Interview with Din Merican

Prominent Blogger (The Malaysian DJ Blogger), Editor of The Malay Mail, President of the National Press Club and President of the National Alliance of Bloggers

Biography:

Din Merican served in government as a foreign service officer and central banker. Following this, he worked as a senior corporate figure in industry and commerce. Since 2002, Din has been a Visiting Professor (Global Strategy) the University of Cambodia. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the University’s Asia Economic Forum, and since 1996, has served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Phnom Penh based Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace.

Din received his tertiary education from the University of Malaya, and completed his postgraduate studies at George Washington School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington D.C in the States respectively on Kedah State and Bank Negara Malaysia scholarships. Din also studied at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France (1989), whilst working at Sime Darby.

Din is currently a consultant to the Penang Halal Hub Project and an independent director of Bina Darulaman Berhad, a public company listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. His popular blog “the Malaysian DJ Blogger” offers political commentary; although Din Merican was at one stage aligned with the Parti Keadilan Rakyat, he is now an independent commentator.

Edited Interview with Din Merican

This video is still in post-production. The final version of this video will be uploaded to YouTube and made available through this website.