PFS student leadership workshop 2018, sessions 3 and 4

Unfortunately, I was absent for this workshop again, the third and fourth days of the leadership workshop for the boys in Forms Four and Five that was held last weekend. Originally, I was meant to assist in these two sessions way back in April but it coincided with the general election's nomination day. The Election Commission had commandeered the Pinhorn Hall at Penang Free School to become one of their operations centres. We were thus left high and dry and forced to postpone our programme to another day. The earliest opportunity decided on was the 14th and 15th of July, but these dates were inconvenient for me as I had already made some other plans. Nevertheless, the workshop went on. We shouldn't be delaying it just because one of the coaches was indisposed. There'll be other workshops planned.

Therefore, what I'm writing here is just a brief third-party report because I was there. I heard the workshops went off very well. Moreover, we uncorked a surprise guest. Ahmad Ibnihajar is an Old Free and he had been invited to share his experiences with the boys at the dinner on Saturday night. But who is he?

According to an undated report from Bloomberg, Ahmad Ibnihajar is a corporate figure having held several posts such as being the Chairman of AMI Insurans Berhad. Independent Non-Executive Chairman of D'Nonce Technology Bhd and since 27 Nov 2015, the Chairman of KUB Malaysia Berhad. He served as a Director of United Traders Securities Sdn Bhd from 1984 to 1991 and Taiping Securities Sdn Bhd in 1995, both of which are in the stock broking business. He is a Member of the British Institute of Management, holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics and Business Administration from University of Malaya in 1975 and is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistic & Transport, Malaysia.

The next leadership workshop is due to be held at the School on 28th and 29th of this month with participants from the Form Six classes. Now, this time I shall be involved....

Here's why I believe we should continue holding these leadership workshops at Penang Free School.

Ahmad Ibnihajar's sharing session