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David Chiem
David Chiem is a Vietnamese-born Australian entrepreneur, author and actor. He is the Founder, Executive Chairman and Group CEO of the MindChamps group of companies, which comprises MindChamps PreSchool, Singapore's No. 1 premium preschool with a market share of 38.5%, MindSpace, an after school and enrichment academy, and MindChamps Early Intervention & Therapy. MindChamps PreSchool was the first early childhood educator to list on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). MindChamps has over 131 centres globally.
He is the first Asian to have a major role in a mainstream Australian television drama series, Butterfly Island. He has written a number of books, one of them, Only the Heart, has been used as a set text in Australian schools.
David and his family fled Vietnam and arrived in Australia as refugees in 1978.
On his first day in school, he couldn't speak a word of English and he remembers been called stupid by another student, because he didn't understand the teacher when she asked him for his name. This experience, and the fact that education was highly prized by his family, would have a major impact on his career choices.
After his acting studies at Theatre Nepean (Western Sydney University), David went on to study film at the University of Technology Sydney where he received a BA in communications, and earned a master's degree in film-making from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
When he was 14 years old, he was selected to play a starring role on "Butterfly Island" and became the first Asian to be given a starring role on mainstream Australian television drama series.
While studying the craft of filmmaking, he had an epiphany. He became fascinated by the idea that there could be another way of teaching children. They faced far greater demands on their education than previous generations, so, instead of rote learning, drilling and memorising content, why not help children to understand how to learn and more importantly develop the mindset of enthusiastic, life-long learners?
As a result, he founded MindChamps, a ground-breaking early learning educational organisation.
David Chiem
David Chiem is a Vietnamese-born Australian entrepreneur, author and actor. He is the Founder, Executive Chairman and Group CEO of the MindChamps group of companies, which comprises MindChamps PreSchool, Singapore's No. 1 premium preschool with a market share of 38.5%, MindSpace, an after school and enrichment academy, and MindChamps Early Intervention & Therapy. MindChamps PreSchool was the first early childhood educator to list on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). MindChamps has over 131 centres globally.
He is the first Asian to have a major role in a mainstream Australian television drama series, Butterfly Island. He has written a number of books, one of them, Only the Heart, has been used as a set text in Australian schools.
David and his family fled Vietnam and arrived in Australia as refugees in 1978.
On his first day in school, he couldn't speak a word of English and he remembers been called stupid by another student, because he didn't understand the teacher when she asked him for his name. This experience, and the fact that education was highly prized by his family, would have a major impact on his career choices.
After his acting studies at Theatre Nepean (Western Sydney University), David went on to study film at the University of Technology Sydney where he received a BA in communications, and earned a master's degree in film-making from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
When he was 14 years old, he was selected to play a starring role on "Butterfly Island" and became the first Asian to be given a starring role on mainstream Australian television drama series.
While studying the craft of filmmaking, he had an epiphany. He became fascinated by the idea that there could be another way of teaching children. They faced far greater demands on their education than previous generations, so, instead of rote learning, drilling and memorising content, why not help children to understand how to learn and more importantly develop the mindset of enthusiastic, life-long learners?
As a result, he founded MindChamps, a ground-breaking early learning educational organisation.