YAM Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz
Group AdvisorTunku Zain Al-'Abidin is Founding President of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs; Pro-Chancellor of UCSI University and Islamic Science University Malaysia, a trustee of several educational and charitable foundations; an advisor or patron to numerous educational and cultural organisations; a committee member of several societies; a columnist in three newspapers and a Royal Fellow of the National University of Malaysia.
He received his MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and subsequently worked in the UK Houses of Parliament, the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore before permanently returning to Malaysia.
An Eisenhower Fellow, he has been selected for various leadership programmes by the governments of Australia, France and the European Union and has received awards for integrity and impact among young leaders.