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DMSM, MSc (UTM), BSc (Brighton)

Datuk Ir. Khalilur Rahman Ebrahim graduated with Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Brighton Polytechnic U.K. in 1973. He obtained his Master of Science in Electronics from University Technology Malaysia in 1993.

He started his career in 1973 as a maintenance engineer in the communication department of Malaysian National Electricity Board. He joined Sapura Holdings in 1984 as Head of R&D, where he was responsible for the development of many innovative products like the PABX, mobile phones, pagers and feature phones, which won national awards.

Datuk Khalilur started System Consultancy Services (SCS) in 1993, and now runs a group of 4 companies with 230 personnel dealing with Defence Technologies, Industrial Automation, Building Security Systems and Composites.

DK Composites pioneered in composites domes, which became well recognised landmarks in Malaysia, Singapore, UAE and Las Vegas, manufactures sailing yachts for the international market. In 2005, DK won the prestigious Christofle Asian Boating Award for Best Asian Boat Builder.

For his contribution to the industry he was awarded the Entrepreneur Award by the Malaysian Malay Chamber of Commerce in 2005 “Anugerah Usahasama Tulen” and “Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka” which carries the title “Datuk” in 2008.

He is currently :

- Executive Chairman, System Consultancy Group of Companies

- Member of the Board of Governors, The Malay College Kuala Kangsar

- Member of the Board of Trustee of The Malay College Foundation

- Board Member, Malaysia Industry – Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)

- Member of the Board of Governors of UNITEN.

- Chairman of VentureTECH

(Former) Senior Director, Commercialisation & Planning Programme, Malaysian Nuclear Agency

Independent Director

Director, Equity Development Division, Economic Planning Unit (EPU)

Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change

Senior Vice President, Strategic Intelligence & Foresight, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Prime Minister’s Department

Deputy Director II, Equity Development Section, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Senior Vice President, Corporate Advisory & Strategic Division, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Prime Minister’s Department

(Former) Senior Director, Commercialisation & Planning Programme, Malaysian Nuclear Agency

Deputy Director II, Equity Development Section, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Senior Vice President, Corporate Advisory & Strategic Division, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Prime Minister’s Department

Chief Operating Officer, SME Bank

Managing Director, Gobi Partners

Member

Alternate Member

Ahmad Redzuan has a combined experience of more than 19 years within the investment and corporate strategy world, with strength in the private equity area. Prior to VentureTECH, Ahmad Redzuan served Malaysia’s largest fund management company, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) for over eight years before being appointed as the Head of Investment. He then moved to Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) to work on Special Projects under the Executive Director’s Office. He returned to VentureTECH as Chief Investment Officer in 2016. Under his stewardship of the investment department, he successfully grew the company by fuelling numerous quality investments, resulting in the multi-fold growth for both VentureTECH and its portfolio of investee companies. He was named Deputy Chief Executive Officer in January 2022, and will also continue to lead the investment department in his capacity as the Chief Investment Officer. Ahmad Redzuan completed his Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from The Financial and Securities Institute of Australia. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Computer Science with Information System from The University of Manchester.

Asrul joined VentureTECH in 2017. He brings a wealth of experience in accounting, finance, consulting and auditing. He started as an auditor at PwC where he served for over 9 years. He also had a stint as consultant at Prokhas and the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia (MOF). Prior to joining VentureTECH, he was the Head of Corporate Service for the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC). Asrul holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from University of Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountant (MICPA), Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), and The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy, UK (CIPFA).

Presently, Nizam is the Chief Operating Officer of VentureTECH. Nizam oversees the value creation strategies for each of VentureTECH’s portfolio companies, with the twin aim of achieving sustainable growth and creating lasting positive socio-economic impact. Nizam graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from The University of Manchester.

Akmar served as Senior Investment Manager for VentureTECH since May 2015. Previously, she spent more than 15 years in Maybank and her last position was as a Senior Account Manager for Corporate Remedial Management. She was responsible for activities related to loan origination, monitoring, and recovery for SME and Mid-Corporate clients from various industries in Maybank . In that capacity, she was also tasked to provide advisory and overall strategy to the SME Business Center. Akmar received her MBA from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She obtaind a Professional Credit Certification from Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and had also received Professional Credit Certification from Omega International.

Prior to joining VentureTECH in 2016, Sarah spent 7 years at Global Maritime Ventures (GMV), a marine venture capital investment holding company, a subsidiary of Malaysian Development Bank. She brings extensive experience related to regional deal making and investment process from her previous post as an investment analyst. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from Liverpool John Moores University. She is currently completing her MBA in Corporate Finance & Investment as well as Master in Management from University of Hertfordshire.

Ina possesses more than eight years of experience in management consulting and market research across various industries. Prior to joining VentureTECH, she was a Consulting Analyst in Frost & Sullivan, with focus on corporate strategy, feasibility study and market assessment, industry masterplan and roadmap development. Throughout her consulting career, she has amassed extensive experience in project management and delivery, client relationship, and crisis management. She had taken up assignments covering both the private and public sectors in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Pakistan. Ina holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Highest Honours) from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

Ahmad Redzuan has a combined experience of more than 19 years within the investment and corporate strategy world, with strength in the private equity area. Prior to VentureTECH, Ahmad Redzuan served Malaysia’s largest fund management company, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) for over eight years before being appointed as the Head of Investment. He then moved to Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) to work on Special Projects under the Executive Director’s Office. He returned to VentureTECH as Chief Investment Officer in 2016. Under his stewardship of the investment department, he successfully grew the company by fuelling numerous quality investments, resulting in the multi-fold growth for both VentureTECH and its portfolio of investee companies. He was named Deputy Chief Executive Officer in January 2022, and will also continue to lead the investment department in his capacity as the Chief Investment Officer. Ahmad Redzuan completed his Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from The Financial and Securities Institute of Australia. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Computer Science with Information System from The University of Manchester.

Asrul joined VentureTECH in 2017. He brings a wealth of experience in accounting, finance, consulting and auditing. He started as an auditor at PwC where he served for over 9 years. He also had a stint as consultant at Prokhas and the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia (MOF). Prior to joining VentureTECH, he was the Head of Corporate Service for the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC). Asrul holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from University of Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountant (MICPA), Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), and The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy, UK (CIPFA).

Presently, Nizam is the Chief Operating Officer of VentureTECH. Nizam oversees the value creation strategies for each of VentureTECH’s portfolio companies, with the twin aim of achieving sustainable growth and creating lasting positive socio-economic impact. Nizam graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from The University of Manchester.

Akmar served as Senior Investment Manager for VentureTECH since May 2015. Previously, she spent more than 15 years in Maybank and her last position was as a Senior Account Manager for Corporate Remedial Management. She was responsible for activities related to loan origination, monitoring, and recovery for SME and Mid-Corporate clients from various industries in Maybank . In that capacity, she was also tasked to provide advisory and overall strategy to the SME Business Center. Akmar received her MBA from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She obtaind a Professional Credit Certification from Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and had also received Professional Credit Certification from Omega International.

Prior to joining VentureTECH in 2016, Sarah spent 7 years at Global Maritime Ventures (GMV), a marine venture capital investment holding company, a subsidiary of Malaysian Development Bank. She brings extensive experience related to regional deal making and investment process from her previous post as an investment analyst. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from Liverpool John Moores University. She is currently completing her MBA in Corporate Finance & Investment as well as Master in Management from University of Hertfordshire.

Ina possesses more than eight years of experience in management consulting and market research across various industries. Prior to joining VentureTECH, she was a Consulting Analyst in Frost & Sullivan, with focus on corporate strategy, feasibility study and market assessment, industry masterplan and roadmap development. Throughout her consulting career, she has amassed extensive experience in project management and delivery, client relationship, and crisis management. She had taken up assignments covering both the private and public sectors in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Pakistan. Ina holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Highest Honours) from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

In his more than 25 years as an academic at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Sanusi has performed roles ranging from lecturer to curriculum developer, for both undergraduate and post-graduate programmes, while also serving as faculty administrator. Upon his return in April 1975 from the University of Reading, United Kingdom, after completing his PhD in Bacteriology, he joined UKM as lecturer. In 1986 he was appointed Professor of Microbial Ecology and continued teaching until his mandatory retirement in July 2002. He has held academic positions at other universities, for periods ranging from 6 months (Oregon Health Sciences University, USA, at the Department of Radiation Oncology, 0.25 FTE) to 2 years (Open University Malaysia).

Amongst the more notable academic programmes that he developed during his career, besides those in his specialized field of Microbiology, were Dietetics, Optometry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Insect Pathology, Mushroom Science, and Science Journalism (at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) and Science Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics and Management, Mathematics and Information Technology, and Sports Science (at the Open University of Malaysia).

Sanusi has served as a UNESCO consultant for the project on mineral and nutrient cycling in estuarine and marine ecosystems (typically, the mangrove ecosystem): a two-week teaching assignment at the Marine Science Centre, University of the Philippines in Diliman. He taught aspects of tracer technology in understanding nutrient cycling in marine and estuarine environments.
Sanusi was also invited to participate as one of the regional resource persons for a UNESCO-funded workshop on the safe use of microbial insecticides at the Biotrop Institute, Bogor.
Soon after his career as both an academic as well as a faculty administrator, Sanusi turned to work for industry, first with the establishment of the first biomanufacturing facility in Malaysia and in Southeast Asia, Inno Biologics Sdn Bhd, serving as active ingredient CMO specializing in the business, an SVP post, there for 5 years (2003-2008) until the completion of the construction and commissioning of the specially adapted modular manufacturing facility based on German technology. Then he was invited to join as Principal Scientist (VP1) by Sime Darby technology Centre Sdn Bhd to help manage the first-of-its-kind oil palm genome R&D to improve palm oil production. He was with Sime Darby for 4 years (2008-2012).

Having acquired R&D experience both in academia and in industry, he completed the cycle of his engagement with UKM by sharing this experience with the university through the university’s technology transfer office (TTO), initially as part-time Technologist-in-Residence assisting the Director of the university’s Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI) and later as the Director himself for two years. In his time as director he restructured the TTO structural and functional organisation of the CCI to bring it from an organisation whose aim was mainly to accumulate IP to one whose main aim is to generate business through IP, considering that funding for protection of IPs and advancing product development is a financial investment on the part of the university, which therefore naturally (and crucially) expects returns on its investment. His two-year tenure as Director of CCI ended on March 1, 2017.

Dr. Seung Jun Yoo is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of Korea’s genome analytic technology company, GENINUS Inc. a spin-off from Samsung Medical Center. Previously he was the Chief Strategy and Business Officer for J. Young Healthcare. He also served Korea Bio-Economy Research Center at KoreaBIO (Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization) as the Managing Director. His research interests are the analysis of global bio-healthcare industry and sustainably growing Bio-Economy and its ecosystem through innovating data and global business development networks.

In the past he was the Director for Center for International Affairs, Division of Biotechnology and Welfare R&D Coordination, and Division of R&D Program Evaluation of Korean government in KISTEP (Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning) starting from 2006.

He holds a Ph.D. degree from Korea University (Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering) and two M.S. degrees from University of Minnesota (Animal Physiology, USA) and Cornell University (Physiology, USA), and a B.S. degree from Hanyang University in Korea.

Some of his contributions include a founding board member of Korea Society for Bio-Economy, a member of International Advisory Council for Global Bioeconomy Council, and a member of Korean Association for Policy Studies.

Senior Associate