South East Asia

Bismillah Binti Abdul Kader

Bismillah is Chief Executive of Internexia Sdn Bhd and Executive Chairman of Learnon Sdn Bhd. An outstanding educational specialist, she worked in the UK for 30 years and was a full-time government inspector of colleges.

Born in Penang and educated in Malaysia, she did her degree, post graduate studies and research at Birmingham University. She taught at Birmingham University, Aston University's Business School and in Further Education colleges.

Bismillah launched and manages highly successful companies in Malaysia and has trading relationships throughout South East Asia. Internexia (part of the Fujitsu group) focuses on the design, development and production of online multimedia courseware and programmes delivered over the internet. Expertise in educational assessment and evaluation has also led to her establishing accredited degree programmes and providing teacher training courses that are in demand throughout the region. Bismillah has an extensive knowledge of the regional market whilst retaining an in-depth understanding of the needs of European, Japanese and American providers.