Raja Dato' Seri Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Shah is a member of Perak

Perak

Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

 Royal Family. He was born on December 28, 1958. Raja Dato' Seri Ashman is the son of Sultan Azlan Shah

Azlan Shah of Perak

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullah, GCB, KStJ is the current Sultan of Perak. He was the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1989 to 25 April 1994...

. He is the Raja Kechil Sulung of Perak

Perak

Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

 which makes him the 4th heir to the throne of Perak

Perak

Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

 Sultanate.

Education

Raja Dato' Seri Ashman holds a Degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

, England

England

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, a Master of Laws from Cambridge University; Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records beyond...

, London

London

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, and a Diploma in Business Law from University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

, England.

Business career

Raja Dato' Seri Ashman has held a number of professional positions. These include:

Executive Director of Dreamland Holdings Bhd. - since 1990 (Director 1988-1990)
Chair of the Board of Trustees of Haqqani Foundation Malaysia (HFM)- since 1994
Chair of Dwitasik Sdn. Bhd.
Director of KKB Engineering Bhd.

Religious

His Highness also holds an Ijazah (permission of investure) in the Naqshbandiya Haqqaniya Order of Sufism from Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad Nazim 'Adil al-Haqqani, the Grand Mufti of Cyprus and Imam of the Naqshbandiya-Haqqaniya Order of Sufism