Abdul Hannan W.

Dr. Hannan was, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA). Dr. Hannan has been at the helm of MQA since 2008 in 3 different periods. Educated in Kuwait, Egypt, UK and Australia, he obtained a PhD in the field of Higher Education Quality Assurance from the Queensland University of Technology. Apart from being an expert in higher education quality assurance, he is also active in multiple fields. He is a Current Affairs Analyst on VTV, Maldives; a Chartered Linguist and Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK; a supervisor of research students and a skilled Arabic calligrapher. He has established himself as a current affairs analyst in the Maldives and appears on a weekly live TV program called World on local channel VTV, as well as SS TV providing analysis of pressing world affairs issues. Hannan has been involved in journalism as a freelancer since around 2000, writing in magazines and newspapers; he has also been on the editorial boards of several local magazines (such as Adduvas weekly and Galan weekly). Currently, he is an editor and writer for the Maldives Business Standard, which is the only online business newspaper in the Maldives, published in both Dhivehi and English.