Resident Scholar

Dato Dr. Aziuddin Bin Ahmad

Dato’ Dr. Aziuddin Ahmad holds a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from King’s College University of London, a master’s degree in Nuclear Reactor Science & Engineering from Queen Mary University of London, a doctoral degree in Reactor Neutron Physics from Imperial College London, read Law at King’s College University of London, specializing in the Soviet Legal System and was awarded the Cameron Waller Prize in Law. His work experiences spanned various industries including, corporate, nuclear and academia both in Malaysia and internationally.

He was previously a member of the Board of Directors ValueCAP Sdn Bhd, the investment holding company equally owned by KWAP, PNB and Khazanah Nasional (2007 – 2014), a Member of Board of Directors & Executive Director at i-VCap Management Sdn Bhd, the first Islamic Exchange Traded Fund. He was also the First Principal Licence holder (November 2007) and MyETF-DJIM25 was listed on the Main Board of Bursa Securities on January 31, 2008. Prior to that he was a Member of Board of Directors at the Islamic Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd (2004-2008), a Member of Board of Directors Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd and played a significant role in several corporate strategy initiatives including the takeover of Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd for the AlBukhary Group in 2001. He was also the Group Financial Advisor for Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd in 2002 and a licensed fund manager in both domestic Kuala Lumpur & offshore Labuan.

His background as a nuclear scientist saw him being appointed as the First Chairman of Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC). During the Fukushima Crisis, as Chairman of MNPC, Dato’ Dr. Aziuddin Ahmad provided regular briefs to the Oil Gas & Energy (OGE) National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) Steering Committee Chairman, the Prime Minister at his office in Parliament Building and in Putrajaya. He is also a registered international expert with the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA.

Dato’ Dr. Aziuddin Ahmad’s foray into academia began as a Professor of Practice of Risk Management at the then Graduate School of Management in Universiti Putra Malaysia, which later became Putra Business School where he met the current Dean at the time, Prof. Dr. Arfah Salleh. This was how they had co-founded Human Governance through their seminal book, “Human Governance: A Paradigm Shift in Governing Corporation” published by MPH. His experiences in academia continued on when he became the Professor & Rector/Chief Executive of International Islamic University College Selangor (KUIS) for three years assuming office in April 2010. He later then became a Trustee of Putra Business School Foundation, a Member of Board of Governors Putra Business School, a Distinguished Fellow at Putra Business School and Chairman of the Board of Governors at UNITAR International University.

As part of his community/national service, Dato’ Dr. Aziuddin Ahmad has served three 2-year terms as independent investment panel member of Lembaga Tabung Haji (2001 – 2007), as the Timbalan Pengerusi Lembaga Pemegang Amanah, Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) and as Ahli Jawatankuasa Lembaga Zakat Selangor (MAIS) 2018 – 2020 (second appointment). He was also Ahli Majlis Agama Islam Selangor from 2018 to 2020 and Ahli Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Lembaga Zakat Selangor (MAIS) (first appointment 2009 – 2015).

Internationally, his engagements include being a part of the team for the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA in December 2013 Workshop for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sultanate of Oman, being invited as a subject matter expert to explore the applicability of financing mechanisms from the perspective of Islam for possible construction of nuclear power plants by Dr Alexander Bychkov, the Deputy Director General of IAEA to their headquarters in Vienna in 2013, co-conducted workshop on ‘Developing Infrastructure for the Introduction of a Nuclear Power Program’ at Riyadh’s King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy KA-CARE in 2014, and was commissioned to develop an outline of Islamic financing options for nuclear power projects in October 2014 through a Special Service Agreement with IAEA. He was also a speaker at the Plenary Session of the 18th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference 2012 in Busan Korea and at the International Nuclear Power Congress Singapore in 2011. In 2014, he was invited to speak on Compassion in Governance at the Spirit of Humanity Forum in Reykjavik Iceland and gave a talk at the Faculty of Education, Oulu University, Finland on ‘Educating Subjects’ in 2015. Dato’ Dr. Aziuddin Ahmad was also invited to speak on “Culture and the Whole Being & Psychology – Science of the Soul” at the Koblenz University, Germany in 2017.