Datuk Shahul Dawood is the Chief Executive of Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp), an agency under the Ministry of Human Resources responsible to the nation’s talent development aspirations.

Well known for his entrepreneurial acumen and corporate experience of more than 25 years, he led the organisation through a massive transformation in a short span of less than 3 years. This was marked by the rebranding HRDF to HRD Corp in December 2021 and the biggest expansion of the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001, which now covers employers in 18 sectors and 238 subsectors.
Under his leadership, HRD Corp also introduced a number of new stakeholder-friendly policies that are geared towards strengthening the organisation’s speed, agility and transparency. He also took HRD Corp through its digital and human capital transformation initiatives in the last three years.