The Open Clearing Pte. Ltd.
We hold the brand and intellectual property of The Pause, a small residential retreat founded by Pete Deemer and Derek van Zoonen.
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The Open Clearing Pte. Ltd. is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in Singapore under Unique Entity Number 202647001H. Its registered office is at 7500A Beach Road, The Plaza, Singapore.
The company holds the brand and intellectual property of The Pause, a retreat for small residential cohorts of up to eight people. The Pause is held at Cassia Hill Villa near Galle, Sri Lanka, and in other locations. Details of the retreat are at findthepause.com.
The company is owned in equal shares by its two founders, Pete Deemer and Derek van Zoonen.
The Founders
Pete Deemer spent two decades in Silicon Valley as a company founder, a senior executive and a thought leader in the agile software movement. He holds a BA from Harvard and an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience from King’s College London, and has completed a four-year training in Hakomi, a mindfulness-based, body-oriented method. He is based in Singapore, where he also runs GoodAgile.
Derek van Zoonen is a philosopher with a background in philosophy and psychology. He holds a PhD in philosophy and trained at the University of Oxford, Columbia University, Humboldt Universität in Berlin and the University of Groningen. He is affiliated with the University of Oslo, where he researches philosophical and psychological approaches to well-being, and has completed a four-year training in Hakomi.
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