Datuk Shahul Dawood has more than 25 years of experience across numerous industries, beginning his career in the education sector as a Lecturer at Informatics College. He then rose through the ranks to become the Assistant Director of Informatics Corporate Training Malaysia, leading the organisation into the frontiers of IT Training and Education. Following his successful stint at Informatics, he moved to JobsDB, where he propelled the organisation to greater prominence, making it one of the largest jobs search portals in Southeast Asia.
An entrepreneur at heart, he left JobsDB to start My Events International, an event management company with a presence in eight countries worldwide. Utilising his knowledge and experience, he expanded his business across various industries, including tourism and travel, recruitment, publication, and IT solutions. He is also deeply involved in several youth-related NGOs and training activities.
As the CEO of HRD Corp, he was responsible for leading the organisation’s transformation agenda. This was marked by HRDF’s successful rebranding to HRD Corp in December 2021 and the biggest expansion of the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001 to date, which now covers employers in 18 sectors and 238 subsectors.
Under his leadership, HRD Corp also introduced a number of new stakeholder-friendly policies that are geared towards strengthening the organisation’s speed, agility and transparency. As someone passionate about digitalisation in the training landscape, he drove HRD Corp through its digital transformation roadmap. This resulted in the establishment of the HRD Corp e-learning platform, with unlimited access to FREE online courses for all Malaysians and the HRD Corp Super App, which will be launched soon.
