DATO ROSNAH BINTI ABD MAJID

Malaysia

Female

66

Non Active

Being a journalist for 20 years, politician for 10 years, Kedah State Minister for 4 years & 4 months, and the Chief Executive Officer/Country Director of 3 international consulting firms for 13 years, Dato' Rosnah binti Abd Majid is one of the most sought after business and media advisors in Malaysia.
Dato' Rosnah distinguished herself as the first female Kedah State Minister (1999-2004). In 1984, she was the first Kajai Award recipient, the Malaysian most outstanding journalist award. She had received the Journalise en Europe, a European Union fellowship for her to study journalism in Paris (1985-1986). She was the first Malaysian female and the first from the vernacular newspaper receiving the Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University (1988-1989), the most distinguished fellowship for journalist in the world.
Prior to joining politics, Dato' Rosnah was a well known journalist for 2 decades (1977-1997) as a political writer and business editor.
She moved on into the business world from 2004. Joining the Fort Lauderdale, Florida based business consulting firm, EBM, for 2 years, she decided to establish her very own consulting firm, Ramwell Sdn Bhd ("Ramwell") in 2007, specializing in the government affairs, strategic planning and strategic communications.
Dato' Rosnah's great ability in understanding of Malaysia's politics, economy, media and NGO community made the Washington based advisory firm, BrooksBowerAsia appointed her as their Country Director for Malaysia from 2008 - 2010. The largest MNC are among her clients.
Dato' Rosnah is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Ramwell. With her good networking not just in Malaysia, now she widens Ramwell's footprint to the ASEAN region.