Dato’ Seri Dr Ir Zaini Ujang
Secretary General
Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia

SPEAKER PROFILE:

Zaini Ujang (Dato’ Seri Dr. Ir.) is the Secretary General, Ministry of Environment and Water since March 2020. Prior to his current assignment, he was Secretary General for various ministries on higher education, energy, green technology and water. He was appointed professor in environmental engineering in 2002, and became Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2008-2013). He has vast academic and professional networks, as former Vice President, International Water Association (2004-2006), journal editor of Water Science and Technology (since 2000), visiting professor at Imperial College London, Lund (Sweden), Tsukuba (Japan) and research associate at MIT. He has published more than 300 articles and wrote 46 books. He was the first recipient of the prestigious Merdeka Award (scholastic achievement) in 2009.