Vice-Chancellor
Professor Zita Mohd Fahmi has served in the public sector for more than 30 years. She previously held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), and was the Special Advisor for the Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (QA Islamic). Professor Zita served as a Non-Executive member of the Hong Kong Council for the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational qualifications. She is also the former Secretary of the ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN).
Professor Zita was among the few pioneer officers in the early operation of the National Accreditation Board, or Lembaga Akreditasi Negara (LAN) when it was established in 1997. Over her years of service, she has been actively involved in setting standards, establishing and reviewing quality assurance mechanisms and capacity building initiatives in quality assurance. She was the co-chair of the technical committee teams who worked towards the successful establishment of the ‘Statement of Confidence’ (SoC) between the MQA and two internationally-recognised quality assurance agencies – the New Zealand Qualifications Authority of New Zealand (NZQA) and the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) in 2011.
In recognition of Professor Zita’s outstanding contribution to the promotion of quality and excellence in higher education nationally and internationally, she was awarded the ‘Quality Champions Award’ by the APQN (Asia Pacific Quality Network) in 2014.
Prior to joining LAN, she was a lecturer at the Faculty of Public Administration and Law in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and the Dean at the same Faculty. She holds a law degree (LLB) from London University and a Master of Laws (LLM) from King’s College, London University.
