He had his secondary education at Muar High School and the Royal Military College of Sungai Besi. He continued his studies at A-Level at Soumpthon Technical College, United Kingdom and obtained a Bachelor of Control Engineering from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1990.

He started his career as an engineer in PERNAS NEC in 1984. In 1987, he joined Motorola as Head of Planning Department and subsequently as the Manager of ASE Electronics in 1991.

He was elected as Chairman of Personal Managers Group in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone before he established his own company in providing skills training and ISO audit services and holding the position as Managing Director of the Company.

YB Dato Haji Mohd Rashid was elected as YDP JIM, State of Penang since 1990 before his involvement in politics as Deputy Chairman of GERAK Penang.

He was a founder of the Parti Keadilan Nasional (PKN) Pulau Pinang which was established in 2001. He acts as orator on behalf of PKN at Congress Parti Keadilan Nasional. He was the first appointed treasurer in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Pulau Pinang. In 2004, he was elected as Vice Chairman of PKR Bayan Baru Branch and subsequently promoted as Deputy Chief of the party in 2010. He was elected as the member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly in the general election on 5 May 2013.

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