Zaim Mohzani
KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific (KSI)
Zaim is the Director of External Relations of KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific (KSI), an internationally-ranked regional think tank based in Malaysia. He is also Founding Chairman of Impact Malaysia – a government agency mandated to a government agency empowering youth to be social impact agents. In his civic life, Zaim Mohzani is the Co-Founder of Nation Building School, a civil society organisation dedicated to tackling unemployment through training programmes. Through Nation Building School, Zaim is leading the Malaysia Jobs Coalition (MJC), a coalition of CSOs fighting for full employment in Malaysia. He has spent most of his career in public policy, working in the public sector from entrepreneurship development to plantations. Over the course of 10 years, Zaim has established three non-profit organisations that have reached more than 30,000 young people in the country. Zaim has been selected for various fellowships and leadership programmes including Dalai Lama Fellows, Acumen Academy Fellowship, British Council Future Leaders Connect, World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers, U.S. Department of State YSEALI Professional Fellowship and ASEAN Youth Fellowship. He was also appointed as an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society and more recently, the Youth Chair of the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights Malaysia (PROHAM). Zaim holds an MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy (Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) and a BA in Political Science from Monash University (Australia). He was selected as a finalist for the British Council's UK Alumni Awards 2021-2022. He is a Chevening scholar and has served as the President of Chevening Alumni Malaysia (2020-2022).
