YAM TUNKU ZAIN AL-ABIDIN IBNI TUANKU MUHRIZ

Malaysia

Male

39

Chairman

Independent and Non Executive

(a) Master of Science in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science (2004) (b) Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and Government, London School of Economics and Political Science (2003)

Tunku Zain worked in the UK Houses of Parliament before moving to Washington DC to join the World Bank as a Public Sector Consultant. Upon returning to Malaysia, he worked at the United Nations Development Programme and the KRA Group before becoming a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
In 2006 he co-founded the Malaysia Think Tank which evolved into Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in 2010. Since 2008 he has maintained a newspaper column: firstly Abiding Times in The Sun, then Roaming Beyond the Fence in the Star and Sin Chew, and now Conservatively Speaking Freely in the Malay Mail, Borneo Post and Oriental Daily. From these articles three books have been compiled, the latest being nominated for the Popular Readers Choice Awards. Tunku Zain has also authored a coffee table book for the Installation of the Eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan and led a major project to revitalise the State Anthem.
Tunku Zain is Founding President IDEAS; a Trustee of Yayasan Chow Kit, Yayasan Munarah, Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and Genovasi Foundation; an Independent Non-Executive Director of Allianz Malaysia Berhad and Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad; an advisor or patron to numerous educational and cultural organisations; a committee member of several societies and associations, including the Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia; a columnist in three newspapers; and a Royal Fellow of the National University of Malaysia.
An Eisenhower Fellow, he has been selected for various leadership programmes by the governments of Australia, France and the European Union. Tunku Zain is often invited to speak on subjects ranging from nation building, public policy, history, culture, law, business ethics and youth development.

1. Allianz Malaysia Berhad
2. Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad
3. IDEAS Policy Research Berhad