Maulud Latiff
Prof (R) DR. Ir. Maulud obtained his Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Engineering Finance at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia/University of Warwick (Britain, 2005), MBA Finance from the University of Queensland Business School (Australia, 1983), B.Sc. (Hons) Mining Engineering from the University of Wales (Britain, 1977), and Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1974). He is also the holder of the Dredge Master Certificate of Competency (1979), memberships of the Malaysian Board of Professional Engineers (P.Eng. 1982), Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (MIEM) and Institutions of Mineral Engineers, Malaysia (MIME). He is an accredited Train-The-Trainer (T-T-T) from the Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia. His more than four decades of working experience in the industry covers private companies, Public Listed Companies (PLC), Government Link Companies (GLC) from Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) and Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and government agencies from the Ministry of Finance (MoF Inc) to the Menteri Besar (Selangor) Incorporation (MBI). He was also involved with Independent Power Plants namely, mine-mouth coal-fired power plants and combine cycle gas power plants. In addition, he was involved in Green Energy projects such as Landfill Gas Power Plants and Biomass Power Plants in Malaysia, India and Indonesia. He was also involved in coal mining in Indonesia and Australia and assist in the listing of two coal mining companies on the Australian ASX. His main role, during the Business Development stages, was using the Engineering Finance methodology to structure both the financial and engineering structures of projects to enhance the return on investment and ensure its long-term sustainability. In some of these projects, he was even involved in the project construction and O&M. In the academia, he was a Professor in Engineering Finance and Techno-Financial Modelling in one of the country’s premier Research Universities. Currently, he conducts workshops and seminars on Engineering Finance© and Techno-Financial Model© that he created, in Malaysia and globally. He also conduct consultancy works in the (re)structuring of projects using the Engineering Finance methodology to optimise the return on investment of the project (thus enhancing its wealth) and ensuring its long-term sustainability.
