Aiman Izan

Trained in philosophy, politics and economics. Working in people. Most of what I do sits where those meet: where talent comes from, why it stays, and what makes a young graduate choose one door over another.

By the numbers

Some of it fits in a figure.

1.1M

views on @mysunwayjourney, Sunway's student recruitment Instagram, in 12 months

4.90/5

peer-recommendation score for the Sunway Agility Challenge 2026

3× Gold

at The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards 2026, every category entered

3,000+

students met across six UK cities on the Sunway UK Career Drive

6,932

GE15 postal ballots sent home from the UK and Ireland before the deadline

15%

increase in monthly allowance for MARA-sponsored students after our policy paper

Now

Sunway Group,
Group Human Resources.

Senior Associate, Talent Management. Talent acquisition, employer branding, campus partnerships and workforce research across 13+ business units.

January 2026 – present · Promoted from Management Associate

Learning & development · Programme manager

4.90/5

Sunway Agility Challenge 2026.

Two weeks of live business cases across Group HR, Sunway Hospitality and Sunway Multicare Pharmacy: 49 students in 10 teams. Participants rated it 4.90 out of 5 for recommending to peers, interest in a Sunway career rose from 3.86 to 4.43 year on year, and the programme came in under budget.

Redesigned team grouping, lifting teamwork ratings from 4.06 to 4.53
Added a 4-day job-shadowing challenge, the top-rated case
Led a team of 4 piloting the SAC Growth Track

Partnership & Collaboration

Taking Sunway to campus: Employer Day at UNITEN, UTM and UTP.

About 400 participants across three campuses, and around ten career fairs reaching 1,000+ students. I am also building a work-based learning partnership with Universiti Malaysia Kelantan with two more business units, and piloting Sip & Share, a coffee-chat series with ICMS.

Owned channels

1.1M

views in 12 months on @mysunwayjourney, plus the Industry Snippets series and MSJ Insider, a monthly newsletter to 2,400+ students and graduates.

Recruitment portal · SEO & GEO

Making Sunway findable.

Audited the careers portal for search and AI visibility, and designed a bilingual redesign with a two-minute QR registration flow.

Storytelling

My Journey with Sunway and Sunway Speaks.

Producing two employer-brand video series with colleagues across the Group, from first brief to final cut.

Workforce research · ongoing

Talent for southern Johor.

A position paper on attracting and keeping talent at Sunway City Iskandar Puteri, with a sourcing plan built on TVET institutions across Malaysia.

Awards

Gold in all three categories entered at The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Good Health & Wellbeing; Talent Management. I led the submission and represented Sunway Group at the regional DEI pitch for the Asia ESG Positive Impact Awards.

Employee experience · proposal

Reaching every employee.

Studied five channels on data control, audit trail and PDPA risk, and proposed how to reach staff without company email. Presented to the working committee.

President's Office · 2026

Beyond HR.
A new industry for Sunway.

Alongside my Group HR role, I work with the President's Office on a potential new business for Sunway: researching the market, assessing partners and building the financial case. The work contributed to senior leadership's approval to proceed.

Due diligence

A partner assessment framework built to be reused.

Layered across manufacturers, assemblers and distributors, testing strategic fit, financial health and operational capability with PESTLE and Porter's Five Forces.

Financial modelling

~9

scenarios stress-tested in a full model: income statement, cash flow, IRR, ROI and ROCE. Validated by the finance team.

Market research

Mapping where Sunway could play.

Studies of emerging markets in mobility and energy: industry structure, key players and the opportunities around them.

15

interviews behind an end-to-end staff experience review, which I turned into recommendations presented to the Chairman.

Before this

How I got here.

2024 – 2025

Management Associate, Organisational Development

Sunway Group · Group HR

Led the UK Career Drive across Edinburgh, Coventry, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and London, meeting 3,000+ students
Directed Sunway Employer Day 2024 and 2025, with 15+ businesses and 1,600+ students
Grew the Campus Ambassador Programme from 16 to 30 students across 14 events
Founded @mysunwayjourney and the MSJ Insider newsletter
Designed and delivered the Sunway Agility Challenge 2025 for 50 students across six business units
Supported award wins including Life at Work Awards Best Organisation and GCA 2025 Top 15 Employer

2023 – 2024

Management Associate, Group Internal Audit

Sunway Group

Audited seven divisions, from property development and construction to travel and pharmacy
Captured ESG data for Sunway's Bursa sustainability reporting

2021

Intern, Group Asset Management Marketing

UDA Holdings Berhad

Researched the hotel market and shaped post-COVID strategies for the group's hotels and resorts

Outside the office

Service, family and community.

Dewan Muda Johor · Aug 2026 – present

Youth Assemblyman for Tenang.

One of 112 members of Johor's official youth assembly. As Research Executive for the Committee on Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure & Communications, I was lead debater on the motion to transform Johor's public bus system, benchmarking London, Singapore and Jakarta.

Cemerlang Tani · 2025 – present

Advisor to the family business.

My late father founded our agricultural business in 2005. Pro bono, I help with strategy and branding: 20+ acres of oil palm, black soldier fly larvae farming, and the Kebun Rahsia brand.

SDARA · 2025 – present

Deputy Secretary, SDAR Alumni.

I lead Biasiswa Pendidikan SDARA, an RM30,000 annual scholarship for underprivileged students, and organised the SDARA London Reunion.

Kelab Sosial Sunway · 2026 – present

Elected Exco member.

One of 17 Exco members running social programmes for 16,000+ Sunway employees.

Selangor Youth Community · 2024

Volunteer, Crown Prince Golf Charity Cup.

Raised RM1,375 for charity selling mulligans on the course, and supported the organising committee at the closing ceremony.

2020 – 2023

Three years in the UK.

At Warwick and beyond, I spent most of my time outside lectures organising for Malaysian students across the UK and Ireland.

UKEC · Deputy Chairperson, 2022 – 2023

Acting President of a 140-member Supreme Council.

I founded Tube Sarong London 23: Aku Anak Rantau, a Hari Malaysia celebration that drew 500+ Malaysians, and set up Ramadan in Spring, which raised £1,850+ to feed 300+ students across London and Ireland. I also moderated the Royal Town Hall in London with the Crown Prince of Selangor. Previously West Midlands Regional Chairperson.

VoteMalaysia UKE · 2022

6,932

postal ballots sent home for GE15. As Director of Operations, I coordinated 70+ Malaysian societies running 55 collection centres.

JPA-MARA Special Operations · 2022

+15%

monthly allowance for MARA-sponsored students. I wrote the policy paper, ran a cost-of-living survey with 400+ responses, and engaged the Prime Minister and ministers on the case.

The Hibiscus Rugby · 2021 – 2022

Co-founder and spokesperson.

A touch rugby association for 100+ Malaysian players in the UK.

London · 2022 – 2023

Front of house, then team leader.

Restaurant work in London, ending as team leader of 12 front-of-house staff at Meet Bros Steakhouse, handling 400+ covers a week.

myORATOR UK

Head of Logistics, Protocol & Liaison

Warwick Malaysian Students

Director of Logistics, Project Co

BPN UK

Media Officer, West Midlands

Warwick Rugby Union

Member

Education

Johor to Coventry.