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 & Anglo-Chinese Junior College)
• B.A. (Hons.) in Economics (1983) Stirling University, Scotland
• M.A. Economics (1985), Vanderbilt University, USA

 

Work Experience:

• July 1983 – June 1992: Academic Staff, Faculty 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, Institute of Mind Development (INMIND)
• 2001-2005: Founder & Principal Consultant, AKADEMI AIDIT
• 2003 till 2008: Managing Director, AG Aspirations Sdn Bhd
• 2005 till current: 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 current: Council Member, Selangor IT Council
• 2000 till current: Committee Member, Waqf Development Committee, Selangor Islamic Religious Council
• 2001 till current: Council Member, Selangor Bina Insan Council
• Former 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
• 2005 – 2007: Former Resource Person, Majlis Perundingan Belia Selangor
• 2006 – 2008: Ahli Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Korporat, Lembaga Zakat Selangor (MAIS)

 

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 50 books (either written or edited)
• More than 500 papers and articles (published & unpublished)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