About

I graduated from the University Nottingham Malaysia with a PhD degree in 2025, and from the University Malaya in 1978 with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. I have also obtained a post-graduate training on Water Resources Technology in 1987 from the University of Birmingham. Currently, I serve as a Member of the Board of External Advisor for the University Nottingham Malaysia. I am an Adjunct Professor as well as Member of the Industry Advisory Panel of the Civil Engineering Department, University Malaya. At the professional level, I am registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) as a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate. I am an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM). I served as the President of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) from 2014 to 2016, and currently sits in the IEM Council as Past President. I am also an Honorary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation (AFEO) for which he had served as a President in 2015. Currently, I am the Chairman of the Malaysian Capacity Development Network for Sustainable Water Management, a national CSO affiliated to the UNDP Cap-Net. I was the Chair of the the IAHR Malaysia Chapter from 2014 to 2022, and currently serves as the Past Chair. I have retired from public service in 2014, after serving for 36 years with the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID). My experiences are in the fields of irrigation, agricultural drainage, flood mitigation, urban stormwater management, dam engineering, river basin management, coastal zone management, hydrology, water resources management and water governance. Upon retirement, I was called to serve as Commissioner of SPAN from 2015 to 2019, performing the regulatory role in the water supply and sewerage industries. From 2015 to 2020, I served as a Technical Advisor to the State Government of Penang, Malaysia on matters pertaining to water resources and flood mitigation.

Career Type:

Practitioner/Engineers

Organization Type:

NGOs and Associations

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Water Resources, Hydrology, Water Supply, Sewerage, IWRM, IRBM, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Reservoir, Storm Water Management, Urban Drainage. Irrigation, Agricultural Drainage, Stakeholder Engagement, ESG

Major Achievements:

1) SMART Project, Malaysia, 2) River of Life (Klang River, Malaysia), 3) Coastal Reservoir, 4) Malacca River Rehabilitation and Beautification