Hyder was born in Singapore and educated in Melbourne. He is a registered nurse (UK), a qualified lawyer, an accredited mediator as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in Australia. He has post graduate qualifications in business/management, law and nursing. He has served as an officer with the Royal Australian Air Force, both in Australia and overseas. He has published in areas such as trans-cultural nursing, health law, criminal law and military law. Hyder has also worked in indigenous health, paediatric nursing, aged care, as well as emergency . Hyder has experiences in a range of legal areas and has worked across the legal spectrum, from working Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for one of the world's biggest law firms, to General Legal Counsel of one of the world's largest Sovereign Wealth Funds. Hyder has also been a Human Rights Lawyer, working across a range of areas including discrimination and disability, a Military Prosecutor and a senior Commercial Lawyer in private practice. Hyder has served as President of the Islamic Council of Victoria, is a current Director of MCCA Ltd, Honorary Solicitor to the Australian National Imams Council, former member of the Australian Red Cross (International Humanitarian Law)(Vic), former Board member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia (Vic), as well as co-founder of the Muslim Legal Network Hyder is Legal editor of one of the largest circulating Arab newspapers in Australia: Al Wasat. In 2010, Hyder was appointed to the Expert Panel to the Australian Government's Board of Taxation review of Islamic Banking & Finance. Hyder is also an Honorary Associate in the School of Law within the Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University. Hyder is recipient of the 2010 La Trobe University Young Alumni Award, as well as the Australian Defence Force Medal, and in 2011 was nominated in the Top 100 most influential, inspirational, provocative and creative Melbournians.