Speakers

Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah is Chairman and Chief Executive of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. He also leads the institute’s policy development and Track-Two diplomacy, including through the ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS) and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).
Faiz is also the Malaysia representative to the ASEAN Regional Forum Experts and Eminent Persons (ARF EEP) meeting, Co-Chair of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Good Governance. Faiz is also a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), Adjunct Professor of the International Institute of Public Policy and Management at the University of Malaya, and Honorary Professor at Universiti Selangor (UNISEL). He is the Founding Dean of the Selangor Business School.
His diverse career spans media, law enforcement, education, and three decades of legal practice, focusing on corporate law and public interest litigation, as well as strategic and international affairs advisory to federal and state governments. In 2009, with Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Faiz co-founded the World Forum for Muslim Democrats, dedicated to providing a common platform for public intellectuals to articulate their views on Islam, reform, democracy, and governance.
Faiz has authored four books on topics ranging from Shariah reforms to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He graduated with First Class Honours in LLB from IIUM, has an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, and a PhD from the Putra Business School. His first degree, prior to law school, was in English Literature from the University of Malaya.