Zaid Hamzah

Mr. Zaid Hamzah is an AI & Data strategist & practitioner specializing in AI value creation, AI governance, AI in law,
finance (conventional and Islamic finance) & cybersecurity. Author of the book “Islamic Private Equity and Venture
Capital: Principles and Practice, he is an AI patent holder and a Learning & Development strategist & practitioner.
In the field of Islamic finance, Zaid is a transactional lawyer and business advisor in the area of AI deployment for
Islamic finance transactions – he advises on AI strategy for both conventional as well as Islamic banking & financial
institutions including deployment of agentic AI frameworks leveraging large language models and reasoning engines.
Zaid is currently a Fellow at the National University of Singapore where he runs programmes on AI Governance, AI
Innovation Management, Intellectual Property Rights in AI Innovation, and Commercialisation of AI Innovation. Zaid
is deeply involved in AI R&D and innovation. He is currently involved in AI research and innovation in the area of
agentic AI, decision intelligence and cybersecurity. As an educator & industry-based trainer in AI/machine learning,
Zaid focuses on applied learning to secure corporate outcomes & business impact to deliver long term value.
Author of 10 books spanning law, technology, intellectual property and AI, Zaid has over 30 years of professional
experience. He has previously served as (i) Microsoft’s Director for intellectual property and commercial software;
(ii) Senior Legal Advisor to Singtel’s joint venture with Warner Bros and Sony Pictures (iii) Chief Regulatory Legal
& Compliance Officer at publicly-listed Telekom Malaysia; (iv) Associate, Khattar Wong & Partners (Singapore law
firm) and (v) Singapore Government service. Zaid has a law degree from the National University of Singapore and
completed his Masters in International Relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
on a Fulbright scholarship. Zaid is a member of the Board of Directors, NIE International (National Institute of
Education which is wholly owned by Nanyang Technological University). He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, (“RSIS”), Nanyang Technological University where he specializes in
cybersecurity governance, law & investigations.