Board of Directors
YBhg. Dato’ Sri Norazman Ayob currently serves as the Deputy Secretary General (Finance) of the Ministry of Health, upon his appointment on 22 March 2023. He holds a law degree (LLB) from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Adelaide, Australia. His unique personal value proposition is ‘maximising value to the organisation’s stakeholders by inspiring employees towards the shared vision of the organisation, providing strategic direction and facilitating effective problem-solving dynamics.’
Datuk Dr Shahnaz also Chairs the Nominating & Renumeration Committee.
Prof Dr Abdul Rashid is medical director and senior consultant in An-Nur Hasanah Specialist Centre. He is also the Chairman of the Scientific Review Panel for Phase I Clinical Trials in Malaysia.
Dato’ Haji Zein Isma Bin Haji Ismail has vast experience in plantation, construction, energy, maritime, and education. He began his career as a lecturer at UKM and later served as the Manager (Actuarial Department) at Malaysia National Insurance Sdn. Bhd. (MNI) and as a Consulting Actuary at Benefit Concepts Inc. in Connecticut, USA. He was the Board Member of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) for 9 years, where he also served as the Chairman of FELDA Marketing Sdn. Bhd. and involved in various committees. He also spent 4 years as a Board Member of the Malaysia Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI) and as the Chairman of UniKL Resources Sdn. Bhd. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from UiTM, Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut, U.S.A., and Master of Science in Insurance/Finance from the University of Hartford, U.S.A. and the Associate Actuary of the Society of Actuaries, Chicago, U.S.A.
The Management
Dr Akhmal Yusof graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1992. He practiced medicine in the public and private hospital for 10 years and later worked with the American International Assurance Malaysia as Medical Manager. Later in 2002, he leads the Medical Department in AstraZeneca Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei for 13 years where he gained extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry clinical research management, regulatory, medical and government affairs. He heads Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) as Chief Executive Officer since 2015. Dr Akhmal Yusof is also a member the National Committee for Clinical Research and Board of Trustee National Institute of Biotechnology Malaysia.
Education: MBCh, BAO (National University of Ireland), LRCP & LRCS (Ireland)
Intan leads the Clinical Operations team and is responsible to design and implement strategies relating to Clinical Operations, ensuring smoothness of the study coordinator services and operational activities. In her previous role with CRM, she served as Senior Clinical Operations Manager, responsible for supporting the site operations team, ensuring quality deliverables and driving process improvement activities within the department and new project initiatives.
She enjoys working in teams and leading teams to achieve a common goal and a firm believer of ‘tomorrow should be better than yesterday’. Intan holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Zaleha Yusof has an extensive and solid human resources strategic and operational experiences with diverse industry exposures: pharmaceutical, semi-conductor/high-tech, printing, food manufacturing and service industry.
She has been leading, steering formulation/implementation and driving continuous improvement at strategic level while ensuring tactical/operational initiatives are aligned with business and human resources strategies by making use of multi-cultured working experiences and exposures in various working environment including multi-national organizations. A dynamic business partner who focus on organizational development & effectiveness with talent development in mind.
Experienced in designing, formulating and leading HR initiatives during business transformation, major restructuring, merger and acquisition and growth including talent development and succession planning.
An individual who believes change is constant in life, is adaptive in nature and enjoys working with a high-performance team in a challenging environment.
She possesses BA in Political Science, majoring in Policy Analysis and minoring in Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. She obtained her post graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations from MEF/ILO.
Audrey Ooi is the Head of Business Development at Clinical Research Malaysia. She has over 8 years of experience in the clinical research field, with cross-functional roles in marketing, project management, stakeholder engagement and medical writing. She is a graduate of Monash University and holds a Masters in Medical Science from the University of Malaya.