Telekom picks up Zaid Hamzah as SVP
DAWO picks up from Microsoft's previous shopping list!
Singapore-based Zaid Hamzah is now Telekom Malaysia's Senior Vice President, Group Regulatory, Legal & Compliance TM effective today, April 2, 2007.
The announcement came barely 24 hours after the spotlight was turned on bright in Screenshots -- context for the pick-up line is here.
In an internal dispatch, Abdul Aziz Abu Bakar, TM's Senior Vice President, Group Human Resource, has a recital for Zaid's past engagements, informing the staff why he is the best candidate Malaysia couldn't offer for a TM post vacant since early last year.
Before that, please read Rocky here.
Zaid has over 21 years of professional work experience spanning government service, legal practice and in-house counsel work with a MNC. Prior to joining TM, Zaid was a consultant to Microsoft's Legal & Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.
He started his career with a stint with the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he spent 9 years as the Senior Assistant Director. His career achievements include his role as a consultant to the Malaysian Government on the development of the Malaysian National Intellectual Property policy in 2003, advising the Malaysian National ICT Security & Emergency Response Centre (NISER) on the development of their E-Security Legal Risk Management Framework and MAMPU on the commercialization of e-government applications.
A qualified lawyer with a Bachelor of Law from National University of Singapore, Zaid completed his Masters of Arts from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA on a Fulbright Scholarship.
In addition, he is an author of legal practitioner's book entitled "InformationTechnology Contracts" and the Law & Strategy trilogy "Intellectual Property Law & Strategy", "Biotechnology Law & Strategy" and "E-Security Law & Strategy. He also an adjunct teaching staff in several tertiary institutions in Malaysia and Singapore.
On behalf of TM Management and staff, please join me in welcoming Zaid to the TM family and wish him continued success in the future.
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Jeff, as someone who has worked with Zaid before I certainly can understand how and why you feel the way you do. He can come off as a tad too academic and professorial at times, but beneath it all lies a first-class brain, and a real passion for his work. No suprise why TM (and Microsoft earlier) crossed the Straits to recruit him.
Congrats Zaid - we're looking to better things to come from TM.
Jeff, best of luck on Wednesday. As I am neither unemployed nor able to take leave, I won't be able to physically walk with you.
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April 2, 2007 07:07 PM
mamat ni sg, ke my?
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April 2, 2007 11:24 PM
Congratulations Zaid for the posting. I am sure the country will benefit from his wisdom, experience and work ethics. I have came across of his recent talks , posted below, which is an excellent piece :
Islam Hadhari Will Free Religion From Terrorism, Says Analyst
By Jackson Sawatan
SINGAPORE, March 31 (Bernama) -- The concept of Islam Hadhari or civilisational Islam will go a long way in helping to relieve the religion from the burdens of being connected with terrorism, an analyst said.
Zaid Hamzah, who is also a consultant with Microsoft Legal & Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific, said the concept, introduced by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, is a very clear attempt "to re-focus on the progressive value of Islam."
"Islam at this point in our history post-911, the agenda is being driven by a minority. It is the task of the majority to portray Islam in its complete way," he told Bernama in an interview after delivering a talk on "Strategic Technology Thinking in Malaysia and Islam Hadhari as the Re-orientation of the Islamic Worldview" at the Nanyang Technological University here recently.
"In my personal view, if we succeed in getting the message across that Islam is about preserving those key values, that would help moderate the small group whose views on Islam, I think, is distorted," said Zaid, 47, an author and a technology and intellectual property strategist.
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April 3, 2007 01:40 PM