YM Tengku Datuk Dr Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, FASc

Academy of Sciences Malaysia

Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen served as an academic at the University Malaya's Faculty of Engineering for 11 years. Over the next 21 years of his career, he went on to be the founding director-general and CEO of the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS). He led significant strategic national efforts in R&D and capacity building, focusing mainly on ICT and microelectronics. He also served for nine years as the ex-officio Secretary of the National Information Technology Council, chaired by the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

In this capacity he was closely involved with the formulation and implementation of national ICT policies and strategies, in particular, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and the National IT Agenda (NITA).