- Bachelor of Science in Nautical Science (awarded with Commendation), Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Master (Mariner, Class I) Foreign Going Certificate of Competency, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Fellow, Ikhtisas Kelautan Malaysia
- Liveryman, Honourable Company of Master Mariners, London, United Kingdom
- Fellow of the Nautical Institute (FNI), United Kingdom
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Malaysia)
- Members of various other professional bodies

He started his career in 1967 with a British merchant shipping company in various capacities from cadet apprenticeship to senior officer on board ships. Subsequently, he came back to Malaysia in 1979 to serve the government under Jabatan Laut Semenanjung Malaysia as a Marine Officer and authored the amendments to The Domestic Shipping part of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1952. He rose through the ranks and in 1980 was promoted as the Harbour Master for Johor, concurrently as Maritime Advisor to the fledgling Johor Port Authority (LPJ). In 1981-1989, he was seconded as Principal (now CEO) of the to be founded, Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM). In 1990-1991, he was appointed as a Consultant with International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a specialized Maritime agency of the United Nations (UN) in advising ASEAN governments regarding certain aspects of their maritime national legislation. In 1993, he was posted as the Harbour Master for Selangor, concurrently as the Registrar of Malaysian Ships at Port Klang, Director of the Light Dues Fund and member of the Pilotage Committee of the Port of Port Klang.

After leaving government service, in 1996, he ventured into his own consultancy business specialising in maritime consultancy, ship owning, ship brokerage, ship chartering, ship management, and etc. In 2003, he was also appointed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia as the Maritime Advisor to the National Technical Committee and Head of the Navigation Sub Committee involved in the Arbitral (International) Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). In 2008, he was appointed as Advisor to the Johor State government, also regarding United Nations Conference of the law of the Sea (UNCLOS, 1982).

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