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- More than 500 papers and articles (published & unpublished)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
Putting ‘Islamic’ into management and leadership [The Brunei Times]
Bicara Interview with Dato’ Aidit