Dr. Rayne Kee is the founder of Art of Living Institute, Asia’s leading online finishing school that aims to empower people with the knowledge of international etiquette and social graces to build social ease and confidence. She attended various finishing schools and courses during her eight years of living and studying in London and found the life skills she learnt immensely valuable and life-changing. With a psychology background and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from University College London (UCL), Dr. Rayne Kee is also a lecturer in a local university.

She has been actively researching and creating etiquette courses and has been on various talks in local schools and universities. She designed the One Day or Two Days intensive finishing classes that include everything she has learnt and more through her own research and experience, with a fraction of the cost of a traditional finishing school in Europe.

Her lesson, Savoir-Faire, is the ability to say and do the right thing in any social situation. Savoir-vivre means familiarity with the rules and customs of a polite society. In the past, ladies of the upper class European and American society attended finishing school, also called charm school that taught them social graces and etiquette as a preparation for entry into society. Today, finishing school is becoming ever more exclusive, reserved for the selected few, as many prefer this knowledge to be kept within their own social groups.

It encompasses a range of topics including dining etiquette, international social etiquette, deportment, and personal image management, just like a traditional finishing school. She has also added aspects of business etiquette that share many common areas with social etiquette. After all, it takes many of the same exceptional qualities to excel in both social and professional arenas. She prepares people to become more polished, cultured, graceful and confident! This will help you to gain an edge to excel in both your social and professional lives.

Here’s her motto, “There is a saying that you should always put your best self forward. Why? On one hand, how you look influences how you feel about yourself. On the other hand, it influences how others see and treat you which indirectly affects your experience of the world.”