Dr. Mohar Yusof has more than 28 years of entrepreneurial and managerial experience as well as scholarly and professional competencies in the multi-disciplinary fields of Family Business-Wealth, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Leadership and Innovation. He is a 2nd generation leader and steward of a family business founded in mid-1980s which is currently focused in business areas related to ICT services, digital app development, project management, education and training. In 2009, he founded a management consulting firm which since 2013, branded as BinaPavo, specialises in family business and family wealth advisory and development services. He currently serves in the Board of Directors or Advisors of several companies. He remains close to the industry by writing for and interviewed by newspapers and magazines in areas related to family business and family wealth management. He has been a speaker and panel in industry conferences, summits and webinars organised by the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia, The Economist, Hubbis, CPA Australia (Hong Kong office), private companies, government institutions and others.
Mohar is passionate about research, learning and development and remains as a full professor of leadership, family business and entrepreneurship, and Director, Academic Innovation, Centre of Continuing Education at UNIRAZAK. He was recognised by the Malaysian government as the Grand Winner–Outstanding Entrepreneurship Mentor, Ministry of Education Entrepreneurial Awards (MEA) in 2018. Later, he led in the writing of a book titled, ‘Entrepreneurial Leaders: Shaping the Malaysian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem’. Mohar is also a faculty at the Institute for Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College, USA, where he conducts private workshops on ‘Relationship Building: Investment and Networking’ and ‘The Path to Family Entrepreneurship: Virtues and Voice’. He is an active member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI – USA and Asian Circle) and the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia. He was the recipient of the Waesche Family Scholarship award and completed the Certificate in Family Wealth Advising from FFI. As a certified and licensed financial planner in Malaysia, he provides advice to HNWIs, families in business and families of wealth.