KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dato’ Ir Ts Badhrulhisham Abdul Aziz, F.A.Sc 

Dato’ Ir Ts Dr Badhrulhisham Abdul Aziz is currently the President and CEO of Nadibumi International Sdn Bhd, a company focusing on the rare earth industry from mining to processing. Previously, he was the Principal Consulting Fellow with University Malaysia Pahang concentrating on the consultation in development of critical mineral industry. He has more than 10 years working experience in the chemical, oil and gas, and energy industry; working in several multinational companies with roles as Senior Process Engineer, Site Quality manager, HSSE Senior Manager, Senior Operation Manager and General Manager. He was also in academia for more than 20 years; serving several public and private universities in the capacities of Department, Dean, Corporate Strategic Director, Research and Development Center Director and Deputy Vice Chancellor. Dr. Badhrulhisham completed his undergraduate from Colorado State University, USA; and his postgraduate from University of Wales, UK and Kyoto University, Japan; all in the field of Chemical Engineering. He is a registered practicing professional engineer with Board of Engineers Malaysia; certified Technologist with Malaysian Board of Technologists and was elected as Fellow by the prestigious Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in 2014. He is also active in consulting work and served as advisor and consultant to private and government sectors in critical mineral matters especially on the rare earth mining and processing plant (referred expert on Lynas to Parliament Select Committee; government spoke person on Lynas issue; one of the authors of the National Blueprint of Rare Earth 2014 and Business Model for non-Radioactive REE Industry 2023); industrial pollution (e.g. Sg Kim-Kim tragedy); engineering education and commercialization of R&D projects (scale up of bio and chemical plants). He has published and presented more than 160 papers locally and internationally, including more than 10 keynote and plenary speech.