Professor Abdul Qadir Ibrahim is a Polymer Chemist by training, an Environmentalist by vocation and a socio-environmental activist by disposition.  He has had almost 40 years of experience in financial, material and human resources management in the university system; 20 in top management. Equally, he had been embedded in community service and civil society activities within and outside the university system for over 30 years, with pioneering role in many instances.