Dato’ Haji Khairil Bin Haji Awang is the Director of Institut Aminuddin Baki, Ministry of Education Malaysia, the National Training Institute for Educational Leadership and Management. He holds a Masters Degree is Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ulster, and has gained wide experience in the filed of education since starting as a classroom teacher. He held several leadership positions in various departments in the Ministry of Education and has also led two schools in Malaysia as a principal.