Usthaz Zaki

Ahmed Zaki, known as Usthaz Zaki, loves to share his knowledge and inspire others. He is a community educator, a motivational speaker and a social media influencer who is passionate about learning and teaching.

Introduction

Usthaz Zaki obtained his preliminary education from Foakaidhoo School and from Shaviyani Atoll Education Centre in Komandoo. His passion to teaching led him accomplish an Advanced Diploma in Teaching Secondary specialized in Economics from The Maldives College of Higher Education (now Maldives National University) with the first place commendation in 2005, completed Pre-MBA in The Imperial Institute of Higher Education, Colombo in 2007. He is a graduate of University of Wales UK having completed Master of Business Administration with Distinction and won Gold Medal for the best academic performance from the university. His passion is to educate and advocate people has always been remarkable who has 28 years of educational experience in the education sector of the Maldives. He has taught to over 15,000 higher educational students. Apart from his lecturing, he has also taken up several other professional engagements. The following are some of the significant tenures undertaken over the past years.

Vocational Experience

Assistant to Island Chief – (2001)
Atoll Chief In -charge- Shaviyani Atoll Office (2008)
Economics Teacher – EPS, Majeediya School, Ameeniya School (1999 – 2005)
Headmaster –
Thaa Atoll Education Centre, Sh. Atoll School, ADh. Atoll School, Foakaidhoo School (2002 – 2004, 2006)
Under Secretary, The President’s Office (2010)
Marketing Manager – MUNI Enterprises Pvt. Ltd (2013)
Deputy Minister of State – Ministry of Home Affairs (2009)
Deputy Minister –Ministry of Housing & Environment (2010-2012)
Managing Director – Perfect Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd (2009 – 2013)

Managing Director – MUI Maldives Pvt. Ltd ( Since 2009 -2018)
Lecturer – Maldives National University (Business Entrepreneurship, BBA)
Lecturer – Civil Service Training Institute (Conflict Resolution)
Lecturer – MAPS College (Human Resources Management, BBA/Entrepreneurship, MBA)
Lecturer – Clique College (Human Resources Development)
Lecturer – MI College ( Managerial Economics, Business Research & Entrepreneurship at Degree Level)
Deputy CEO– Solarelle Insurance Pvt. Ltd (2019 – 2020)
Head of Sales and Marketing – Agro National Corporation

International Collaboration and Engagements

He has also attended several different other trainings, workshops and seminars in several different fields ranging from counter terrorism to micro-hydro to pandemic influenza management to disaster risk reduction, climate change, adaptation and rehabilitation such as Train the Trainers on Pandemic Influenza in Cambodia (2009), Interpol Counter Terrorism Workshop in New Zealand (2009), Micro-Hydro Power Management Workshop in Nepal (2010), Disaster Risk Management Seminar in Bangkok (2009 & 2010), Professional Work Ethics Workshop, AIT Singapore ( 2009), Disaster Risk Reduction Seminar, USAID in Bangladesh (2009) and Trade Negotiations Workshop, UN ESCAPE (2017).

Publications

He has published several research papers in areas of his interest such as Impact of Perceived Sense of Fairness having an impact on teachers work performance in large government secondary schools in the city of Male’ (2008), Oral Hygiene Survey in the city of Male’(2016), Tips for small business entrepreneurs in the current economic situation in the Maldives (2017) and Cascading New Knowledge (2018).

Research Works

Usthaz Zaki is a research expert who is known as one of the prominent researchers in the Maldives. The scope of his research program includes demand surveys, opinion surveys, market researches, social researches and university dissertation supervisions. Zaki has undertaken several business research assignments in the corporate sector of Maldives. He has supervised over 200 graduate and post graduate dissertations over the past few years. Apart from lecturing at colleges and universities, he also conducts research workshops and training seminars on statistical analysis using IBM SPSS and other softwares.