Managing Director and Group CEO, Green Packet Berhad
Datuk Wira Shahul Dawood is an accomplished corporate leader with over 30 years of experience spanning the entrepreneurial, public, and corporate sectors, with core expertise in business transformation, digitalisation, human capital development, and strategic partnerships.
He currently serves as the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Green Packet Berhad, where he is leading the organisation into its next phase of transformation, with a focus on innovation, inclusion, sustainable growth, and meaningful impact.
He previously served as the Chief Executive of the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) under the Ministry of Human Resources from 2020 to 2025, where he was instrumental in driving one of the country’s most impactful talent development agendas — reaching millions of Malaysians and forging partnerships across industry, academia, government, and international organisations.
During his tenure, he led HRD Corp through the COVID-19 pandemic and spearheaded a major organisational transformation that included the rebranding of HRDF to HRD Corp and the expansion of the PSMB Act 2001. Under his leadership, HRD Corp’s assets under management increased from RM2.01 billion to RM4.1 billion, alongside significant digital transformation, governance enhancements, and operational reforms.
In 2025, Datuk Wira Shahul was instrumental in conceptualising and driving the ASEAN Year of Skills (AYOS) 2025, a flagship initiative under Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship focused on advancing regional human capital development, future-ready skills, and cross-border collaboration. As Advisor to AYOS 2025, he helped bring together governments, industry leaders, academia, and regional and development partners to strengthen workforce capabilities, promote lifelong learning, and support the development of a more competitive and resilient ASEAN workforce.
Datuk Wira Shahul Dawood holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Warsaw Management University, Poland, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Universiti Malaya (UM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), where he shares practical insights drawn from more than three decades of leadership experience across the public and private sectors.
His earlier roles include:
Founder, Dawood Holdings
General Manager, JobsDB Malaysia
Senior Director, Informatics Malaysia
Datuk Wira Shahul currently holds the following positions:
Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer, Green Packet Berhad
Deputy President, ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
Adjunct Professor, Universiti Malaya (UM)
Adjunct Professor, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
His leadership continues to be guided by a commitment to economic empowerment, regional collaboration, lifelong learning, and the development of a future-ready workforce, while building high-trust partnerships across government, industry, academia, and international organisations.
