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Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai (born September 18, 1967 in Penang, Simplified Chinese : 刘华才) is a Malaysian Politician. Dr. Dominic Lau is a certified Blue Ocean Strategy practitioner and currently the Associate Professor and Director of Applied Research Centre of UCSI University. He is also the founder of SQC Consulting Group, a leading consulting firm in Malaysia since June 1995 and currently acting as a Technical Advisor. Under the stewardship of Dr. Dominic Lau, SQC has developed its reputation for its professional services through a comprehensive network of offices in Penang, Johor, Ipoh, East Malaysia, Klang Valley.

Dr. Dominic Lau has showed his enthusiasm and passion in the political field and currently the Secretary General of Gerakan National Youth Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia actively involve in political aspects and contexts. He is also actively representing the youth wing to participate in the political debate, forum, etc.

BACKGROUND Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai was born in Penang in 1967 and attended Phor Tay Primary School, Heng Ee Secondary School and completed his Form 6 in Sek. Abdullah Munshi. Dr. Dominic Lau was the National swimmer and representing Penang from 1982 to 1987, and also the champian of the cross channel open competition in 1986.

He graduated from Campbell University in 1991 with a degree in Applied Science major in Chemistry, further pursuing his MSc in Engineering Business Management from University of Warwick in 1998. He obtained his PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2002 in Engineering Business Management.

Prior to joining UCSI, he was the Associate Professor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and headed the International Leadership Development Program (ILDP). His passion and interest in knowledge development has earned him an Associate Professor in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as well as the lecturer and academic supervisor for Warwick University, UK Master Program students. Dr. Dominic Lau also has been appointed as an external examiner for UTM PhD student and Southern College for BBA program. In addition, Dr. Dominic Lau has supervised 9 PhD students, 37 Master students and 9 Blue Ocean Strategy qualifying practitioners.

Apart of getting involved in the education line, Dr. Dominic Lau also actively conducted various seminars, talks, presenting papers and the guest speakers for events held nationally and internationally eg. China, Taiwan, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, etc.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION Dr. Dominic Lau is a practitioner in the field of quality management system and business management. He is an IATCA registered Lead Assessor (IRCA, QSA & MRCA). As a specialist in consultation and training of Quality industry, he has assisted numerous companies achieve business excellence by embracing the use of the state-of-the-art technical and management improvement systems and principles.

By virtue of his qualification and experience in the field of quality management system and business management, Dr. Dominic Lau was appointed by the Japan Register of Certificated Auditors (JRCA) to help the Japanese Auditors in Malaysia verify their competence in the Auditing System. He is also a registered consultant of the Department of Standard Malaysia and a registered chemist of Institute Kimia Malaysia (IKM) for his sought after skill and expertise in Business Performance Improvement, Total Customer Satisfaction, Total Quality Management, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 22000, HACCP, GMP, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 13485, ISO 15189, Process Reengineering, Change Management and Strategic Planning and Blue Ocean Strategy.

In addition, Dr. Dominic Lau was conferred with Certificate of Appreciation from Department of Standards Malaysia for his contribution and effort in promoting the adoption of Standard and Accreditation to Malaysian’s industrialists through mass media.

AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS Dr. Dominic Lau was also awarded as Honouree for The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award in year 2002 for the category of Personal Development and Accomplishment and also conferred as Penang Top 10 Outstanding Chinese Youth Award in year 2004. With his contribution to the Junior Chamber International has conferred him with JCI Senatorship 2006–Life membership.

BOOK PUBLICATION / PUBLISHED ARTICLES In recognition of his credentials, Dr. Dominic Lau is an appointed columnist in Malaysian’s leading dailies as Sin Chew Jit Poh, Kwong Wah Yit Poh, and See Hua Daily News. Besides, he has also made his presence felt on TV2 (VISTA programme), Ai FM, AEC Bloomberg ASTRO, RTM2 (What Say You), RTM1 (Selamat Pagi Malaysia), NTV7, 8TV Live Program in regards to management system program and current issue forum. He is a sought after speaker and participates actively in various national and international conferences. He is also active in research publications and has written numerous papers in academic journals. He has written six (6) books, in which four books in the areas of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and quality assurance.

Furthermore, Dr. Dominic Lau released his publication of “Blue Ocean Strategy” on 15 successful cases of the application of Blue Ocean Strategy in the Malaysian context and also published a book in regards to Blue Ocean Strategy in politics in 2012.

POSITIONS IN LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS 	President of Persatuan Persijilan Sistem Pengurusan Bagi Persatuan Cina Malaysia 	Board Member of The Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Teo Chew Association 	Youth Chief of The Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Teo Chew Association Youth Section 	Advisor of The Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Teo Chew Association Youth Section 	Advisor of The Malaysian Societies Executive Secretary Association 	Advisor of Junior Chamber Kuala Lumpur Mandarin (JCKLM) 	President of Persatuan Alumni BATC-WMG Network, Kuala Lumpur