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jawatan terakhir sebagai Timbalan Presiden/ Abdul Razak (UNITAR) in 1998 and served for
Ketua Pegawai Operasi dengan gelaran Associate 10 years with his last position as the Deputy
Professor (Islamic Financial Economics). Pada President/Chief Operating Officer (COO),
tahun 2007, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) with the title of Assoc. Prof. (Islamic Financial
telah melantik beliau sebagai Timbalan Naib Economics). In 2007, Universiti Tenaga Nasional
Cancelor (Pengurusan dan HEP) dengan gelaran (UNITEN) appointed him as the Deputy Vice
Profesor (Islamic Financial Economics). Beliau juga Chancellor (Management and HEP) with the title
telah dilantik sebagai Naib Presiden Kanan dan of Professor (Islamic Financial Economics). He
Ketua Kumpulan Pendidikan di Sime Darby untuk was also appointed as the Senior Vice President
menubuhkan Universiti Sime Darby pada tahun and Group Head of Education at Sime Darby to
2009. establish the Sime Darby University in 2009.
Dalam dunia korporat, beliau juga telah In the corporate world, he had held several
memegang beberapa jawatan penting antaranya important positions, including as a Director at
sebagai Pengarah di SME Bank dengan pelbagai SME Bank, with various portfolios, that include
portfolio, termasuk sebagai COO CEDAR, SME as COO CEDAR, SME Bank since 2010 until 2018.
Bank sejak 2010 hingga 2018. Pada tahun 2019, Upon retirement in 2019, he had a short stint
beliau telah dilantik sebagai CEO Andorra Women as the CEO of Andorra Women and Children
and Children Hospital. Kini beliau mengusahakan Hospital. He now runs a small business with his
sebuah perniagaan kecil bersama isteri tercinta beloved wife in the supply of medical equipment
dalam bidang peralatan perubatan.
to the hospitals.
Keinginan mendalami ilmu Pengajian Islam His interest in experiencing a structured and
secara formal di sebuah universiti terkemuka seperti formal Islamic Studies at a leading university
UM, telah mendorong beliau untuk melanjutkan such as UM has motivated him to pursue
pengajian dalam Diploma Eksekutif Pengajian the Executive Diploma in Shariah Studies
Syariah di Pusat Pendidikan Berterusan Universiti at Universiti Malaya Centre for Continuing
Malaya (UMCCed) pada tahun 2019 sehingga 2021. Education (UMCCed) in 2019 until 2021.
Kesibukan sebagai ketua keluarga dan dalam Being the head of the family and carrying
melaksanakan tugasan harian serta menghadiri out daily tasks as well as attending classes on
kelas pada hujung minggu, lebih-lebih lagi ketika the weekend, especially during the COVID-19
pandemik COVID19, tidak menjadi penghalang buat pandemic, never stopped him from excelling in
beliau untuk meraih kecemerlangan dalam bidang academics. By the grace of Allah SWT, with self-
akademik. Berbekalkan keyakinan diri, dorongan believe and confidence, encouragement from
isteri dan sokongan keluarga, beliau dapat his wife & moral support from the family, he
menggapainya.
managed to complete and excel in the program.
Antara prinsip kejayaan dalam kehidupan Among the principles he uphold in life is
beliau adalah sentiasa melakukan sesuatu tugasan that he will always undertake any assigned
dengan penuh keikhlasan & tanggungjawab yang task with full commitments, sincerity &
mendalam. Hal ini kerana Allah SWT sentiasa accountability; because it is his conviction
melihat setiap perkara yang kita lakukan. Antara that Allah SWT knows and sees everything
kata-kata keramat beliau kepada mahasiswa that we do. His often shared wisdom with
semasa berkhidmat sebagai kakitangan akademik his students while serving as an academic
ialah “Sesuatu kejayaan itu tidak mungkin staff is that “Success can never be achieved
tercapai tanpa suatu perjuangan; ia bukan suatu without a struggle; it is not a struggle without
perjuangan jika tiada pengorbanan; ia bukan suatu sacrifices; and it is not a sacrifice if it is absent of
pengorbanan tanpa kesusahan dan cabaran”. challenges”.
Hasil kecemerlangan beliau dalam bidang As a result of his outstanding academic
akademik, Datuk Dr. Sheikh Ghazali bin Sheikh Abod achievements, Datuk Dr. Sheikh Ghazali bin
telah dinobatkan sebagai penerima Anugerah Naib Sheikh Abod has been selected as the recipient
Canselor 2022, Universiti Malaya. of the 2022 Vice Chancellor’s Award, Universiti
Malaya.

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