Hi! Thank you for your interest in the Acumen Fellowship in Malaysia. The Malaysia Fellows Programme is a leadership transformation opportunity nurturing a new generation of leaders with the skills and character to create lasting change. We are looking for our third cohort of Acumen Fellows in Malaysia.Qualified applicants are:- Full-time working professionals who are leading or are an integral part of building an initiative that aims to eradicate poverty or injustice.
- Based in and committed to long-term social impact in Malaysia, with strong personal impact record locally.
- Ready and willing to participate in an intensive, year-long personal and professional leadership journey.
- Typically following one of the below trajectories:
- Entrepreneurship: Founding or leading a for-profit or nonprofit providing critical goods or services to the undeserved.
- Intrapreneurship: Creating innovative solutions to tackle poverty or injustice from within an existing institution by shifting its culture and building new collaborations.
- An organizational builder within a for-profit, nonprofit, or government organization: Alleviating poverty or injustice with key decision-making power but not as the founder or CEO.
Take this simple eligibility quiz to find out if you should apply for the programme.