Professor Lock is the Executive Chair of the Washington Accord. He is a Professor (Engineering) at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and the Head of its Energy Efficiency Technology Centre. He plays and active role in promoting sustainability and energy efficiency in Singapore, being the current Chairman of the Accreditation Committee for Energy Service Companies and the Co-Chair of the Singapore Certified Energy Managers Scheme. For his contribution and leadership in energy efficiency and sustainability, he was bestowed the Public Service Star in 2020 by the President of the Republic of Singapore.
He has a unique blend of practicing and academic experience acquired through a career which is equally split between the industry and the academia. He received both his B.Sc. (1975) and Ph.D. (1979) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was a faculty at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore for 17 years when he left to set up his consulting practice in 1997. He returned to the academia as a professor at SIT in 2016 after 20 years in the industry.
He is an Emeritus President and an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES). He served as the Founding Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Board, IES, from 2002 to 2009, leading IES to become a signatory of the Washington Accord in 2006. He is a registered Professional Engineer (Electrical) and served as a Board Member of the Professional Engineers Board, Singapore for 14 years. He is a Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore and a Senior Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology.
He is the co-Laureate of the 2021 WFEO Medal for Excellence in Engineering Education awarded by the World Federation of Engineering Organisations..
Professor Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd. Hamdi Abd. Shukor was born in 1971 and raised in Muar, Johor. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree from the Imperial College, London, England; a Master of Science degree in Advanced Manufacturing and Management Technology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom; and a Doctor of Engineering degree from Kyoto University, Japan.
His academic career commenced in 1995 in Universiti Malaya (UM) as a tutor and he later became a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture in 1997. He was then appointed as the Head, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture (2003-2006). He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and then served as a full Professor in 2010. He was also the former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, UM (2009-2011) and the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), UM (2011-2014). On top of that, his service and expertise are also recognised internationally. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015-2016.
His astounding academic excellence as well as his remarkable leadership quality have made him a natural fit to helm Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as its Vice-Chancellor in 2019 and in November 2020, he assumes the role of leading Universiti Malaya as the 13th Vice-Chancellor.
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Prof. Ir. Dr. Zuhaina Zakaria holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1989. She pursued further education and acquired her Master's degree from Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 1997, followed by a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom in 2005.
She has been working in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) for more than 30 years and currently a Professor in the College of Engineering. Her main research interests are in the areas of energy efficiency, power quality, load profiling and power system analysis. Currently, Prof Ir Dr Zuhaina Zakaria is the Dean for Institute of Postgraduate Studies, UiTM.
Her commitment extends beyond academia, as she actively engages in engineering professional societies. She is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of IET, and presently holds the esteemed position of Honorary Secretary at The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).
Her influential role also encompasses her recent appointment as a member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia, along with her responsibility as the Chair for the Engineering Technology Accreditation Council.