Dr Mohd Roshdi bin Hassan is the General Manager of KUM who was appointed in March 2022. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from Northumbria University, United Kingdom, followed by a Master’s degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from University of Sheffield, UK. Previously, he served as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

He began his career as a Consulting Engineer at Perunding Hashim & Neh. He then joined a contractor company, Perspec Prime (M) Sdn Bhd and was assigned as a Site Engineer (Resident Engineer) for projects at KLAS HQ (Pos Aviation) and subsequently as a Maintenance Engineer for KLAS Cargo.

After completing his PhD, he worked with Rolls Royce UTC at the University of Sheffield United Kingdom for 3 years. When he returned to Malaysia in 2008, he began efforts to establish an Aerospace Research Centre named Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC) in collaboration with Airbus, Rolls Royce, CTRM and UPM. Besides having served as General Manager R&D for AMIC, he has also served as Group Chief Technology Officer CTRM and Consultant for MIGHT-METEOR Advanced Manufacturing Sdn Bhd.

His main area of expertise is in materials engineering, particularly advanced composite materials and smart materials. His expertise in mastering the Russian innovation method knowledge namely TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), has led him to be involved with many industries in Malaysia. Among them, UMW, PLUS, AKSB, HALAGEL and PMBK.