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| Malek Ali |
| Head of Mobile Content Maxis Comunications Kuala Lumpur Malaysia |
| Day job: |
| What's the deal here? |
| So what are your areas of interest? |
| Mobile telecommunications, media, marketing (especially the maverick kind), Internet, entrepreneurship, education, national economic strategies for South-East Asian economies. |
| So what can we expect? |
| Hopefully some thought provoking writing (some published, mostly not) that gives a glimpse on my thought process and philosophical leanings. Currently, articles are a bit skewed towards those related to Malaysia, but I hope to address the imbalance in the next few months, particularly the business section. |
| Contact details |
| No entry to sensitive politicians, Internal Security Act agents, and people who take themselves too seriously. |
| Disclaimer |
| Just a small attempt at building a repository of thoughts and ideas on various topics of interest |
| Work: |
| Personal: |
| Today, too late? - article published in Business Times on the impact of launch of Today on the Singapore media market |
| 3G licence for Mediaring? - note to MediaRing investors encouraging them to bid for Singapore 3G licence |
| Business |
| Profile snapshot |
| Favourite publications : The Economist, Asian Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, Fortune |
| Favourite personalities : Herbert Kelleher, Scott Cook, Paul Krugman, Lee Kuan Yew, Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the 80's . |
| Least favourite personalities : Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in the 90's, Joseph Estrada, |
| Education highlights : Harvard Business School, USA (MBA, 1993-1995) Gray's Inn, UK (Bar School, 1989-1990) Bristol University, UK (law, 1986-1989) Charterhouse, UK (A-levels, 1983-1985) United World College of South-East Asia, Singapore (O-Levels, 1978-1983) |
| Career highlights : Maxis Communications (mobile telcom, 2003-now) JobStreet.com (online recruitment,1999-2003) KL Classifieds (publication, 1997-1999), The Boston Consulting Group (management consulting, 1994, 1995-1997), Allen & Overy (law firm, 1990-1993), |
| Favourite TV shows : Frasier, Desperate Housewives, Monk, The Practice, 24, Walking With The Dinosaurs, X-Files, West Wing, Ed, The Gilmore Girls |
| Favourite pastimes : Entertaining the kids, relaxed dinners with old friends, some quiet time with the Economist over the week-end. |
| Beggar thy neighbour - attempt at quantifying the economic impact of sour relations between Malaysia and Singapore (published in Sun) |
| Damn the commuters - a commentary on Kuala Lumpur's ineffective transportation system |
| Malaysia |
| Malaysian Entrepreneur Thinks Secret of Success is Classified - an AWSJ profile of my first entrepreneurial endeavour |
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| Who's the Batman? To find out, check out this Asian Wall Street Journal article. |
| So you want to reform the education system?- Article published in The Edge magazine attempting to resolve the Malaysian education crisis. |
| Personal |
| Baptism by fire - a note penned for the 5th year reunion of the Class of 1995 of Harvard Business School on things done since graduation |
| Last revised: 4 April 2004 |
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| Content |
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| Damn the new voters- A short, terse article written on the eve of the Malaysian general elections in November 1999. |
| Watch your back Visa, Vodafone is after your lunch - article on potential of mobile phone companies to become future payment networks |
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| Press coverage |
| "Taking the job search abroad" - article in Business Times (Singapore, December 2001) |
| Singapore |
| Beyond Careers - Feedback to Singapore Economic Review Committee on creating an entrepreneurial culture in Singapore |