Mohamed Zaid is a qualified foreign-going Master mariner with long maritime experience at management levels on global trading vessels with multinational crews. His maritime career started in the 1990s as a deck cadet with Maldives National Shipping Limited. After completing the required sea service of 36 months, he joined the LBS College of Advanced Maritime Studies and Research in Mumbai, India, to complete the first STCW competency examination for a navigating officer. His professional sailing experience at management levels includes dry-docking of vessels, shipyard delivery of new-build vessels, statutory ship surveys, ISM/ISO/audits, and Port State Control inspections, including US Coast Guard inspections. In the academic field, he began teaching as a visiting lecturer at the Centre for Maritime Studies, The Maldives National University (CMS, MNU) in 2006. He continued teaching maritime education courses for CMS, MNU, and private institutes whenever shore-based. Since July 2020, He has led the Centre for Maritime Studies at the Maldives National University as the Head of Centre.