Board of Directors

The MIMOS Board of Directors has extensive experience and expertise in technology, management, design, finance, legal, corporate affairs, marketing, human resource and education.

Together, the members serve to guide the MIMOS Leadership in driving the organisation in the best interest of the stakeholders; and in adding value to the organisation by continuing to improve its R&D and commercialisation programme.

Datuk Ts. Dr Hj. Aminuddin Hassim

Board member

Qualification:
• Graduate Technologist (Atmospheric Science & Environment Technology (AC)) - Lembaga Teknologis Malaysia (Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT))
• Advanced Management Program (AMP) - Harvard Business School, Harvard University, USA
• PhD. Environmental Economics and Environmental Management (EEEM) - York University, York, UK
• MSc Information Technology for Manufacture (Environment) - Warwick University, Coventry, UK
• Diploma Pentadbiran Awam - INTAN, Kuala Lumpur
• B.Sc. (Hons) Town Planning Studies - Birmingham Polytechnic/Univ. of Central England, Birmingham, UK

Year Appointed:
2022

Associate Professor Dr Rayner Alfred

Board member

Qualification:
• Ph.D. Computer Science (Knowledge Discovery and Machine Learning), University of York, U.K
• MSc. Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
• BSc. Computer Science, Polytechnic University of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Year Appointed:
2019

Norhizam Abdul Kadir

Board member

Qualification:
• Master’s Degree in Corporate Marketing and Communications, Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Purdue University, Indiana, USA

Year Appointed:
2019

Aida Mosira Mokhtar

Board member

Qualification:
· BSc. (Hons) Economics (special subject : Accounting & Finance), The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
· Chartered Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) – Chartered Accountant (M)
· Fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
· The Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP)
· Islamic Financial Planner (IFP)
· Takaful Basic Examination (TBE) – Parts A, B and C (General and Family Takaful)
· Securities Industry Development Corporation Licensing Exams (Modules 1, 9, 10, 14)
· Graduate of Women Directors Programme (WDP), Advanced Women Directors’ Programme (AWDP)

Year Appointed:
2022

Prof. Dr Mohamad Salmi bin Mohd Sohod

Board member

Qualification:
· PhD. (Management), University Bradford, United Kingdom
· Msc. Manufacturing/Industrial Management, Western Michigan University, USA
· Bsc. Manufacturing, Western Michigan University, USA

Year Appointed:
2023

Dr Nor Mazny Abdul Majid

Board member

Qualification:
• PhD in Law, Victoria University, Australia
• Master of Laws in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

Year Appointed:
2023

Norliza Yusoff

Board member

Qualification:
• B.A. in Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
• Diploma Pentadbiran Awam - INTAN, Kuala Lumpur

Year Appointed:
2023

Management Team

The management comprises a team of accomplished leaders, handpicked from Malaysia’s best-known domain experts and most talented industry professionals, bringing a wealth of experience, great ideas and unique, essential expertise.

Dr Iskandar Samad

President & Chief Executive Officer

Dr Iskandar brings with him a wealth of experience from diverse industries including telecommunications, digital media and financial services. He started his career with McKinsey & Company as a management consultant, serving notable corporate clients across Southeast Asia and Australia.

Over the course of his career, Dr Iskandar has held several leadership roles including CEO of Jewel Digital Ventures Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad; Astro Malaysia Holdings-OTT (over-the-top); and Astro’s Tribe (Hong Kong) Limited. He also held positions as Vice President at OTT-MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) and Vice President of Special Projects at Axiata Berhad.

Dr Iskandar holds a first-class Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences, along with a PhD Degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Abdul Rashdee Abdul Kadir

Head, Governance Sector

Dr Saat Shukri Embong

Head, Technology Venture Sector

Dr Saat Shukri Embong obtained his first degree in Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA, in 1994 and he was awarded a Master of Engineering in Mechatronics in 1995. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2015.

Dr Saat Shukri spearheaded his career when he joined Motorola Inc in 1995 and moved on to ON Semiconductor Inc in 1998 as the New Product Introduction Program Manager. His vast working experience included his career journey with STATSChipPAC Inc, Infineon Technologies AG, Texas Instrument Inc, and Freescale Semiconductor Inc from 2002 until 2008. In 2009, he joined the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) as Head of Technology for Technology Evaluation and Transfer activities under the Technology Nurturing division. A year later in 2010, he was seconded to the Prime Minister’s Office as the Operation Director, Office of Science Advisor to the Malaysia Prime Minister.

He later joined MIMOS Berhad in 2010 as the Director of Research and led various collaboration programmes with local and international industries, universities and research institutions. In 2013, he led the Technology and Product Portfolio Development and Management Group where he supervised various aspects of strategic activities such as providing market intelligence, identifying technologies and products to be developed by the R&D Group as well as bringing those outputs to market. In 2016, he was tasked to lead MIMOS Strategy Office, providing the overall strategies for the company’s way forward related to Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in line with the national strategy to position Malaysia in the top 20 countries by 2050.

In 2023, Dr Saat Shukri was appointed as Head of the Technology Venture Sector and responsible for collaboration and partnership, commercialisation and talent development efforts and initiatives. Throughout his tremendous career, he has successfully developed various new technologies, products and solutions as well as secured various intellectual properties in the field which qualified him to be included in the 16th Edition MARQUIS’ Who’s Who In The World.

Faisal Ahmad

CEO, MIMOS Technology Solutions Sdn. Bhd.

Faisal Ahmad obtained his Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree in Electrical Engineering from State University of New York, Buffalo in 1994. In November 2006, he joined MIMOS BERHAD and quickly rose through the rank to his current role as Chief Executive Officer of MIMOS Technology Solutions Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Frontier Novatur Sdn. Bhd.), a wholly-owned subsidiary and commercial arm of MIMOS.

He led the commercialization team, which comprised personnel in various disciplines, since its establishment, before assuming the CEO position in February 2016.
Prior to MIMOS BERHAD, he spent more than 13 years in the telecommunication industry, working in various capacities at Motorola, Ericsson, Siemens and local Companies. He served several roles in engineering as well as commercial discipline, ranging from Product Management, Technical Consultant, Solution Consultant and Product Marketing.
Leading the commercialization activities of MIMOS’ subsidiary, Faisal has secured more than 100 ICT Solutions and High Impact Projects at National level valued around RM430 million, with mixtures of more than 100 different types of MIMOS technology platforms and IPs.