Our Team
June Rusdon
Founder of Learning Vision & Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Universe, Singapore
June started Learning Vision in 1990 when as a working mother, she could not find a suitable preschool for her young children and subsequently decided to establish a quality early childhood centre from which her children could benefit.
Today, Learning Vision is the leading child care education provider in Singapore of corporate and employer-sponsored child care solutions. In addition, June also founded Singapore’s leading private teacher education institution, Learning Capital College, which provides professional teacher training and development. She is a also founder of Learning Horizon, which specialises in the design and development of curricula and enrichment programmes for early childhood education.
June believes in and promotes the ‘Children First’ philosophy that permeates the Learning Vision family, and devotes her personal attention not just to the business aspects but also to the design, aesthetics and operations of the centres.
Rabiatul Adawiah
Managing Director
Learning Vision
Passionate in education and children’s development, Ms Adawiah pursued her studies in the Pre-Primary Teaching Diploma in the Montessori Method of Education with London Montessori Centre, and joined Learning Vision International in 1995 as Business Development Manager. She rose through the ranks to become Chief Operating Officer of Learning Vision International since 2001 before assuming the role of Managing Director of Knowledge Universe Singapore in 2007. In her capacity as COO, she was responsible for developing, monitoring, implementing and reviewing of strategic and operational plans as well as business targets.
Ms Adawiah actively drove Organisational Development for Learning Vision, and was particularly instrumental in developing a structured Staff Professional Development system, enabling the Learning Vision Group to be the first early childhood organisation to be awarded the People Developer Standard, a national recognition awarded to institutions with outstanding commitment to staff development.
As Managing Director, she is currently responsible for Strategic Planning and Business Development for the group and oversees the Operations, Curriculum and Business Development functions for the company. She formulated and reviewed policies and procedures related to all operational matters and developed business relationships with strategic partners.
Ms Adawiah has presented conference papers on “Enhancing Quality in Early Childhood Profession through Training and Development” in the Child Care Seminar organised by the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports in Singapore and was also invited to present in the World Forum on Early Childhood Care and Education Conference in Hawaii 1999, Singapore 2000 and Mexico 2001.
Ms Adawiah holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Statistics) from the National University of Singapore and the Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
Bakar Alsagoff
District Manager, Learning Vision
Bakar joined as a District Manager in early 2010. No stranger to the field of centre and programme management, Bakar brings with him more than 10 years of experience in the private education industry.
Equipped with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Merit) degree from the National University of Singapore and a Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from Singapore Institute of Management, Bakar has served in various positions during his professional tenure, ranging from finance, product development, sales, marketing, operations and corporate training. His wide array of skills has served him well in managing different teams as well as adapting to the different work challenges.
Bakar’s passion has always been in education. Though he began his career in the area of fund raising and events management, he quickly moved on to join the education industry and has been involved in different capacities in adult learning and early childhood education, such as, marketing and operations, students’ education and career counselling and early childhood enrichment programmes. In the process, he has accumulated invaluable experience spanning the full spectrum of product design, business operations, and sales and marketing.
Bakar joined Learning Vision as a Business Development Manager for Indonesia and Malaysia in 2005 before becoming the manager of Learning Horizon in 2006, a position he still holds today. He now manages a team of Principals, operations and curriculum specialists and teachers.
Estelle Fong
District Manager, Learning Vision
Since joining Learning Vision in 2007, Estelle served as an Operations Manager then, now re-designated as District Manager with the Operations Department. She is responsible for the growth of a cluster of 5-6 childcare centres. She oversees the standards and operating procedures pertaining to staff management and quality of childcare delivery experience.
Before joining Learning Vision, Estelle has worked in the higher education industry for about 10 years where she was actively involved in customer service, recruitment, human resource and operational skill developments.
Estelle received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney, with a Diploma in Business Studies from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Ng Kuan Wei
District Manager, Learning Vision
Ng Kuan Wei is currently a District Manager overseeing a cluster of childcare centres. He joined Learning Vision as a District Manager in Jan 2005 and has never looked back since. His more than 15 years of corporate experience in retail operations, business development, sales and marketing, training, and customer service has served him well as the childcare industry is largely a people-oriented industry.
He is also an Associate Lecturer with Nanyang Polytechnic teaching various retail modules under SIRS (Singapore Institute of Retail Studies).
Kuan Wei lived in Hawaii for 3 years and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Tourism from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is now pursuing part-time his Master of Arts in Education Management, from Nanyang Technological University (National Institute of Education). He is married with 2 children.
Michelle Wong
District Manager, Learning Vision
Mrs Michelle Wong is a District Manager tasked to manage a cluster of early education and care centres in Knowledge Universe Singapore Pte Ltd. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and is currently pursuing her Master of Education specialising in Early Childhood Education.
She has 13 extensive years of experience in the education service, spanning higher education and pre-school education. A hands-on, versatile leader, Michelle has held posts such as Operations Manager, Sales Manager and Centre Manager.
