DARHIM DALI HASHIM Darhim Dali Hashim holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics with Statistics from University of Bristol, United Kingdom and is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). Over the last 15 years, Darhim has held several senior management positions in the services and Halal sector. His career advancement started with J.M Didier Asia, Brussels, Belgium in 1993 where he was assigned to prepare a report on the effectiveness of certain joint ventures between European companies and local corporations in South-East Asia.

Part of his duties were to gather information on statistics of commodities exported from Asia to the Europe and Union, performing analysis of the above statistics and interpreting results, conducting interviews with senior management of companies in the EU which had joint ventures with companies in South-East Asia. This culminated in presenting a report to the European Commission. Darhim pursued his career with Kingston Smith, United Kingdom, a firm of Chartered Accountants, in August 1994 specialising in the marketing services sector. His main duties and responsibilities include planning audit assignments, identifying risk areas and formulating appropriate steps to address them.

He then, joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, Malaysia in Dec, 1998 as the Manager in Assurance and Business Advisory Services , Energy Utilities Multimedia & Info-communications group. His career highlights to name a few are with Telekom Malaysia Bhd - Audit and Business Advisory whereby he was responsible for the interim and final audit of the Mobiles division for the national telecommunications company. Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd - Audit and financial reporting and Sapura Telecommunications Bhd - Corporate Governance Review. He was also involved in conducting training and recruitment.

In October 2001, Darhim joined Banyan Ventures Sdn Bhd, an independent regional venture capital company with a domain focus on telecommunications, media and web-based solutions. Darhim was appointed as the Investment Manager and Head of Finance, Admin & Human Resources, involved in the entire deal flow process and responsible for building up his own portfolio of investments in private companies.

Banyan Ventures was not spared from the fall-out of the "Dot-com bust" and September 11 and Darhim moved forward with an opportunity to be part of Nadicorp Holdings Sdn Bhd, a conglomerate involved primarily in public transportation as well as manufacturing, defence, plantations and agriculture. He was appointed as the Manager, Corporate Services & business development in May 2003. Darhim was also involved in various projects at the group level including the implementation of the Transport Group ERP solution, Corporate Profiling of Nadicorp Group, pitching for major government projects such as the Integration of public transport systems for Klang Valley and the Jakarta Monorail, and the listing exercise of the Transport Group "KTB". He was then promoted as Chief Financial Officer of Park May Berhad, a listed company taken over by Nadicorp.

In addition to overseeing the transportation business of Nadicorp, Darhim also lead in diversifying the group's activities into other industries such as agriculture. It was at this point that Darhim found a passion for the livestock industry and decided to specialise in that sector. He joined MLC Industries Sdn Bhd, as the Executive Director being head of operations. Darhim was responsible for day to day matters and implementation of the Group's plan of execution. MLC was an integrated meat supplier covering activities from breeding, feedlotting, slaughter, processing and distribution of fresh halal meat. Darhim had no qualms about literally getting his hands dirty from performing inspections onboard livestock vessels, mustering cattle into holding yards, overseeing the slaughter floor to selling fresh cuts of beef at retail outlets.

The hands-on experience earned him an appearance on Halal Journal TV, a television programme on the Halal industry as well as a place as moderator for the inaugural World Halal Forum in May 2006. His rare combination of on-the-field and corporate experience caught the attention of the Government of Malaysia and he was identified to spearhead the set-up of the Halal Industry Development Corporation ("HDC") an initiative of the Prime Minister's Office. He was the Director in charge of the Capacity Development Division. Darhim was responsible for HDC's operational matters and ensuring the successful execution of the designated projects. Darhim's main duties and responsibilities included promoting the division's strategic direction, providing input for the Business and Master Plan, devising new projects in line with the overall strategic thrust and allocating resources accordingly to execute the projects. He made a return to "World Halal Forum 2007" in his new professional capacity with HDC being the Host of the event. Darhim gave insightful presentations about Malaysia's Global Halal Hub agenda at various international events namely World Halal Forum Industry Dialogues in South Africa, China and Indonesia as well as at the "TUSKON Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge conference in Istanbul and the World Food Market in London. He was part of the pioneer team to devise the overall Strategic Direction of HDC that was presented to the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Besides his numerous experiences in the industry, Darhim's exposure to the international scene and his ability to converse in English, French, German and Malay give him an edge in spearheading a global initiative. Being the son of a former diplomat, Darhim had lived in seven different countries during his childhood before boarding at Oundle School in England. He continued to have the opportunity to travel during the term breaks and holidays to countries where his father was accredited as the Malaysian Ambassador including Pakistan, Russia, Sweden, the European Union (Brussels) and the United States.

A sound corporate and financial background coupled with relevant Halal industry experience topped off by ingrained diplomacy skills from an international upbringing makes Darhim the ideal candidate for the arduous task ahead under the International Halal Integrity Alliance. Darhim was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of International Halal Integrity Alliance in January 2008.

AHMAD AZUDIN BIN ABD. KHALID @ DINO KHALID Ahmad Azudin bin Abd Khalid @ Dino Khalid is currently the Senior Manager, Halal Standards & Systems of International Halal Integrity Alliance (IHIA). He first joined IHIA in July 2008 as the Manager for Halal Standards & Systems. With his knowledge and experience in the hospitality industries (restaurants, hotels and retail) and in training and development, he has since coordinated and managed the development of four (4) modules of the Global Halal Standard initiated by IHIA and presented at the World Halal Forum 2009. The four modules are logistics, food service, animal welfare and animal slaughter (poultry, bovine and ovine).

Dino received his tertiary education from the University of Tennessee, USA majoring in Civil Engineering: Structural. Upon graduation in 1988, Dino decided to start his career in the food industry starting with Silver Spoon Cafe's outlet at Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. During his tenure, Dino was appointed as a Corporate Trainer for Morrison's Incorporated. He was responsible for operation systems set-up and training of new employees.

Upon returning to Malaysia in 1994 after six (6) years with Silver Spoons, he joined Value Inn Management Sdn Bhd, posted at Merit Sri Sayang Resort Apartments in Batu Ferringhi, Penang as F&B Executive and later as Banquet Sales Executive. Dino's main responsibilities included planning of sales & marketing and promotion activities for room and banquet for the resort, developing SOP's (standard operating procedures) for the F&B department, facilitating QCC (quality control circle), and staff training and development. Following the expansion plan of the company, Dino was transferred to the Value Inn Klang in 1996 to set-up systems in the Sales & Marketing department. Among his other duties at Value Inn Klang included administering the Accounts Payables, handling of raw materials procurement for the hotel's F&B division (banquet department and M&D's Italian restaurant).

Dino switched his career to the retail industry at Carrefour Malaysia in 1999 and started as Sales Manager at one of Carrefour's outlet in Subang Jaya. He was put in charge to manage the salad bar department before being transferred to Jalan Peel (Cheras) outlet in 2003 to set-up the Fruits & Vegetables department. Among Dino's major responsibilities as Sales Manager was managing daily operations of the department, designing and modifying operations systems to ensure optimum productivity, guaranteeing food quality and maintaining hygiene standards, recruitment and development of professional skills of staff for career advancement, monitoring and analyzing of sales, profit margin, labor cost and managing stock inventory on weekly basis. Dino was selected as one of the trainers for Carrefour's training program in Halal & Hygiene, quality control, customer service and stock card / production card analysis.

Dino was promoted to Carrefour's head office in 2006 to set-up the Halal department for the company. He was able to design, implement and monitor the Halal & Hygiene audit system for a multinational hypermarket chain and responsible for all Halal related matters such as supplier selection, Halal & Hygiene training, customers' grievances pertaining to Halal and administering the Halal application for all Carrefour's local house brand.
Dino has established the "Carrefour Halal Guidelines" in 2006, and the "Carrefour Halal Audit System" in 2007 which is used as the basis in implementing the Halal procedures in Carrefour Malaysia. Product and process segregation between halal and non-halal products were established to ensure the confidence of Muslim consumers. Participating in Halal related seminars and providing consultation to local Bumiputera entrepreneurs in developing Halal products, organizing SMI/SME promotional events were some of Dino's accomplishments, whilst concurrently ensuring Carrefour Malaysia's success in promoting Halal products. During his tenure as National Halal & Hygiene Manager and later redesignated to Entrepreneur Development Manager, Dino represented Carrefour Malaysia as guest speaker at Halal related seminars. Hard work and determination enabled for Dino to win the "Corporate Social Responsibility" Halal Journal award at the 2008 World Halal Forum for Carrefour Malaysia.