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Rizal Kamaruzzaman
Executive Director
Rizal is presently the Co-Founder and Executive
Director of Tindakan Strategi Sendirian Berhad (TS). In his capacity,
Rizal leads the Strategic Projects and international relations
activities of TS. Rizal began his professional career immediately
upon his return from the United States of America with a Malaysian
Government Investment Linked Company that specializes in space
research and development. His position as a Spacecraft Propulsion
Engineer heavily involved him in the nation's strategic defence
activities and transfer-of-technology programs. He also had the
opportunity to work alongside Russian and European Satellite
manufacturers during his tenure as an engineer. Rizal later moved
on to establish a private venture in space and communications
technology overseeing technical and research initiatives. Rizal
was also an Intern Technical Trainee for Malaysia Airlines System
Berhad specializing in wide-body aircraft Maintenance and aircraft
Quality Assurance. He was also conducting research work in Avionics
and Flight Management Computer System as he was studying the
use of satellite navigation system for aircraft traffic management
system.
Among his key strengths are international relations,
international business development and strategic planning and
implementation of niche real estate projects. His early exposure
within the Malaysian Government and movers and shakers of the
global technology industry is an advantage especially in managing
major investors, international relations and negotiations.
Rizal holds a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering
degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach,
Florida, United States of America.
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Kelvin Chua
Executive Director
Kelvin is presently the Co-Founder and Executive
Director of Tindakan Strategi Sendirian Berhad (TS). In his capacity
Kelvin has been tasked to spearhead the training arm and business
development activities of TS. Kelvin began his professional
career as a consultant to Corporate Outsourcing Professionals
Sdn. Bhd., an internal audit firm dealing exclusively with public
listed corporations in the fields of commercial aviation, construction
materials, chemical manufacturing, automotive components and
information communications technology. Kelvin moved on to the
creative industry and established Visual Multimedia Experts Sdn
Bhd an advanced multimedia design and animation firm focussing
on corporate and industrial applications. He was primarily responsible
for the business development and financials of the firm.
He returned to the financial sector by joining
Global Asset Allocation Limited an international fund management
firm and was spearheading the corporate development department.
Kelvin was later attached to a private venture that specializes
in satellite communications and remote sensing overseeing operational
and administrative matters. Kelvin has extensive experience in
journalism having covered both automotive and property industries
as an analyst. His key strengths lie in offshore financial management,
international business development and executive training.
Kelvin holds a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Finance
degree from the London School of Economics of the United Kingdom.
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Datuk Dr. Mohd Ghazali Md. Noor
Education: Graduated from the University of Malaya in
1973 with an Honours Degree in Economics. He joined the
Malaysian Civil Service in 1973 before continuing Masters in
Public Administration at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn
State) in 1982-83. He holds MPA and a Ph.D. from University
of Southern California, U.S.A. (1990). Joining the premier service in 1973, he held
positions in various capacities. He has served as Deputy
Director (1) Service & Career Division in the Public Service
Department. Prior to his assignment as Special Assistant
to the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1994-95), Dr. Ghazali
had worked at INTAN. He moved up his career ladder, as
the Head of the Office of Scholarship Programme, IDB based in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Dec. 1996) before he was appointed as the
Director of Strategic Planning Office, of IDB Group in January,
2005 till 22nd July, 2009 (29th Rajab, 1430H). He retired
from the IDB service on 16th December, 2009. He was Head
of Secretariat to the “IDB 1440H Vision” Commission, (model upon
Malaysia Vision 2020), chaired by H. E. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
He has been bestowed with esteemed awards due
to his diligence, dedication, and invaluable commitment. The
awards, among others are Certificate of Merit, Outstanding Graduate
Achievement by USC for Leadership, Academic Excellence and Service
to the USC Community in 1989; the Public Service of Malaysia,
“Excellent Service Award” in 1993; the IDB Award for Excellence
in Performance (Director Category) in 2000, and he has received
Knighthood Honour from both the State Government Penang and Federal
Government of Malaysia. He was elected to the International
WHO’s WHO of Professionals 2003-2004 Edition and Madison Who’s
Who (New York).
Whilst his service with the government, he had
the opportunity to represent the country in numerous international
seminars, programmes, conferences and meetings, such as OIC Conference;
Arab Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM); International
Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization (ISTAC); Global
Emerging Markets Summit (GEMS-2008 & GEMS-2009) in London,
UK; World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF); and National Institute
of Public Administration (INTAN), Malaysia; and presented a Paper
on “Turkish-Asian Partnership: New Development Alliance” during
the 4th International Turkish-Asian Congress in Istanbul, Turkey
in May, 2009.
He is the Co-Founder – Convenor of Malaysian
Professional Network (MPN), which consists of Malaysian Professional
Expatriates working in the Western region of Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, based in Jeddah. Currently he is the Chairman,
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Dr. Syed Hamid
Al Junid
Dr. Syed Abdul Hamid Al-Junid is presently the Professor
of Applied Finance and Head of Economics & Governance Department
at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance. He
is the former President & Chief Executive Officer of Universiti
Tun Abdul Razak, a prestigious Malaysian Private University. Dr.
Syed Abdul Hamid is a holder of a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin
(Madison), USA and Masters of Arts from State University of New
York, USA, Dr. Syed Abdul Hamid is also a fellow member to the
Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
(MAICSA).
Dr. Syed Abdul Hamid’s areas of interest include
ethics and governance, philosophy of social science and economics,
theory of knowledge as well as value and value-based leadership.
In whatever spare time he has, he dabbles in writing and presenting
as well as editing intellectually on related issues. Dr. Syed
Abdul Hamid’s writings and presentations include ethics and corporate
governance, role of religion and spiritual capital in business
and economic development as well as value and value transformation. |
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Abdul Aziz Abdul Rasheed
Aziz has over 10 years experience in the technology field, specifically in the
area of project management. He started his career in the broadcast and communications
industry. As the Project Engineer, he designed, tested and deployed broadcast
transceivers for radio and television stations in Malaysia and overseas. He then
moved into the satellite engineering industry. He switched specialty from Electrical
Engineering to Optical and Systems Engineering where he was the Program Manager
for the RazakSAT earth imaging payload. During his time here, Abdul Aziz has
worked in South Korea, Russia, Taiwan and China. He was also heavily involved
in evaluating numerous satellite and payload systems for the organisation and
drafting MS-ISO 9001 documentation.
During his time as Program Manager, he conceived and founded the “Electro-Optical
Systems Group” to retain cross-functional specialist expertise within the group.
He has published five technical peer-reviewed papers in international conferences.
In 2003, he was selected as the ‘Aerospace Group Rapporteur’ for the
National Symposium on Science & Technology in Malaysia. After his MBA, Abdul
Aziz worked in several organisation involved in downstream satellite application
technology and successfully completed a large-scale project for conversion of
land title issuance from paper-based to electronic-based. After a short-stint
in oil and gas, Abdul Aziz returned to his passion, aerospace and aviation systems,
in his current role as Programme Manager. His responsibility includes everything
from making coffee to contract management and resolution.
Abdul Aziz received his first degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
from the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He also holds an MBA from the Imperial
Business School, London, specialising in Innovation Management and Technology
Entrepreneurship. |
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