Dr Mahathir bin Mohamed, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, has been confirmed as a speaker for the international leadership summit Leaders in Dubai, to be held in Dubai on November 28 – 29.
During his term in office, Mahathir turned Malaysia into a regional high-tech manufacturing, financial, and telecommunications hub through his economic policies based on corporate nationalism, known as the various Malaysia Plans. These policies remained in effect almost to the end of his tenure in office.
He is credited with spearheading the phenomenal growth of the Malaysian economy, now one of the largest and most powerful in South East Asia.
Growth between 1988 and 1997 averaged over 10 per cent and living standards rose twenty-fold. Poverty was almost eradicated while social indicators such as literacy levels and infant mortality rates are now on a par with developed countries.
Mahathir joins eight other business and political headline names, including Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, and former American President Bill Clinton (via video cast) in the debate on leadership best practices.
