Moderation and conversation design for events that matter.
Most conversations on a stage are forgettable.
Yours needn't be.
The difference is rarely the people on the stage. Put five accomplished experts in a row and you can still get a flat hour — careful answers, no friction, nothing anyone quotes on social media afterwards. The conversation that lands is the one where the moderator draws the thread between speakers who didn’t know they disagreed, presses the question the audience was thinking, and shapes an hour of separate views into a single conversation that goes somewhere.
That doesn’t come from luck, or from a moderator reading questions off a card. It’s built before the event even begins, and while it’s happening.
The work is in the preparation, and in the questions.
Most of it is done before the event: working out what the conversation is actually about, where the real disagreements lie, which thread will hold an audience hour, and what each speaker is there to do. The design is invisible on the day, which is the point.
In the room, the work is interrogative. Listening to what a speaker actually said rather than what they planned to say. Finding the connection between two answers that the panel itself missed. Asking the question that opens the room rather than closing it down. Keeping a senior, high-stakes conversation moving without letting it drift into prepared statements.
I’m not on the stage as a subject expert. I’m there to get the best out of the people who are, and to make sure the audience leaves with something worth remembering.
I’ve worked in some of the most demanding rooms there are. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, I moderated a panel of ASEAN leaders that included the Prime Minister of Cambodia and the Deputy Prime Ministers of Thailand and Vietnam. At a UNCTAD World Investment Forum in Doha, I held a session of heads of state, ministers and global chief executives to a tight schedule.
You can watch a full session — moderating a televised panel on agricultural transformation at the World Economic Forum on East Asia — here.
You will find more examples on my LinkedIn page, here.
“His engaging style, together with an enquiring mind, grasp of current events globally and his ability to articulate clearly his message makes him a stand-out choice as a moderator and MC.”
David Eldon — Former Chairman, HSBC Asia Pacific
“Teymoor did an excellent job moderating a diverse panel from within and outside the shipping industry. It is always difficult to sustain the attention of a C-Suite audience but he kept us glued to our seats for the entire two hours.”
Andrew Tan — Former CEO, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore; Former Managing Director, Temasek International — Global Perspectives Forum, Singapore Maritime Week
“Teymoor held the high-level audience for three hours, injecting pace into a session with 6 heads of state and 6 CEOs, all of whom required time control to keep to an extremely tight schedule. He accomplished this with style and integrity.”
Cathy Dawson — Founder, FDI Leaders Network — UNCTAD World Investment Forum, Doha
“Teymoor expertly moderated the panel looking at Financial Integration in ASEAN. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a moderator for a panel of senior figures.”
Chris Humphrey — Executive Director, EU-ASEAN Business Council — ASEAN-EU Business Summit, Kuala Lumpur
If you’re planning a panel, a fireside chat or a debate that needs to land, let’s talk about it.