ASIA ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY SDN. BHD. is a private company limited by shares and legally incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act 2016 with registration number 1230553-H and registered address at 9th Floor, Wisma Penang Garden, 42 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang, Malaysia.

The business name of ASIA ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY SDN. BHD. is AEA@ASEAN with business address located at 18-11-D Gurney Tower, Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Penang, Malaysia.

AEA is conceptualized, initiated, and founded by Dr. Joseph Lee who possesses 40 years of academic expertise and corporate experience in such industries as education & training, textile & garments, food & beverage, FMCG as well as management services.

AEA is organizationally structured by 6 divisions as follows:

   1. Applied Research & Survey

   2. Professional Education & Training

   3. Management Consultancy & Advisory

   4. Business Coaching & Practice

   5. Leadership Mentoring & Inspiration

   6. Strategic Partnership & Collaboration

All divisions are supported by 9 Advisory Boards consists of practicing academicians, professional researchers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, industry veterans, interest groups, and policymakers. The Organization's strategic direction, policies, and quality framework are regulated by the respective Board Members who are also the co-founders of ASIA ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY @ ASEAN.

The 9 Advisory Boards that have been established to oversee the AEA@ASEAN functions are:

1. PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD (PAB)

2. ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD (academicAB)

3. CORPORATE ADVISORY BOARD (CAB)

4. ASEAN ADVISORY BOARD - (aseanAB)

5. GOVERNANCE ADVISORY BOARD (GAB)

6. INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD (IAB)

7. SME ADVISORY BOARD (smeAB)

8. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD (r&dAB)

9. NGO ADVISORY BOARD (NAB)

Each and every Board consists of FIVE members whose appointments are by INVITATION ONLY.  All Advisory Positions are on an honorary and voluntary basis in support of AEA@ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy and Community Services Commitment (CSC) Practice.

Each and every Board member shall be invited to serve as the Chairperson of the respective Board they joined on rolling and renewable basis.

AEA is a genuine innovator, professional designer, concept developer, and copy writer of research & survey projects, education & training courses, consultancy & advisory programs as well as coaching & mentoring plans.

AEA is an Approved Centre (No. 1707095) of EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (EBMA), Cambridge, UK in Malaysia that promotes, recruits, and consults adult learners for its Ofqual-recognized Level 4-7 Diploma qualifications in ASEAN region.

AEA also serves as an official Recognised Business Partner (Cert. No.161) of LONDON SCHOOL OF MARKETING in the United Kingdom to market, recruit and counsel the LSM offered courses to suitably qualified mature students in Malaysia and ASEAN region.  LSM is an associate college of Anglia Ruskin University and working in partnership with the University of Northampton in the United Kingdom. 

AEA is an enterpreneurial service provider involving knowledge-based business in the lifelong learning industry that serves working adult learners, large enterprises, SMEs, GLOs, NGOs, trade associations, and education institutions.

AEA is driven by the emerging idea that there is a growing need for producing a new breed of business owner-managers and industry leaders who are not only managerially competent but also entrepreneurially oriented.

This includes further refining, reforming, reshaping, and revitalizing of one’s knowledge, experience, and expertise into applicable skills and competencies as his/her sustainable competitive advantage in work, business, family, and society.

AEA is in a better position to research, consult, train, coach, and mentor humble learners for enhancing their intelligent and intellectual quality to better fit into the demanding requirements of today’s increasingly complex and uncertain PEST environment.