🇲🇾 Co-Founder, Nation Building School
🚀 Advocating #ZeroYouthUnemployment
Purpose (Why I do what I do?)
I grew up a loser. I'm serious. I was socially awkward (maybe I still am), shy and quiet. I had few Facebook friends, even fewer real friends. I neither excelled in academics nor sports. I struggled through my childhood and teenage years. I thought I was the odd one out. I didn't have anyone to tell me it was okay to be an introvert.
Everything changed when I went to university. That's when someone saw something in me — something I never knew. He empowered me — gave me a leadership opportunity. And I thrived.
Ever since then, that has been my purpose: Seeing in people what they can’t see in themselves so they can live their best careers and lives.
Everything changed when I went to university. That's when someone saw something in me — something I never knew. He empowered me — gave me a leadership opportunity. And I thrived.
Ever since then, that has been my purpose: Seeing in people what they can’t see in themselves so they can live their best careers and lives.
Goal (How do I plan to achieve my purpose?)
My big hairy audacious goal is to empower 100,000 millennial professionals in Malaysia by 2030! When I saw empower, I mean to help them clarify their long-term goals & pivot into their dream jobs using design thinking principles.
At the same time, I am fighting for #ZeroYouthUnemployment through a Youth Job Guarantee (YJG). The idea is: If you want a job, you will be guaranteed a job with a decent salary and basic benefits. This will be a permanent scheme funded by federal government and administered locally by municipal councils. It will be open to all youths between 15 and 30 years offering jobs on demand. With a YJG, we can eliminates involuntary youth unemployment, reduce urban-rural gap (including migration to the cities) and contribute to higher economic growth. The idea can be read here.
Professional Roles (to pay the bills!)
Director of a Think Tank
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Director & Trustee of a Government Agency
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Gen Y Career Coach
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Civic Roles (to change the world!)
Nation Building School
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Malaysian Youth Diplomacy (MyDiplomacy)
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Future Leaders in Public Policy (FLIPP)
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Awards, Leadership Roles and Recognitions (to remind me of the mission!)
British Council Future Leaders Connect (2021)
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American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) Professional Fellow (2018)
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Youth Advisor (ACTYVATE/Blue Ocean Youth Movement), Ministry of Finance Malaysia
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Perdana Fellows Alumni Association (PFAA) Founding President (2013-2014)
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Toastmasters International Vice President Public Relations for Bangsar Club, Kuala Lumpur (2013-2014)
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Educational Background (to remind me I'm a nerd at heart)
London School of Economics and Political Science (2019-2020)
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Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2010-2012)
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Profile
Zaim Mohzani is the Co-Founder of Nation Building School, an award-winning non-profit organisation aiming to eliminate youth unemployment 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, he has established three non-profit organisations that have reached more than 30,000 young people in the country.
Zaim is also 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 develop young people in the new economy, specifically in e-sports, social entrepreneurship and media.
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).
Zaim is also 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 develop young people in the new economy, specifically in e-sports, social entrepreneurship and media.
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).