The team leading and supporting the vision

A bit more about us…

MAIN FACILITATOR

Edwin Chia

Edwin is the visionary behind Legacy Leaders, combining his passion for the Word of God and empowering leaders and entrepreneurs to expand and finance the Kingdom.

Edwin is also a Chartered Accountant and is a founder of Corpfin Consulting, a corporate finance boutique firm advising on mergers & acquisition, capital raising, and providing senior/ CFO-level finance support.

He has also lived across three continents in Malaysia, UK and now Australia and brings valuable cross-cultural perspective.

He is an active leader at C3 Church Melbourne North under Ps James Rose (see below). He has also trained under Dr Jonathan David’s ministry including the School of the Prophets.

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FACILITATOR, HALFTIME COACH, PROGRAM SPONSOR

John Sikkema

John is a business entrepreneur, author and thought-leader passionate about developing impactful business leaders. He is the Executive Chairman of Halftime Australia and Director on various boards including Chairman of Prime Value Funds Management. 

He previously founded and sold financial services company Garrisons Synergy Capital to Packer-backed listed company Challenger. 

John planted and is an active member of Brighton Beach Church.

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SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT

David Trees

David is a coach and mentor, and has also spent over 20 years as Pastor both in Australia and in England. He is passionate about seeing people transition into breakthrough and live out their God given purpose and destiny. He is author of a training program ‘Live The Dream, Don’t Just Talk About It.’

Outside of pastoral ministry, David has been involved in training programs and organisations including Train the Trainer and Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich-Dad Poor-Dad ‘Cashflow Franchise’ team. David was also the regional coordinator of the British based 4U-Networking.

David continues to coach, bringing a combination of prophetic insight coupled with practical wisdom.

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James Rose

James has been in Christian ministry and leadership for two decades. He moved his family from Sydney to answer God’s call to plant C3 Church Melbourne North, a church in inner-city Melbourne. 

Aside from his pastoral role, James is a leader in the corporate fitness and wellbeing industry. Developing and implementing programs for some of Australia’s largest companies including Coles, Optus, Woodside and Toyota. 

James has competed in five full distance Ironman Triathlons, arguably one of the world’s most gruelling one-day sporting events. An ironman triathlon comprises a 4 km ocean swim, 180 km bicycle ride, and a full 42 km marathon in succession. James knows a thing or two about endurance!

However his greatest race is as a husband and father of three boys. He holds firm to his legacy as a father to “Raise boys and release men”. 

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