hanif Royani Sports Specialist

Studied in Miltoncross School of Language, and then continued his Extended Diploma in Sport Studies at Portsmouth College. Studied for Bachelor Degree in Sports Science at UiTM Shah Alam, graduated in 2015.

After graduating, he worked in United States Sports Academy – Malaysia as Sport Development Executive for a year, training PLKN (National Service) trainers and managing sports events. Later worked at Build Up Resources as Cluster Manager, handling the South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur on 2017. Oversaw over 40 venues during the SEA Games. In 2017, worked with 1 Malaysia Connecting Communities as Sports Development Manager. Managed the biggest grassroots league in Malaysia for 3 years, mostly in Klang Valley area as well as Negeri Sembilan and Johor. During his tenure working at 1MCC and USSA-Malaysia, he has coached multiple grassroots football clubs, from U8 to U18s. As of now, he is working at World Sports Entertainment as the Football Development Specialist.