Sabahan appointed UMS deputy vice-chancellor

KOTA KINABALU: Professor Dr Rasid Mail has been appointed as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) with effect from today (December 1).

The 49-year-old Sabahan from Bongawan started his service at UMS as a tutor since 1997 before being appointed a lecturer at the School of Business and Economics (now the Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy (FPEP) in 1998.

Rasid started his career as an accountant in several government agencies, including the Malaysian Cocoa Board and the Sabah State Ministry of Agriculture in the 1990s, and earned his membership as a Chartered Accountant from the Malaysian Institute of Accountants in 1996.

Since serving in UMS over the past 20 years, he has held various administrative positions such as Dean of FPEP, Dean of the UMS Postgraduate Studies Centre and Deputy Director of UMS Research and Innovation Centre, and was appointed as Professor of Special Grade C (VK7) in September 2015.

He has also been involved in 20 research projects and eight consultancy projects, as well as being involved in various publications of books, articles, journals and manuscripts at national and international levels.

His extensive experience in academia and higher education at the local and international levels has made him qualified to take on the responsibility as UMS Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International).