PROFILE OF DATO' AIDIT GHAZALI

Full Name: Dato' Aidit bin Ghazali

Date of Birth: 8th July 1959

Place of birth: Gombak Setia, Selangor Darul Ehsan
 

Education

• Primary, Secondary & College Education in  Singapore (Anglo-Chinese School)

• B.A. (Hons.) in Economics (1983) Stirling University, Scotland

• M.A. Economics(1985), Vanderbilt University, USA

Work Experience

• July 1983 - June 1992 (Academic Staff, Kulliyah Of Economics, International Islamic University Malaysia)

• 1990 (Visiting Lecturer Of Islamic Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam)

• July 1992-August 1994 (Fellow, Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia)

• 1994 (Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Department Of Economics, Harvard University, USA)

• 1994 - 2000 (Chief Executive , INMIND)

• 2001-2005 (Founder/Principal Consultant AKADEMI AIDIT SDN BHD)

• 2003 till now (Managing Director, AG ASPIRATIONS SDN. BHD.)

• 2005 till now (Executive Chairman/Principal Consultant, AKADEMI AIDIT SDN. BHD)

Institutional Involvement

• 1994 till 2000 (Board Member, INMIND)

• 1996 till 2000 (Board Member, INMIND Holdings)

• 1996 till 2000(Board Member, International Malay Secretariat)

• 1999 till now (Council Member, Selangor IT Council)

• 2000 till now (Committee Member, Waqf Development Committee,  Selangor Islamic Religious Council)

• 2001 till now (Council Member, Selangor Bina Insan Council)

• Member (various Selangor State Government Standing Committees)

• Member (Selangor Islamic Religious Council)

• Member Board of Advisor, Malaysia Institute of Entrepreneurship (IKMA)

• Member, Malaysia Institute of Integrity

• Pakar Rujuk, Majlis Perundingan Belia Selangor (2005-2007)

• Ahli Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Korporat, Lembaga Zakat Selangor (MAIS), (2006-2008)

Awards

• Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A (1994)

• Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, SSA (1997)

• Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, DSSA (2001)

• International Who's Who of Professionals (1999 & 2001)

Publications

• More than 45 books (either written or edited)

• More than 450 papers and articles (published & unpublished)

Present Engagements

• Consultant to private corporations on issues pertaining to Islam, human resource development and policy formulation.

• Principal Trainer on Islamic character development for Selangor State (main clients are state leaders, government staff, educationists and community leaders)

• Consultant to Selangor State agencies and Federal Government on various policy matters and implementation of programmes. 

Main Expertise

• Islamic Economics

• Human Resource Development

• Policy Formulation

• Strategic Thinking 

• Speech Writing

• Islamisation of Organisation Work Culture