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Tully Moss

Tully Moss is a highly experienced leadership development professional. His focus has been primarily on executive coaching and the design and execution of leadership development programs.

His training as an executive coach has that of the International Coaching Federation, and he has been certified for 360-degree assessment-related coaching by Zenger Folkman and The Leadership Circle. He has provided coaching services to scores of Asian managers and executives.

In addition to his coaching, he has designed leadership development programs for numerous Asian companies, and he has led thousands of Asian managers in strategy development, leadership development, change management, digital transformation, and innovation programs. Through these programs and through his executive coaching, he has helped organizations and their leaders identify their sweet spots, expand their capabilities, and elevate their performance.

He brings to this work a rich background that includes three decades as a management consultant in the metro-New York City area. As a management consultant, Tully addressed marketing, organizational development, business unit strategy, and mergers and acquisitions issues. He previously was with the general management consulting division of what is now Willis Towers Watson.

Tully’s clients in his coaching, facilitation, and consulting work have included Fortune Global 500 corporations as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. He has led programs in a number of Asian countries, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China (Hong Kong, Macao, and Shanghai).

For eight years, Tully was a resident of the Philippines, and he was the lead author of a Harvard Business School case study entitled, “The Republic of the Philippines: The Next Asian Tiger?”

Tully received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance and his bachelors, with honors, from Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating from Williams, he taught at a college in Hong Kong under a YALI grant.

Tully’s career can be summed up as bringing the best of the West for the advancement of the East.

Maria Carolina Dominguez

Carol Dominguez is the President and CEO of John Clements Consultants, Inc., one of the Philippines’ leading providers of human resources and world-class leadership development services. Under Carol’s management, John Clements Consultants, over the past fifteen years, has quadrupled its revenues.

Carol’s overriding passion is to help her country. She dearly would like to see the Philippines rise in global stature and significance.

Under Carol’s leadership, John Clements Consultants has become the partner-of-choice for premier providers of leadership development services. Those partners include Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), one of the world’s foremost providers of business education and leadership development services, and Zenger Folkman, a premier provider of 360-degree assessments.

Before joining John Clements Consultants, Carol was an officer of Citibank, where she worked from 1985 to 2001, first in New York City, followed by assignments in London and Milan.

In 2002, Carol returned to the Philippines to assume leadership of John Clements Consultants.

Carol graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines. She holds a Masters of Management Degree from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. Taking to heart her belief in the power of education and training, Carol applied for and was accepted into Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, from which she graduated in 2012. She also co-authored a Harvard Business School case study on the Philippines, entitled, “The Republic of the Philippines: The Next Asian Tiger?”

Carol is an independent Board member of Insular Healthcare, director of the Harvard Alumni Association, member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board, a Board of Governor of the Management Association of the Philippines, a founding member of the Filipina CEO Circle (FCC) and a board of Trustee of FTW (For the Women) foundation. Carol is an avid yoga enthusiast and instructor. She has also become a dedicated golfer. When that isn’t enough, she loves skiing in the mountains of Japan, Europe, and North America.

Alicia Rita Morales

Alicia Rita L. Morales is the Managing Director of the John Clements Leadership Institute. Alicia has developed leadership programs for over 10,000 senior leaders and high potentials from leading multinationals and regional conglomerates in Southeast Asia. Concurrently, Alicia is the first woman Independent Director of publicly listed First Gen Corporation elected to the board since 2018. She is also an Independent Director of BPI Securities Corporation as of February 2020.

Previously, Alicia was the youngest Chairman of the Philippine Stock Exchange for two consecutive years and an active director for five years. She was then concurrently a Director of the Securities Clearing Corporation of the Philippines and a CEO of a top brokerage firm for nine years. Prior to that, she worked in Hong Kong for five years as Managing Director of a deposit-taking company in Hong Kong and a Director of an investment company. Before that, she was an Assistant Vice President for a subsidiary of a Southeast Asian conglomerate in Hong Kong, handling corporate finance and corporate banking accounts in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Thailand and Indonesia for three years. She had trained with multinational banks in New York and had audit internships in Stockholm, Sweden and Cologne, West Germany.

She garnered The Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service (TOWNS) award for the category ‘Business-Stock Exchange’ in 2004, and the Triple A Award from Maryknoll/Miriam College in 2014. She is a member of the International Coach Federation, a certified coach of Zenger Folkman, and a certified discussion leader of the Harvard Business School. Ms. Morales is a certified public accountant with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accountancy from the University of the Philippines (1984) and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, with a triple major in Finance, Marketing and Economics (1990). She is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School (2014) and the President of the Harvard Business School Club of the Philippines (2018 – 2020) and Trustee and Treasurer of the Harvard Club of the Philippines Global (2020-2022).

Alexandra Lamb Moran

Alexandra is currently Business Development Director and a Discussion Leader for the Corporate Learning Division of John Clements Consultants, Inc. (JCCI). Prior to joining JCCI, Alexandra was the Country Head and Business Development Director of Renoir Consulting, a boutique implementation consulting outfit, responsible for the Hong Kong and Philippine markets, developing and delivering tailor-made business improvement programs for clients from a diverse range of industries.

An extensive part of her career was spent as a senior executive and leader in the financial services industry in New York, Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific Region, for the Republic Bank of New York and HSBC. She served as Vice President of the HSBC Private Bank in Hong Kong where she WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR private banking control, compliance and risk functions. Alexandra was also Vice President of the Republic Bank of New York in New York and Hong Kong, working primarily in Private Banking Operations and Systems. Alexandra graduated with honors from the St. Mary’s College in California with a BS in Economics and Business Administration. She has also taken courses in International Banking and Finance from Richmond College in London, England. Alexandra has been trained in the Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership, developed by Harvard Business Publishing, and is a certified Executive Coach of Zenger-Folkman and the International Coaching Federation.

Grace Allas-Alcid, Ed.D.

Grace works for John Clements Consultants, Inc. as its Learning and Development Director. She is involved in corporate learning programs for internal and external customers as a curriculum designer and discussion leader for developmental programs for different levels of employees. Her goal is to help individuals become more effective in their roles as well as coach and mentor them so they can achieve their goals.

Grace recently completed her Doctor of Education degree from Teachers College of Columbia University in New York City. Her dissertation research focused on faith and transitions in a community of middle-aged women. She is expanding that research to look into the transformation of those women after their transitions. She majored in Adult Learning and Leadership and obtained a Masters degree in the same program in 2018. Aside from her dissertation research, she is part of the team that has published research on informal and incidental learning in the clinical learning environment during times of uncertainty and complexity.

Grace has worked in marketing investment management services for Lazard Freres and Sanford Bernstein in New York City. She also holds an MBA in Financial Management from Pace University in New York City and graduated from the University of the Philippines with a BA in Communication Research. She completed the Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership course at Harvard Business School. She is also certified Facilitator and Coach for the Zenger Folkman Extraordinary Program.

Michael Cannon

Michael Cannon has been an accredited discussion leader at the John Clements Leadership Institute for over 10 years, specializing in leadership, team management, and executive presence. With over 30 years of experience in training professionals across a diverse range of subjects, he has traveled the world to lead discussions on the impact of the multicultural workplace. Michael has also trained executives on the influence of culture on business development in China.

Among 600 facilitators, and with votes from over 100 countries, Michael was awarded the Best Trainer in 2008, achieving the highest evaluation scores for numerous training courses he created and conducted worldwide.

Currently, Michael serves as the Executive Vice President of ADCEM Teleconstruct Corporation. His career includes work with the British Government and numerous leading business organizations globally. He holds a degree in History and a Cambridge CELTA, among many other qualifications.

Kevin Lynch

Kevin brings over 30 years of leadership and management experience in addition to his coaching acumen. Presently, he is the President and CEO of HC Mutual Building and Loan Association. Before that, he was the President/CEO of CitiFinancial Philippines and Citibank Savings Philippines, and has recently been the Business Director for Consumer Finance at PBCOM. Having had full responsibility for these entities, he shares his practical hands-on experiences to lend to the discussion.

Kevin underwent training with the International Coaching Federation with over 300 logged hours of practical coaching. He was an Outward Bound instructor and served in the United States Navy. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Connecticut in Political Science. He also has a Certificate from De LaSalle University in Corporate Governance.

Kevin has resided in the Philippines for more than 17 years. He is a single parent and proud father of one daughter, Danielle Jean Lynch, who is “half-Philippine, half-American, and half-World.”

Racquel Cagurangan

Rac has been an accredited discussion leader at the John Clements Leadership Institute for over 5 years, specializing in networking, sales, innovation, and leadership.

She is currently the managing director of CareTech Health, where she works closely with PhilHealth, LGUs, affinity groups, and private practice. Rac has over 12 years of professional experience in the healthcare industry, having worked with Maxicare, Healthway, Aventus, Metro Pacific Health, and International SOS. She began her career in the telecom industry, with roles in international and mobile business and managing digital platforms at AT&T, Globe Telecom, and 88DB. Rac also has experience in the BPO industry, having led Outsource Network.

Joel Schapero

Joel Schapero is John Clements’ partner for the Corporate Learning practice in Hong Kong. Earlier in his career, Joel has been a business leader and banker to multinationals (director and head of structured finance, UBS New York), a mergers and acquisitions advisor, a corporate finance advisor and arbitral legal consultant, a director of private companies (partner, director of corporate finance at Peter Wodtke & Partners, London and Partner Insured Financial Structures, London). Joel brings this broad strategic and tactical experience to bear when guiding clients in their coaching journey.

Joel is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies, with studies in Economics. He holds an MBA from the same university with concentrations in Finance and Information Systems. He is a member of the International Coach Federation and a certified coach of Zenger Folkman. He is also a certified discussion leader from John Clements Leadership Institute.

Alex Siegel

Alex Siegel is a native of New England where he grew up on a dairy farm. His first jobs were picking apples, shoveling manure and baling hay. While in high school, he earned his Eagle Scout award and was awarded a full scholarship to an exclusive boarding school for his last two years of high school.

Alex went to college at the University of Chicago where he studied Economics and in his spare time engineered the takeover and management of the country’s largest Student Federal Credit Union with assets in excess of $3 million.

After college, Alex worked internationally as a Management Consultant supporting senior management teams of companies during times of change – post-merger integrations, turn-arounds and privatizations. His work brought him to the Czech Republic and Central Russia. He then went to Northwestern University where he studied at the Kellogg School of Management and the McCormick School of Engineering earning his MBA and Masters of Engineering Management.

Following his graduate work, Alex returned to consulting where he led multinational teams around the world working on some of the largest and most successful business integration transactions in Wall Street history as well as spending time working on improving the extraction of precious metals and other resources in far flung places such as Africa and Latin America. Alex then joined a private equity team to turn around and sell a capital equipment manufacturer and, in so doing, learned what it was like to do the work, and not just consult it.

After the successful sale of the manufacturing business, Alex started his own Analytics and Consulting firm, Applied Analytics. He then joined a Fortune 150 diversified manufacturing firm based in the United States. His first assignment was as Vice President of Operations of a business unit with responsibilities for manufacturing in the United States and Mexico. After successfully turning around his US business, Alex was assigned to Manila in 2011 to assume responsibility for a team of 350 people supporting Finance, Marketing, Order Processing, Technical Support, and Human Resources. He grew the team over 500 people and improved retention, engagement, and fun.

In late 2016, Alex joined a Buffalo New York-based manufacturing firm as their head of International Sales and Business Development. In his first 18 months with the company, the International team has been able to increase Internatinal sales by over 30% by improving channel partner support programs, and working on focused key and target account plans. While based in Manila, Alex’s team covers the world and he travels extensively to support the development of his teams and support customer engagement.

Alex is also active in the Boy Scouts of America and serves in the Board of Directors of the Far East Council which spans the globe from China to New Zealand and everything in between. In addition to his board duties, Alex trains Scouts and Scouters throughout the region on servant leadership skills.

Alex is a frequent speaker to groups on Quality, Lean, Six Sigma, Change Management, and Leadership.

Alex makes his home in Manila, married to noted local architect, Catherine Saldana.

Caesar Parlade

Caesar is a Partner for Digital Transformation Services for Reyes Tacandong & Company, the Philippine affiliate of RSM Global. Immediately prior, he was Chief Operating Officer of ANZ Global Services and Operations (Manila), Inc. He has worked in various executive positions, including General Manager for Deutsche Knowledge Services, Pte. Ltd., Controller for Deutsche Bank AG, Manila, and Executive Vice President of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation and the President of the Philippine Depository & Trust Corporation.

A CPA, Caesar earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Accountancy at the University of the Philippines, holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management from the Netherlands International Institute of Management RVB, participated in the Accelerated Development Program at the London Business School, and is a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in Banking at Boston University.