{"id":485,"date":"2017-10-10T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meritus.edu.my\/mu\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:39:25","slug":"the-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meritus.edu.my\/mu\/about-us\/the-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-shadow avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-485'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div style='padding-bottom:10px;font-size:35px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Founder<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-485'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-485'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='avia-image-container  av-styling-   avia-align-left '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/meritus.edu.my\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/welcome.jpg' alt='Tan Sri (Dr) Halim Mohamad' title='Tan Sri (Dr) Halim Mohamad'   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div first  \" style='margin-top:10; margin-bottom:0px; padding:10px; background-color:#ffffff; border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '  style='font-size:12px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><header id=\"main-title\" class=\"main-title\">\n<h2>Tan Sri (Dr.) Halim Mohammad<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>Executive Chairman and Managing Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-485'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tan Sri (Dr.) Halim Mohammad is the Founding Director of Halim Mazmin Group which was founded in 1980. He is currently the Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Halim Mazmin Group as well as founder of MERITUS University, a private higher learning institution licensed by Ministry of Education Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He began his early career at sea \u2013 sailing on various merchant vessels and has today over 40 years of experience in the maritime industry. In the international arena, due to experience and vast knowledge, he was elected by the Paris-based Bureau Veritas \u2013 one of the largest international ship classification societies \u2013 as a member of its Sub-Committee for Asia-Australia. He was also a Board Member of the prestigious UK-based North of England Protection &amp; Indemnity Insurance Club for ship-owners worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his services to the nation and contributions to the industry, he was, in 1995, conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Dato\u2019 Paduka Mahkota Terengganu(D.P.M.T) by DYMM Sultan of Terengganu and later, in 1999, he was conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Dato\u2019 Paduka Mahkota Selangor (D.P.M.S) by DYMM Sultan of Selangor. These two awards carry the title of \u201cDato\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2000, His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong conferred onto him the Darjah Kebesaran Panglima Setia Mahkota (P.S.M.) which carries the title of \u201cTan Sri\u201d. In July 2005, he was conferred the Darjah Seri Setia Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin by DYMM Sultan of Terengganu, which carries the title of \u201cDato\u2019 Seri\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2001, he was selected as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics &amp; Transport (UK) and in 2003 he was made a Fellow of the Malay Chamber of Commerce, Kuala Lumpur. In the same year, he was appointed the head of Maritime Committee of the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tan Sri Halim Mohammad served the government as the Director and Chairman of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) from 2004 to 2010 and he was a Board Member of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He was again re-appointed as Chairman of MATRADE in January 2019 and in April 2005, he was commissioned as an Honorary Captain of RMNRV of the Royal Malaysian Navy. In August 2005, University of Malaya conferred on him an Honorary Degree of Doctorate in Business Honoris Causa (HonsDBus) of which he was also an Adjunct Professor at the same University. Recently in August 2020, Tan Sri Halim Mohammad was appointed as an Authority Member with the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM), a government agency under the Ministry of Transport. 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