i.     Professor  Dato’ Ir. Dr Radin Umar b. Radin Sohadi

 Academic  Qualification:

  • University of Birmingham, UK /Doctor of Philosophy/ 1996 (Thesis:  Accident Diagnostic System:

        With Special  Reference on Motorcycle Accidents in Malaysia)

  • University of Birmingham, UK / Master of Engineering/ 1985

  • University of Birmingham, UK /Doctor of Philosophy/ 1996

Appointments:

2008-to date   :Director General Professor Department of Higher Education,MOHE
2000-to date :Traffic Safety Engineering1999-2004 : Dean Faculty of Engineering, UPM.
1997 - 1999      :Deputy Dean and Assoc. Professor Faculty of Engineering, UPM.
1996 - 2008     :Director Road Safety Research Centre, UPM.
1996 - 1998       :Director(non executive) REC Associate Sdn. Bhd.
1993 - 1996      :Coordinator and Associate Professor Accident Research Unit, Faculty of Eng.UPM
1985 - 1993      :Lecturer Dept. of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering, UPM.
1984 - 1985      :Tutor Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UPM.

Areas of Interest:
Road Accident Analysis

ii. Prof Robin Pollard, Monash University

Pro Vice-Chancellor and President - Malaysia
Professor Robin Pollard is responsible for the Monash campus located at Bandar Sunway, Selangor. His vision is for the campus to be the premier private research-intensive university in South East Asia, contributing to the Malaysian nation and to the region.
Prior to his current role, Professor Pollard was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development and International) at the University of New England. He is no stranger to Malaysia, having been the Foundation Professor and Head, School of Business and Information Technology at the Monash campus from 1998 to 2000.
Professor Pollard's background is in condensed matter physics, but he has also held academic positions in information technology, marketing and in chemistry. He has worked in universities in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America and Great Britain.
At Monash University, he has undertaken research using Mössbauer spectroscopy at Clayton, completed the Monash MBA, been Undergraduate Courses Director in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Caulfield and Peninsula campuses, been Head of School for two faculties, and been Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Information Technology. He has held positions in the departments of Physics, Marketing and Business Systems. He has taught Monash students in a majority of faculties.
His present interests include issues in transnational education, the relationships between abilities, attitudes and motivation of staff, and the privatisation of higher education.

iii. Dr Glenda Crosling

Dr Glenda Crosling is Director of Education Quality and Innovation at Monash University Sunway Campus.  In this role, she is responsible at the campus level for education quality assurance and its improvement, as well as educational innovation. Prior to taking up this role in January 2009, Dr Crosling has worked in the field of quality teaching and learning development in higher education for nearly two decades.  At Monash University, her  previous roles and activities include Education Advisor in the Faculty of Business and Economics; committee member for the development of the University quality teaching and learning policy and procedures; Project Manager for a large-scale cross campus curriculum internationalization initiative; development and implementation of induction programmes for quality teaching and learning for new academic staff and  academic transition programmes for commencing  students; research into and development of programs to integrate generic skills/graduate attributes into the curriculum;  development and implementation of student-focussed, discipline-specific academic skills development programmes for students.  Dr Crosling has researched and published widely on higher education quality teaching and learning issues in international refereed journals, books and book chapters, and presented at international conferences. She has co-authored several books on quality teaching and learning and innovation, the most recent of which is the Routledge-published book on improving student retention in higher education by focusing on quality teaching and learning programmes and innovation.

iv. Profesor Dato' Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid

Deputy President/ Deputy Vice Chancellor INTI University Clollege Malaysia

Professor Dato’ Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid is Deputy President / Deputy Vice Chancellor INTI-UC Laureate International Universities and Professor of Management, Education and the Social Sciences. Dr. Ibrahim is the First Director of the Regional Center for Educational Planning (UNESCO-RCEP), Al Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.  Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid was Professor of Management, Leadership and Policy Studies and the Founding Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) for seven years before taking the post of Director, RCEP.  He is the former Director of Institut Aminuddin Baki (IAB) - The National Institute of Educational Management and Leadership.  He was a member of the Task Force that established Institute Aminuddin Baki in 1979.  For more than two and a half decades he has been the key figure in the Field of Educational Management and Leadership in Malaysia. He is Editor and Editorial Advisor for several educational journals, locally and internationally.  He has presented keynote addresses at various national and international conferences in Malaysia and abroad.   Dr. Ibrahim Bajunid exercises many leadership roles and has provided services as consultant in policy-making governmental Committees, private sector and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).  He was President of the Senior Educators’ Association, Fellow of the Council of Education Management in Commonwealth Countries, Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, Fellow Emeritus of the National Institute of Educational Management and Leadership (IAB), Fellow of the National Research Institute on Youth, Senior Fellow of the Malaysian Social Institute, Consultant Fellow of the International Institute of Educational Planning (IIEP), Member of the Advisory Board of Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC), Hong Kong Institute of Education and Honorary Life Member of the Malaysian Association for Music Education (MAME). He was actively involved as a Trade Union leader and is currently leading professional associations, including, as President of the Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management (MIHRM) and the Malaysian Educational Management and Leadership Association, and Board Member and President Elect of the Asia–Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). He has been a consultant in Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Botswana, and Cambodia and had the opportunity of contributing in the activities of UNESCO, UNDP, ASEAN Council of Teachers (ACT), and Education International (EI).  He was a regular columnist in the New Straits/Sunday Times with a weekly column every Sunday, entitled, “As I Wonder”. 

He is the National Advisor/Consultant for Asia–Europe Initiative on Lifelong Learning   in Malaysia and is currently engaged in several research projects and is supervising several Masters and Doctoral scholars. Dr. Ibrahim is in the Academic Advisory Boards in several national universities. He has written over five hundred articles and academic papers covering significant issues in national development relating to education, social and intellectual capital  creation, the strengthening of families and communities, and the enhancement of human potentialities. He has been a Panelist in many public media fora discussing issues on education, human resources development, and societal change.

His latest publication is Bajunid, I. A (2008) (ed.). Malaysia - From Traditional to Smart Schools - The Malaysian Educational Odyssey. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd. He initiated and is now leading several Handbook Writing Projects on Human Resources Development and Training (the Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management 2007-2010) and  Handbook of Higher Education in Malaysia (APEX University, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2009-2014). He is Advisor to Challenger Concept on the Production of the Book Who’s Who in Malaysian Educational Leadership (2009)

Dr. Ibrahim Bajunid has also been recognized by the Malaysian Historical Society and the Malaysian Library Association for his contributions to the promotion of historical literacy and knowledge culture respectively. He is also Advisor/Consultant for the establishment of the Regional Centre for Educational Policy and Planning (RCEP) in Al-Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He is Member of the National Committee on the Study, Review and Reform of Higher Education in Malaysia. He is Adjunct/Visiting Professor at several universities.