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Meet the people behind ISIS Malaysia, and read about their areas of
expertise and interest.
Chairman and CEO from 1997-2005
 Tan
Sri Dr. Noordin Sopiee was appointed Chairman and CEO of ISIS
Malaysia in March 1997.
He was also Chairman of the Malaysia National Committee for Pacific
Economic Cooperation (MANCPEC), Chairman of Monash University
Malaysia and Chairman of Noordin Sopiee & Associates.
He was a Leader Writer, The New Straits Times Press (1972); Group
Managing Editor, The New Straits Times Press (1976); and Group
Editor, The New Straits Times Press and also Chief Executive, New
Fleetprint Press, London (1981).
He was former Co-Chair of CSCAP (the Council for Security
Cooperation in the Asia Pacific), the Chairman of Pacific Economic
Cooperation Council (PECC), 1992-1994, Malaysia's Representative to
the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC), Chairman of the Commonwealth Inter-Governmental Group on the
Emergence of a Global Humanitarian Order (1995), and Convenor of the
Commission for a New Asia.
He was a Member of the crisis-management Executive Committee of the
National Economic Action Council (NEAC) chaired by the Malaysian
Prime Minister; the Board of Directors of Malaysia's Central Bank
and the ASEM (Asia Europe) Task Force on Trade, Investment and
Finance. He was also Chairman of PCA Hard.Com, one of the world's
largest hard disk component manufacturers. He also served on the
Boards of several companies including Reliance Pacific Berhad; Kulim
(Malaysia) Berhad; Sunway Holdings Incorporated Berhad; YTL Power
International Berhad; YTL Land and Development Berhad; and YTL
e-Solutions Bhd.
He was a Member of the Emerging Markets Eminent Person's Group on
Reform of the International Financial Architecture and the National
Information Technology Council. He was one of the 100 members of the
Club of Rome. He was also a columnist for The Edge (Malaysia),
Yomiuri Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan).
He graduated with a B.Sc. (Econs) (First Class) and a Ph.D from the
London School of Economics and was the author of several books on
economics, politics and strategic planning.
He passed away in December 2005.
Chairman from 1990-1997
 Tan
Sri Datuk Zainal Abidin Sulong was the second Chairman of ISIS, a
post he held from June 1990 till February 1997. Since then he has
been a Special Advisor to ISIS. He is currently the Chairman of the
Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA).”
He started his career as a Malaysian diplomat in 1957. He has served
as the Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia (1972-1977), the USSR (1977
– 1980) and as the Malaysian Permanent Representative to the United
Nations, New York (1980 – March 1984) before being appointed
Secretary-General of the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
April, 1984.
He retired from the Malaysian Foreign Service in March 1988. He
currently also serves as Chairman of Perwaja Terengganu Sdn Bhd and
Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd. He has been the Chairman of Standard
Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad since July, 1994.
He has received several international awards including Second Class
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Japan (1964), Order of Maginoo,
Philippines (1968), Bintang Djasa Utama, Indonesia (1977), Officer
de 1”Order National, Mali (1985), Grand Cross Class II, Federal
Republic of Germany (1986), and the Order of Diplomatic Service
Merit “Heung-In” Medal, Republic of Korea (1986).
Chairman from 1984-1990
 Tun
Hussein bin Dato’ Onn was Chairman of ISIS from April 1984 till May
1990.
He accepted the appointment a few years after his resignation, due
to ill health, as Malaysia’s third Prime Minister of Malaysia (1976
to 1981).
After his Prime Ministership, Tun Hussein continued to contribute to
welfare organizations. He was instrumental in the setting up of the
Tun Hussein Onn Eye Hospital. He was also an advisor to Petronas,
the country’s oil corporation.
Tun Hussein Onn was looked upon as being very sincere in his
struggle for racial unity and had a reputation for being firm
against anyone who tried to create racial unrest in the county and
it was due to this, that he was known as ‘Father of Unity’.
Born in Johor Bahru, Johor on February 12, 1922 to Dato Onn Jaafar
and Datin Halimah Hussein, Tun Hussein received his early education
in Singapore and at the English College in Johor Bahru.
Prior to entering politics, Tun Hussein studied law in London
qualifying as a Barrister-at-Law and setting up legal practice in
Malaysia.
Tun Hussein died in May 1990 at the age of 68.
Past Directors-General
of ISIS Malaysia
Director-General from 1997-2006
Dato’
Seri Mohamed Jawhar Hassan was the second ISIS Director-General from
1st March 1997 until 8th January 2006.
Director-General
from 1984-1997
Tan Sri Dr. Noordin Sopiee was the first ISIS Director-General from 1st
January 1984 until 28th February 1997.
Past Deputy
Directors-General of ISIS Malaysia
Deputy
Director-General from 1995-2002
Datuk
Dr. Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof
Datuk
Dr. Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof was a Deputy Director-General of ISIS
Malaysia
from 14th August 1995 until
13th August 2002. Prior to that, he was the Deputy
Director
of the Malaysian Institute for Economic Research (MIER)
and the South East Asia
Regional Economist at Kleinwort Benson
Research (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
From
1990 – 1994, he was the Adviser of Economics at Bank Negara
Malaysia. He
holds a BSc (Economics) from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, an M.A. (Development
Economics) from the University of Leicester and a
D.Phil. (Economics)
from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Dr. Zainal’s vast experience and significant contribution in the field
of Economics, both locally and internationally, had
enabled him to serve the Government and the private sector in
various capacities. He was a consultant of UNIDO/UNDP Malaysia and in the World Bank in charge of
The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and
Growth. He was responsible in the preparation of the Industrial
Master Plan of Malaysia, the Second, the Fourth and
the Fifth Malaysia Plans. While at ISIS, he was a coordinator of
the Knowledge-Based Economy Master Plan.
At
present, he is a Distinguished ISIS Fellow.
Deputy
Director-General from 1993-1994
Prof. Datuk
Dr. Ismail bin Md. Salleh
 Prof Datuk Dr. Ismail bin Md. Salleh was ISIS Deputy Director-General
from 1st January 1993 until 31st
August 1994. Before this, he was an Assistant Director-General and
had held the position of
Head, Bureau of National Economic and Socio – Economic Policy
Studies at ISIS Malaysia.
Dr. Ismail graduated with PhD in Economics from University of IIlinois
At Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
He specialises in Fiscal Economics, Macro Economics, Project Evaluation
and Industrial Economics, which had enabled him to hold a number of positions in the Government and in
the private sector. He was a member of the
National Economic Consultative Council, the National Economic Action
Council (MTEN), Penang Economic Council and a
Trustee of Yayasan Amanah Pembinaan Insan (YAPI), among others.
At
present, he is the Chief Executive Officer of L & G Twintech Sdn.
Bhd. – a private
Higher Learning Institution.
He is also a
Distinguished ISIS Fellow.
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