Thirty-six years turning national policy into capital, companies and institutions. Now he is charged with resetting the economy of Labuan.
Bumiputera business initiatives created at TERAJU over eight years. By March 2018 the press reported RM124.6 billion in value creation and 44,000 jobs.
CV Borneo Post ↗MAVCAP fund size, doubled from about RM500 million, with eight tech VC/PE funds raised.
CVEndowment raised for Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera in one month.
CVBumiputera companies under TERAJU's Skim Jejak Jaya Bumiputera, reported in 2017 as outperforming the FBM KLCI since listing.
NST ↗Economic councils served at once as Chief Secretariat: National (chaired by the PM), Sabah and Sarawak.
The Sun ↗Young entrepreneurs given SUPERB grants of up to RM500,000 by early 2016, from close to 5,000 applications.
Utusan ↗Select any bar to read the role. Six lanes: markets, venture capital, government, corporate, founder and public office.
Markets taught valuation, venture capital taught risk, government taught scale, and the corporate years taught execution. Labuan is where the four meet.
Began as a junior analyst at BBMB Securities and a regular Business Times columnist, then rose to Director and board member of Nomura Advisory Services (Malaysia) in 1995. Covered energy, utilities, property and building materials, and moved to NatWest Markets until the Asian Financial Crisis closed its Asian operations. CV
Joined BI Walden (Walden International) to source deals for a RM50 million fund after the crisis, including Silterra. CV
At MSC Venture Management, managed a RM120 million Multimedia Super Corridor fund as COO and later Acting CEO, with early stakes in Redtone, Stemlife and Iris Corporation before their listings. CV
As CEO of MAVCAP, Malaysia's largest VC firm at the time, led investments such as Aexio. Telecoms.com ↗ He left in 2011 to lead TERAJU. AVCJ ↗
Founding CEO of TERAJU in the Prime Minister's Department, built from employee number one. Ran SUPERB start-up grants, the TERAS high-performing companies programme, the Facilitation Fund (Dana Mudahcara) and Skim Jejak Jaya Bumiputera for listings. Malay Mail ↗
Handed the 2015 Bumiputera Economic Empowerment report card to the Prime Minister, and led the Bumiputera Economic Transformation Roadmap. Astro Awani ↗
Group CEO of Maju Holdings (highways, townships, solar), advising on a bid for a RM30 billion+ toll concession portfolio. Chief Governance Officer of UK-based Sumner Group Health Medical Devices. Co-founded PlanetMahir, an AI and digital-learning company. CV The Sun ↗
Since August 2025, Chairman of Perbadanan Labuan, setting up Invest Labuan as its commercial arm to turn public assets into income-generating ventures. Bernama ↗
All appointments on this panel are from Dato' Husni's CV. CV
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Conferred by HRH The Sultan of Kedah, carrying the title Dato'. CV
Leadership excellence in community transformation; The Leaders International and the American Leadership Development Association. The Sun ↗
OIC Today, for movers and shakers of the Islamic economy. Bernama ↗
B.Sc. Business Administration (Finance), West Virginia University, USA, 1990 The Sun ↗ · MARA Junior Science College, Seremban · Global Leadership Development Programme, Linkage Asia (2007, 2017) CV
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