Kal Joffres

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia

Design thinking & social innovation

Apparel / Fashion

Kal is the CEO and co-founder of Tandemic, an innovation lab based in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Tandemic focuses on applying new approaches to addressing social challenges ranging from preventing diabetes to improving the quality of vocational education and works in partnership with the social organisations, the private sector, and governments. Through his work, he has served clients and partners such as UNICEF, UNDP, Standard Chartered, Microsoft, Novo Nordisk, and Sime Darby. Kal is the key architect and facilitator behind Makeweekend, the region’s largest series of makeathons. He has nearly a decade of experience running collaborative, open innovation programmes with both technica...