Contact Details

Ahmad Syafik bin Jaafar Tel : +6013-2096322

E-mail : asyafikj@gmail.com
Citizenship: Malaysia ▪ Date of birth: 28 October 1982 LinkedIn profile page:
Identification Card Number: 821028-14-6297 http://www.linkedin.com/in/asyafikj
Passport Number: A732780

Address
10, Jalan Bola Lisut 13/17, Seksyen 13, Shah Alam 40100 Selangor

Professional Aspiration
Summary of professional More than 15 years of business development and strategic planning roles with
experience and future some flair of branding and copywriting.
career aspirations
Involved in full time entrepreneurial ventures with a focus on market research,
innovation management, business planning, pitching and fund raising, sales and
marketing.
Looking for a role that serves in abovementioned functions and ready to learn
new skills on the go.

Skills and Proficiency (with accounts of achievements and experiences)

1. Language Proficiency  Bahasa Malaysia (Advanced)
 Bahasa Indonesia (Intermediate)
 English (Advanced)
 Japanese (Beginner)

2. Fact finding, Conduct desktop fact finding and analysis on new markets
Feasibility Study and
Market Intelligence  Southeast Asian countries, IndoChina countries, Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, India, Papua New
Guinea, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, South Korea, Pakistan,
Poland, Phillipines

Evaluate strategic partnership with companies from

 Eastern European, South Korean, Indian, ASEAN & Malaysian

companies

Find and evaluate new innovative products for the pipeline

 Phytomedicine products - Tinospora crispa, Labisia Pumila,

Orthosiphon stamineus, Andrographis paniculata, Phyllanthus
niruri

 Medical Devices – wound care products, hemorrhoid treatment

device (products with recurring sales potential)

 Biopharmaceutical products – biosimilars (monoclonal

antibodies), biobetters, vaccines

 Generics and patent pending pharmaceuticals

 Nutraceuticals – proprietary ingredients based on herbs and

 organic sources

 Animal testing/pre-clinical testing services in Malaysia

 Competitive market research to set up a women & children

hospital

3. Strategic  Managed a startup for 5 years with BOD from various

Management, Due international investors
Diligences &
Corporate Initiatives  Collaboration with Medicine Patent Pool, a WHO subsidiary in
collaboration with UNITAID on voluntary licensing of Anti
Retrovirals (ARVs) in Malaysia to increase access and
reducing the costs to government
 Manage employers’ SMECorp SCORE rating initiative –
obtained 4 stars of 5
 GCC Central Supply Chain Management Proposal & GCC
GMP audit
 Myanmar Central Supply Chain Management &
Pharmaceutical Plant feasibility study

 Patawali and Kacip Fatimah Herbal Phytomedicine Project

under Ministry of Science and Technology Grant (Technofund)

 Halal Meningococcal Vaccine Production- Capabilities Buildup

Project and Certification
 Viability study of setting up virtual business model in India
 Manage 2 National Key Economic Areas projects under the
Government initiative (Entry Point Project) under
PEMANDU to research and develop high value Malaysian
herbals from extracts to full fledge pharmaceuticals – 6
Malaysian herbs in total with a government grant of RM100
million
 Feasibility project for Asian Cuisine Kitchen in Chengdu, China

4. Supply Chain, Order Manage end-to-end supply chain processes from supplier
Management and selection, procurement, production and delivery to customers
Logistics

5. Fund Raising &  Active search and source for government grants and financing
Stakeholder via various platforms and agencies.
Engagement  Work closely with Private Equity firms, Venture Capitalists,
Financial Institutions, Angel Investors and Crowdfunders to
raise private financing.
 Financing via banks and credit guarantors is also sourced
with an established network of contacts in government and
private establishment.
 Managed to raise MYR9.5 million in total for business
financing from various sources since 2015
 Worked with NGOs and Charitable Organisations such as
Malaysian AIDS Council, Yayasan Pemangkin and Yayasan
Farrash

6. Sales and  Manage business development team & sales and

distributorship distributor arm of 24 sales people
functions
 Network with prospective and respective customers and key
 management accounts management
 Outbound and inbound marketing
 Strategising on sales channels and rapport building
 Identifying new collaborations and business opportunities

7. Corporate and Government liaison and official communications with government

Government stakeholders, agencies, development bodies and key private
Communications customers on tenders, direct negotiation for Blue Book and
various supply scheme under Bumiputera (Native Citizen) criteria

8. Financial Analysis & Performing Financial Projections and Modelling, Key Financial
Projection and Ratios analysis like IRR, ROI, ROE, Acid Test
Interpretation

9. Business Plan and Ideation and design of business plans for healthcare industry
Business Model clients such as Women and Children Hospital, Hospice and
Validation Nursing Home, Contract Research Organisation, Biologics
Manufacturing, Wound Care Products Manufacturing

10. Corporate branding Embarked on brand personification and positioning for FMCG
products and a Women & Children Hospital

11. Microsoft Highly competent in Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Office

12. Bloomberg Trained with Bloomberg Malaysia to use the terminal to access
market financial data, company performances, industry news and
current economic landscape

Trained with IMS Malaysia, healthcare products database

13. IMS
provider.

14. CRM software Intermediate user knowledge on Salesforce.com, ZOHO

 Managed a team of subordinates under a the whoe

company and business development team
 Incumbent to University Student Representative Body member
15. Leadership and
people management  House Captain during A-levels College
 Batch Representative in School Student Council
 School Prefect High Council member

 Presented numerous pitches and proposals in front of

investors and stakeholders
16. Presentation and  Represented school in debate and elocution competition
public speaking
 Member of Toastmasters Club
 Presentation to top management on several projects

17. Entrepreneurship  Selected as winner of Malaysian Technology Development

Corporation Symbiosis Program in 2015 – technology
based commercialisation program
 Won awards such Young Entrepreneur Award 2021 by
Australian Alumni Council, AmBank Biz Race
 Raised investments from international investors
 Accepted and inducted into several international business
accelerator programs
  Started a few startups and learnt with steep curve – managing
people, projects, bootstrapping, crisis management

 Sourcing for innovative technologies globally

 Manages licensing and acquisition of technologies
 Liaison with stakeholders such as technology owners, legal
18. Innovation
entities, universities
management
 Due diligence for legal requirement of technology
commercialisation
 Conduct market validation for innovation needs

Managed logistics, booth set up, business matching, stocks

delivery in various local (MIHAS, Halfest, SIAL Malaysia,
19. Events management Selangor Invest, VegFest) and international (Seoul Food, Thaifex,
AFTEA Singapore) B2C and B2B events to source for leads and
sales opportunities

Worked with journalists from mass media companies and PR

20. Public relations consultants to create press kits for sponsored feature in
interviews and publications

Education
2002 to 2005 Bachelor of Business & Commerce, majoring in Accountancy
Monash University  Represented the university in InterVarsity Accounting Quiz 2004
Malaysia

2000 to 2001 Cambridge A-Levels (UCLES) - Accounting, Economics and Pure

UEM Foundation College, Mathematics
Lembah Beringin  Scholarship recipient of UEM Foundation (previously known as Renong
Group Scholarship Trust Fund)
(Pre-University)
 IELTS Band 7

1995 to 1999 Science Stream Malaysian Certificate of Education (O-Level)

Sultan Alam Shah School  Obtained A1 in all 9 of the subjects taken
(Government Boarding
School)

Past Work Description

Tenure Company Position Job description

November Time Engineering Secretarial Assisting in the preparation of annual reports and
2000 Berhad, KL Department accounts

Internship

June 2001 Intria Berhad (now Internal Audit Assisting in conducting audit of Intria projects in
known as UEM Johor Bahru (Hospital Sultanah Aminah)
Builders), Shah Alam, Internship
Selangor

September UEM Group Group Reporting  Handling financial and executive reporting for
2006 to Management Berhad Executive different subsidiaries across the company
March 2007 group in terms of monthly and quarterly
Industrial training reporting
 Conducting financial analysis for the
company’s group subsidiaries
March 2007 Pharmaniaga Berhad Executive, Corporate  Handling business development activities on
to Development project basis.
November Permanent  Conduct ongoing market, countries &
2009 Employment companies in-depth research, analysis and
profiling for the feasibility of doing business in
such market
 Preparing proposal and business plan to be
presented to top management
 Preparing business paperwork to source for
funds from the Malaysian Government i.e.
Technofund from Ministry of Science and
Technology
 Occasional involvement in strategic planning
initiatives such as annual operating plan,
business continuity plan and risk management

November Pharmaniaga Senior Executive,  Direct sourcing of biosimilar and vaccine

2009 to July Marketing Sdn Bhd Biopharma Business products from approved principals, involving
2011 Unit engaging principals one-to-one in their locality
 Conducting sales forecast and Return On
Permanent Investment analysis to gauge the profitability of
Employment each of the products planned to be sourced
 Devising business and marketing plan for the
products pipeline
 Perform feasibility study on long term projects
that involves joint venture with other parties
 Presenting proposal and paperwork of
business plan to the top management
 Creating new pipeline of products backed by
market research and survey
 Preparing business paperwork to source for
funds from the Malaysian Government i.e.
Technofund from Ministry of Science and
Technology

July 2011 East Coast Economic Senior Executive,  Project management in the East Coast of
to July 2012 Region Development Property, Tourism Peninsula Malaysia related to manufacturing
Council (ECERDC) and Manufacturing namely automotive parks, technology parks
Division and halal initiatives
 Assist in attracting foreign direct investments
Contract into the East Coast Economic Region and
Employment liaise and communicate with potential
investors
 Consistent communication and progress
updates with state government and local
municipalities
 Translating the aspiration of National
Economic Master Plan into actionable growth
plan for the economic corridor
 Conduct feasibility study and evaluation to
identify key competitive advantages that the
economic corridor possesses, and issues
need to be resolved for further development
 Work closely with appointed consultants in
managing projects and timeline deliverables

July 2012 Royce Pharma Head, Business  Manages a team of 3 and our appointed
to October Manufacturing Sdn distributors
2013 Bhd Development  Develop business development SOPs, and
framework
Permanent  Oversees strategic and business planning
Employment over the 5 year horizon
 Monitoring and research the pharmaceutical
landscape both local and international:
market, product patent expiry, regulatory,
competitive and opportunities
 Keeping rapport and build relationship with
stakeholders – suppliers, distributors,
concessionaires, customers and Key Opinion
Leaders, both in government and private
sector
 Sourcing for business opportunities relevant to
the company capabilities and future pipeline
such as licensing, contract manufacturing and
distributorship
 Looking into the legal aspect of business
relationship – vetting business contractual
relationship like Confidentiality Agreement,
Memorandum of Understanding, Collaboration
Agreement, Contract Manufacturing
Agreement and Service Level Agreement

October Natural Wellness Manager, Managing  Overseeing the routine daily affairs and
2013 to Holdings Sdn Bhd Director’s Office communication of the Managing Director’s
August office
2014 Permanent  Managing highly confidential business
Employment development and strategic projects
 Connecting the office to high level decision
makers and key policy makers, both private
and government sector
 Securing grants and financial assistance from
public institutions to undertake big scale
projects
 Ad hoc operational and executive assistance
to the MD

August JAD Solutions Sdn Director, Corporate  A member in the Healthcare Advisory
2014 to July Bhd Strategy / Principal Council in Gerson Lehrman Group, a
2017 Consultant consulting firm based in US
 Principal consultant in business development
Own Business functions
 Servicing healthcare portfolio – clients ranging
from R&D laboratories, medical device
distributors, chemical manufacturers, OTC
wellness manufacturers, integrated healthcare
service company, hospice and social hospital,
women & children medical center etc.
 Advise and assist businesses in maximising
and optimising their verticals
 Raise funds from financial institutions and
investors
 Matching opportunities locally and
internationally
 Designing pitch decks, business plans with
financial forecasts
 Corporate branding and strategy
 Sales and Marketing conceptual framework
 Revenue pipeline building and operational
excellence
July 2017 to FARMASIA Sdn Bhd Head of Business  Source for business opportunities suitable for
Jan 2019 Development the company
 Source for fundings available from private and
Permanent public investors
Employment  Involved in new product pipeline planning
 Involved in strategic and financial forecasting
of the business
Jan 2019 to Mimosa Medica Sdn CEO  Managing and running the business as
Jan 2021 Bhd intended by Board of Directors
 Ensure profitability of the business
Jan 2021 to NANKA Sdn Bhd, Co-founder / Head  Managing and running the business in its
now IRA NOAH LLP (MY) of Strategy entirety
& IRA NOAH PTE  P&L management
LTD (SG) Own Business  Managing order lead time
 Fund raising and pitching to investors
 Innovation management and technology
commercialisation under collaboration
 Market research and competitor analysis
 Designing and executing business
development sales & marketing strategies

Training, Conference and Convention

Training/Convention attended Organiser Venue

IMS and IMS PLUS Database Training, 2009 IMS Malaysia office IMS Malaysia office, KL,
Malaysia

Bloomberg Terminal User Training, 2009 Bloomberg, Malaysia Bloomberg Malaysia office,
KLCC

Creating Effective Presentations, 2009 Tactics Asia, Malaysia Tactics Asia office, PJ,
Malaysia

Dialogue with Herbal Industry, 2009 Forest Research Institute FRIM headquarters,
Malaysia (FRIM) Kepong,KL

Business Communications TACTICS Asia, Malaysia Tactics Asia office, PJ,

(19th – 20th July 2010) Malaysia

Biologic Manufacturing World Asia 2010 Terrapinn Pte Ltd, Singapore Raffles City Convention
(17th-19th March 2010) Centre, Singapore

Workshop on Preparation of Product Dossier Malaysia Biotech Corporation Hilton Hotel KL, Malaysia
Submission for Biosimilars in the USA (10th
th
– 11 February 2010)

Competitive Intelligence in Pharmaceutical & IBC Asia, Singapore Traders Hotel, Singapore
Biotech Industry
(13th -14th April 2010)

Referrals
No Name Position Company Relationship Contact details

Dato’ mohamada18@gmail.com
Managing
1 Mohamad Pharmaniaga Indirect superior
Director (ex)
Abdullah +6019-288 2728

Mr Abdul Chief abdulrahman_oct1961@yahoo.com

Royce Pharma
2 Rahman Operating Direct superior
Berhad +6019-313 1828
Razak Officer (ex)

Asyik drasyik@asyik.my
Dr Mohd Public Health Resources Sdn
3 Client
Asyik Specialist Bhd (Restu Villa +6012-308 5256
& Hospice)