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Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian aged
63
Date of Appointment
15 May 2007
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Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from the
University of Brighton
Master degree in Structural Engineering from the
University of Manchester
Registered Professional Engineer (PEng) with
the Board of Engineers, Malaysia, and Chartered
Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council, UK
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
(FIEM), Institution of Civil Engineers, UK (FICE),
International Ferrocement Society (FIFS), Academy
of Sciences, Malaysia (FASc) and ASEAN Academy
of Engineering and Technology (FAAET)
Honorary Member (Academician) of the Kazakhstan
Engineering Academy, Honorary Fellow of the
Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and the ASEAN
Federation of Engineering Organisations
Board Committees
Chairman, Long Term Incentive Plan Committee
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Dato’ Abang Abdullah began his career as a lecturer at
Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1976, and was promoted to
Associate Professor in 1982 and full Professor in 1987.
He was upgraded to Senior Professor (Special Grade B) in
1995 and in 2008, to Senior Professor (Special Grade A).
He was appointed Dean, Faculty of Engineering in 1982
and retired from Universiti Putra Malaysia in July 2015. He
was the Chairman of the Malaysian Council of Engineering
Deans and served as a Design Engineer at Malaysian
International Consultants and Perunding Bakti Sdn. Bhd.
He served as a Board Member of the Malaysian Highway
Authority (LLM) and Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM).
He is currently the President of the Malaysian Society
for Engineering and Technology (MySET), and a past
President of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
and Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic
Countries (FEIIC).
He was elected as an Honorary Advisor to the Master
Builders Association, Malaysia (MBAM) and Chairman
of CIDB Steering Committee on Industrialised Building
System. He was appointed an Advisor of King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi
Arabia, Adjunct Professor of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak,
Board Council Member of Universiti KualaLumpur (UniKL),
Board Member of the National Accreditation Board (LAN),
Director of Housing Research Centre (HRC), Universiti
Putra Malaysia, and Board Member, of the Polytechnic
Curriculum Board, Ministry of Higher Education.
He had written a book on Industrialised Buildings Systems
(IBS) and was involved in research work on housing and
construction technology, speci¿cally in the areas of low
cost materials of construction, industrialised building
systems and affordable quality housing.
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