BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ISLAMIC RELIEF MALAYSIA
Dato' Sri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman
Chairman
Dato’ Sri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees effective 1 August 2024.
Dato’ Sri Syed Saleh was the Executive Director of Hajj at Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales, United Kingdom.
He has over 37 years of career experience in various fields such as Corporate & Financial Services, Fund Management, Business Development, Real Estate and Equity Investments, as well as Hajj Management.
Prof. Dr. Azni Idris
Trustee
Professor Dr. Azni Idris graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK (Chemical Engineering), Leeds (MS Pollution Control) and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Environmental Engineering). His academic expertise is in environmental engineering including waste management and water treatment. He retired at UPM in 2019, and his last posting was as the Leader of Green Technology and Renewable Energy research at the Faculty of Engineering, UPM. Prof. Dr. Azni Idris has over 33 years of experience in environmental management and has completed many projects on pollution control.
Prof. Dr. Azni Idris has several professional affiliations of international status in the area of water and wastewater and has earned many awards. He won the prestigious Anugerah Akademik Negara 2013 conferred by the YAB Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2014. Previously, he was awarded the MWA Outstanding Water Research Award in 2002. In terms of publication, he had more than 120 referred journals and 163 publications in proceedings, and 5 books. Prof. Dr. Azni Idris traveled to many countries with more than 49 overseas conferences.
To his credit, Prof Azni Idris holds several Malaysian Patents for his invention, one had secured a prestigious Gold medal at the INNOVA exhibition in Brussels, in 2008. He has a total of 7 patents to date.
Prof. Dr. Azni has been a founder trustee of Islamic Relief Malaysia since 2005.
On 19 May 2011, Prof. Dr. Azni was appointed to serve as Chair, to replace Dr. Hany El-Banna, who was the founder of the Islamic Relief family worldwide.
Datuk Naimun Ashakli Mohammad
Trustee
Joined the Malaysian civil service (PTD) on 1st December 1981 after graduation and served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as career diplomat for 35 years.
Posted to several countries namely; New Zealand (1985-1987), Zimbabwe (1992-1994), South Africa (1994-1999) and appointed as Ambassador to Bahrain (2003-2007), Ambassador to Spain (2007-2010) and High Commissioner to Republic of India (2013-2016).
Hjh. Nurhayati Hassan
Trustee
Nurhayati Hassan is a certified coach and a licensed financial adviser and planner. Previously, she was a human resource
consultant specialising in corporate talent assessment and succession planning. She also has a corporate background in investment banking, including research and analysis, corporate finance and strategic planning.
She holds an MBA in Management from Golden Gate University, and a degree in Accounting with Computing from the University of Kent. She is a member of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia and the Malaysian Association of Certified Coaches.
Datuk Nur Iskandar A Samad
Trustee
Datuk Nur Iskandar carries with him over 41 years of experience in the downstream oil, gas, and petrochemical industry; holding many senior leadership positions in PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Berhad), Malaysia’s national oil company and Malaysia’s only Fortune 500 organisation.
His main skill sets are project management, business operation of manufacturing facilities and leadership development. Education background as BSc (Hons) in Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
He is also a Member of the Industry Advisory Council of Universiti Sains Malaysia and the Board of Director in several Petronas subsidiaries previously.
Pn. Hafidah Aman Hashim
Secretary
Puan Hafidah graduated with an LL. B (Honours) from the University of Hull, United Kingdom and was admitted to practice in Malaysia in 1995. She chambered at Messrs Riza Leong & Partners and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1995. Subsequently, she practiced in three other legal firms, before joining as a partner in Skrine where she is currently practicing in the Islamic Banking, Investment, and Capital Market Department.
Her key practice areas are banking and finance, capital markets, real estate, and corporate advisory. She is also a Member of the Malaysian Bar Council and the Independent Non-Executive Director of Awanbiru Technology Berhad.
