Bakri bin Ishak

Upon graduation in 1985, Ir. Bakri bin Ishak began his career as a Design Engineer with the Public Works Department of Malaysia (JKR) and later was subsequently promoted as a District Engineer. After ten years of service, JKR sent him for a Master’s Degree in Japan for two years and upon returning in 1994, he was seconded to KLIA Berhad to lead the construction of KL International Airport (KLIA) and was promoted to be Assistant General Manager, Construction. Subsequently, he joined Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd (AZRB) as a Project

Manager. After eleven years of service in AZRB, he left as an Executive Director, Operation and joined Gabungan Strategik Sdn Bhd as an Operation Director in 2012.

With about 35 years working experience in the construction industry, Ir. Bakri Ishak has vast hands-on experience as Project Manager and Project Director for various construction projects including low-medium rise buildings, high-rise buildings and infrastructure of both elevated highways, interchange, rail tracks including the first Mass Rapid Transit V1 (MRT-V1), Jalan Duta Highway, Persiaran Putrajaya and other developments such as housing and shop lot development, hospitals, stadiums, universities, mosques and other public amenities such as Masjid Tuanku Mizan (Putrajaya), Universiti Teknologi Petronas and several other prominent buildings.

With a great exposure in construction of variety of projects, the educational team of UTM and KLIA invited him to be a guest lecturer to specifically share his valuable experience and to give a lecture on Safety Engineering to Executive Master in Occupational Safety & Health (EMOSH) course students. Aside that, he also was selected to be a member of various subcommittee as a Technical Advisor such CIDB, UTM and KLIA College.