We create safe, dignified spaces where lived experience becomes empathy, understanding, and meaningful community change.
At A Voice To Be Heard Limited (AV2BHL), we believe every person’s journey carries insight, resilience, and the power to reshape how society understands recovery, mental health, incarceration, and stigma.
We help these stories be heard — not judged, not fixed, nor defined by the past, but honoured as real human journeys, shared with dignity, care, and pride.
Our Vision
A society where lived experience is valued, stigma is reduced, and every person — regardless of past struggles — is heard, respected, and supported to belong.
Our Mission
Dignity | Empathy | Integrity | Respect | Community
Mohamed Ismail bin Abu Bakar is the Founder, Managing Director, and Chief Innovation Officer of A Voice To Be Heard Limited (AV2BHL). He is a seasoned counselling practitioner and psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience across Singapore’s social service, mental health, halfway house, and correctional ecosystems. He holds a Master of Arts in Contemporary Therapeutic Counselling (Commendation) from the University of Hertfordshire (UK), and is a Certified ACTA Trainer (IAL, SUSS) as well as a recognised Family Life Education Trainer/Facilitator by MSF.
At AV2BHL, Mohamed leads strategy and innovation, with strong expertise in curating lived-experience narratives, programme and event design, facilitation, publishing, digital storytelling, community engagement, and impact-driven marketing. He spearheads the organisation’s flagship initiative, The Human Story Book (THSB)—a storytelling and publishing platform that amplifies recovery journeys to break stigma, restore dignity, and drive healing across prison, post-release, and community reintegration spaces.
Muhammad Harmizan bin Abdul Hamid is the Chairman and Director of A Voice To Be Heard Limited (AV2BHL) and a strategic partner to the organisation. He is a senior operations and governance leader with over 25 years of experience across the public service, corporate, and non-profit sectors. Trained as an engineer at NTU and holding a postgraduate degree in Economics and Business Management from the London School of Economics (LSE), he brings strong strategic, systems, and governance expertise.
Harmizan has held leadership roles at IBM and served as Executive Director of an IPC charity, where he led digital transformation and achieved the Singapore Quality Class Award. He was Chief Operations Officer at SimplyIslam Education Group, and is known for bridging corporate discipline with community values to strengthen organisational sustainability and social impact.
Abdullah Arief Ali serves as Director and Treasurer of AV2BHL. He is a Financial Services Manager with over 18 years of experience in wealth management, estate planning, and financial services, specialising in asset protection, trust structures, and legacy planning. He holds a Master’s degree in Asset and Wealth Management and a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy), with strong expertise across high-net-worth advisory, fund administration, compliance, and investor relations.
Beyond the financial sector, Arief contributes actively to community leadership and governance, serving as a Board Member with LBKM Lembaga Biasiswa, Kenangan Maulud, and the TAA Trust Fund. His professional credentials include IBF Level 3, Certified NLP Practitioner, Certified Enneagram Practitioner, and specialised training in alternative investments and quantitative strategies.
Arief brings a values-driven perspective to resilience, stewardship, and long-term wellbeing—bridging financial literacy, personal responsibility, and community impact with clarity, discipline, and integrity.
Mohammed Sufian B. Mohd Noor serves as Director of Rehabilitation & Recovery Management at AV2BHL, contributing his expertise at a strategic and advisory level. Professionally, he works full-time as an Assistant Programme Strategist and Certified Peer Support Specialist with a leading non-governmental organisation.
He brings strong, practice-based experience in addiction recovery, prison rehabilitation, and community reintegration, informed by both professional training and lived experience. Having spent nearly a decade incarcerated for drug-related offences, Sufian offers rare insight into the psychological realities of addiction, early recovery vulnerabilities, and the complex task of rebuilding identity after incarceration.
Sufian is also a co-founding member of Agent of Change and a Lead for Recovery, championing desistors and ex-offenders through peer-led support, advocacy, and reintegration pathways. His work focuses on pre-relapse moments, where emotional overwhelm, shame, and cognitive narrowing often emerge. He remains deeply committed to restoring dignity, strengthening wellbeing, and walking alongside individuals nationwide.