Sr Mohd Zaid Zakaria holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering majoring in Construction Engineering and Project Management from the Oklahoma State University, United States of America (1999) and the first degree in Quantity Surveying from Liverpool (1986), United Kingdom. He is currently the Deputy Chief Executive I of Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Works, Malaysia. He has many years of experience in construction industry and now being responsible in developing and promoting program and tools to improve the quality, safety and professionalism across the construction industry other than ensuring the registered contractors are accredited according to the need of the national interest.