Emeritus Professor Dato’ Dr. Halimah Badioze Zaman
TAN SRI LEO MOGGIE DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN ENERGY INFORMATICS
Emeritus Professor Dato’ Dr. Halimah Badioze Zaman brings four decades of academic leadership, research excellence, and national-level digital transformation experience to UNITEN. She holds the Tan Sri Leo Moggie Distinguished Chair in Energy Informatics at IICE and serves as Founding Director and Advisor of the National Energy Centre (NEC).
A Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (FASc), she previously served at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and was the longest-serving independent Director of the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) from 2019 to 2025. She is also one of the Advisory Board Member of the Loughborough University Alumni United Kingdom. Her contributions have earned national and international recognition, including being named one of the Most Inspiring Icons in Asia by AirAsia Academy and receiving the Kesatria Malaysia award from MyCEB under the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia.
She is currently Lead Consultant and Advisor for the National Address System (NAS) under MCMC and is also advising on the establishment of the National AI Centre (NAIC) under MOSTI. Most recently, she has been appointed as one of the members of the Online Safety Appeals Tribunal or Tribunal Keselamatan dalam Talian (TRKDT), of the Ministry of Communications. This appointment shall be formerly published in the Government Gazette.
Few individuals have successfully bridged the worlds of academia, industrial technology, public policy and national development as effectively as her. Her presence strengthens UNITEN'S leadership in energy informatics, AI, digital infrastructure and national - impact projects. She stands as a distinguished scholar, visionary leader, and nation builder whose contributions will continue to not only to shape UNITEN's journey but the nation's towards a smarter, more inclusive and sustainable future.
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