Dr Simon Lee

Dr Simon Lee began his career joining the Malaysian Police Force in 1975, completing tactical training before being stationed in Ulu Kinta, Ipoh. He advanced through the ranks to Sub Inspector while balancing police duties with academic pursuits.

Maintaining a commitment to continuous learning, he earned a law degree from the University of Wolverhampton in 1995, an MBA from Universiti Utara Malaysia in 2005, and completed his DBA in 2015, with a doctoral thesis focused on human resource management within the Penang Police and the organisational impact of corruption.

Following his police career, Dr Lee has undertaken teaching and consulting roles with major corporate clients. He has received recognition from multiple government agencies, including the “Bentera Pasukan Polis” medal from Malaysia’s King in 2014 and the Pingat Jasa Pahlawan Negara in 2019.

Safian Omar

Safian joined the Malaysian Armed Forces in 1984 as a commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Malay Regiment, serving until 1992 as an Army Captain. During his service he held various positions including Platoon Commander and Battalion Artillery Commander, and completed specialised training in Artillery and Bomb Specialist studies in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Following military service, he transitioned to hospitality, joining Impiana Resort Cherating in 1993 where he became Chief Security Officer, before periods in private security and the financial sector managing security operations and fraud prevention.

Returning to hospitality, he served as Groups Security Manager for Gula Perak Berhad, Director of Safety & Security at Four Seasons Resort Langkawi (2004–2017), and Director of Loss Prevention at The Andaman, A Luxury Collection Resort Langkawi (2017–2021). He currently serves with the Sabah International Convention Centre in Kota Kinabalu.

Padmaraaj Marudadorai

Padmaraaj Marudadorai is the Loss Prevention Manager with Marriott International. Reporting directly to the Property General Manager, he leads a cross-functional team spanning assistant managers, supervisors, health and safety officers, and outsourced security personnel.

Padmaraaj brings a notably diverse career background to his security leadership role, having previously served as Cluster Assistant Human Resources Manager. This combination of HR and loss prevention experience gives him a rounded understanding of hotel operations, people management, and compliance.

A graduate of B.H.M.S. Lucerne, Switzerland, and Olympia College Kuala Lumpur, Padmaraaj is also an HRD Corp Accredited Trainer and Certified Departmental Trainer for Marriott Properties. As an Industry Advisor with Asianhotelier.Org, he represents the emerging generation of hospitality professionals — versatile, compliance-driven, and committed to building safe, well-managed hotel environments.

Hazali Zakaria

Hazali Zakaria is a seasoned security and safety professional with over two decades of experience across luxury hotels, major convention facilities, and high-profile public institutions in Malaysia. Beginning his hospitality career as a Human Resources Assistant in 1998, his journey to Director of Safety & Security level is a compelling example of cross-functional growth having built expertise across sales and marketing, convention operations, retail security, and hotel security leadership before arriving at his current specialisation. His career spans a broad range of environments giving him a depth of situational experience that few security professionals can match.

Earlier exposure to sales and marketing roles across several well-known Malaysian hotel brands gave Hazali a well-rounded understanding of hotel operations beyond the security function an advantage that informs his collaborative, guest-aware approach to safety leadership. He is a Certified Counter Terrorism Practitioner and Certified OSH Coordinator, and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Malaysian Association of Hotels Kuala Lumpur Chapter, Safety & Security Committee.

As an Industry Advisor with Asianhotelier.Org, Hazali contributes deep expertise in hotel safety, security governance, crisis preparedness, and regulatory compliance areas of growing importance across the region’s hospitality landscape.

Lambda Murray

Lambda Murray is a hospitality professional whose career spans over two decades across guest services, concierge operations, recreation management, and security leadership within internationally branded properties in Malaysia, Singapore, and Macau. Beginning as a Front Office Agent in Singapore, he progressed through concierge and guest services roles building a strong foundation in guest experience, service excellence, and team development along the way. A longstanding member of Les Clefs d’Or, he was recognised with the Best Concierge Award by the Asia Pacific Association in 2011.

A deliberate career pivot took Lambda into recreation management at Sheraton Grand Hotel Macao, before transitioning into Loss Prevention first at W Kuala Lumpur and subsequently as the Complex Director of Loss Prevention, where he led security operations across a large dual-branded property complex. His security expertise encompasses emergency response, OSHA compliance, crisis management, and high-profile event security planning, and he has achieved a 100% Associate Engagement score for his department across consecutive years.

Most recently, Lambda has transitioned into Rooms Division leadership as Director of Rooms, bringing together his broad cross-functional experience into a single operational mandate. As an Industry Advisor with Asianhotelier.Org, he represents the kind of versatile, multi-disciplinary hospitality professional whose unconventional career path offers genuinely distinctive insights for the next generation of hoteliers across Asia.