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Chairman, Mafar Group · Bangi, Malaysia

Building
systems
with a soul.

I'm Arieffahmi—a former doctor building the trust infrastructure for independent healthcare in Malaysia.

Arieffahmi Abd Razak

Former medical doctor. Founder. Writer. PADI Divemaster.

Latest appearanceAl Banna Cast · Ustaz Aiman BannaAl Banna Cast · 20 Oct 2026
AWAKENING / NEXT FREE LIVEHigh Performing Bipolar: Hidup sebagai Usahawan dan Ketua2 Disember 2026 · Rabu · 9.00 malam MYT · Fatiha ShuibLihat sesi & daftar percuma

The work beneath the work

Business is the vehicle.
People are the responsibility.

I used to think building meant creating companies. The longer I lead, the more I understand that the real work is creating conditions where people can become stronger, freer and more useful to others.

Mafar is my long-term expression of that belief: healthcare with structure, technology with humanity, and growth anchored in trust.

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Current chapter · 2026

Mafar Group
Mafar clinic team outside Klinik Medicure WLY

Independent clinics.
Stronger together.

Malaysia does not need another clinic chain. It needs an operating layer that helps independent providers share capability, community and technology—without losing their identity.

9clinics
100+people
3regions
350+clinics consulted

One mark · Five companies

The whole ecosystem,
working as one.

Most clinics buy solutions one at a time. Mafar brings the business, care, capability, technology and visibility together around the same doctor.

01

Brick

50 clinics designed as trusted local health and leadership nodes.

02

Community

500 providers organised into 50 multidisciplinary clusters.

03

Technology

Mafar+ and MafarOS connecting data, loyalty, learning and operations.

Project 555 · One clinic, one cluster, one community at a time.

Explore the MMP ecosystem

A life, not a job title

Five fields of work

Everything connects.

01

Ecosystem Builder

Building the operating layer for independent healthcare.

Mafar connects clinics, providers, communities and technology—so good doctors can build stronger practices without standing alone.
02

Storyteller & Publisher

Turning lived experience into useful public thinking.

Writing about leadership, systems, capital and the honest interior work of building something meant to last.
03

Mental Health Advocate

Making survival visible—and hope practical.

A bipolar journey became a book, a public conversation and a commitment to build spaces where people can heal without shame.
04

Ocean & Diving

The ocean as classroom and community.

From the Red Sea to Dive2Heal and Divologist: creating experiences that connect breath, courage, belonging and the sea.
05

Advisor & Teacher

Helping builders see the system behind the problem.

Advising healthcare leaders, teaching clinic owners and designing partnerships that compound trust—not dependency.
The Dive2Heal community at a pool session

BREATHE

Dive2Heal · Divologist

The sea teaches
what a boardroom can't.

Underwater, there is no room for performance. You breathe, pay attention and trust the person beside you. Diving helped me live with bipolar disorder. Dive2Heal now opens that experience to others.

Discover Dive2Heal

Current chapter

What I'm
building now.

01

Guiding Mafar Group into its next chapter as Chairman.

02

Building the Project 555 partnership and capital engine.

03

Connecting mental wellness, publishing and ocean programmes.

Updated occasionally · a public snapshot

Thinking in public

All writing

Notes from inside
the work.

On screen & on record

The conversations behind the work.

Television and long-form conversations on mental health, medicine, leadership and the experiences behind the systems.

Explore the media archive
01 · Podcast

Al Banna Cast · 20 Oct 2026

Dr Arief pernah jadi Imam Mahdi┃Al Banna Cast

Arieffahmi joins Ustaz Aiman Banna for Al Banna Cast. Watch the full conversation for the context behind the episode title.

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02 · TV

TV AlHijrah · Assalamualaikum · 22 Sep 2026

Bipolar, Kawalan Emosi & Pemulihan

A television conversation with Dr Fakrul Azren Azhar on bipolar disorder, emotional regulation, treatment and the grounded work of recovery.

Watch on YouTube
03 · Podcast

MITI Malaysia · NIMP 2030 · Episode 08

Beyond the Hospital: Masa Depan Graduan Medic

A wider conversation on what medical graduates can build beyond conventional clinical pathways—and how healthcare, entrepreneurship and ecosystem thinking can meet.

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04 · Podcast

Ar Rasyidin Academy · Episode 10

The Journey Behind the Builder

A raw, long-form conversation about mental illness, identity, recovery, faith and the experiences that shaped the work being built today.

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FIVE FOCUSES. MANY WAYS IN.

What brings
you here?

Start with something close to your life. Follow it into a story, a conversation, or a different way of seeing.

7 CONVERSATIONS IN THIS THEME

High Performing Bipolar: Hidup sebagai Usahawan dan Ketua

Bersama Dr Arieffahmi Abd Razak dan Fatiha Shuib. Cita-cita, tanggungjawab dan batas diri. Perbualan tentang hidup dengan bipolar sambil membina perniagaan dan memimpin orang lain.

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Awakening memoir cover
THE STORY BEHIND THE SERIESAwakening, the memoir.Book RM45 · Book + 12 recordings RM99

AWAKENING / MEET & GREET

Kopi, buku &
sebuah perbualan.

12 November 2026 · 3.00 petang
TnL Cafe, Kinrara

RM99 seorang · Refreshment & 1 buku bertandatangan.
Kapasiti 20 orang.

Kenali coffee session

Speaking · Workshops · Advisory

Bring the conversation
into the room.

Talks that move people. Workshops that build people. Honest conversations on mental health, leadership, trust and the human work behind meaningful achievement.

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