Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the governing body which manages the affairs of the council and decides the overall policy and direction in carrying out MSPO activities.
In addition to the Chairman, the members of the Board comprise representatives from the Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (MPC), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), academia, research and development institutions, non-governmental organisations, oil palm industry associations, smallholder's organisation and civil society. 

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  • Chairman

    Mohd Haris graduated from the University of Arizona, in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. In 2019, he attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.

    He began his career in 1995 as a trader with Cargill in Malaysia, where he was involved in the trading of palm oil and palm products and ensuring uninterrupted supply of feedstock to the refineries. He relocated to the Philippines in 1999 to join Cargill’s copra crushing operation where he was involved in sourcing of copra across the Philippines and merchandising coconut oil in Europe. In 2001, he moved to Nestle Malaysia and was subsequently transferred to London to join its global cocoa procurement and price risk management desk. In 2006, he was relocated to Singapore to establish Nestle’s Commodity Procurement Centre for Asia, Oceania and Africa Regions and was appointed General Manager & Head of Global Oils and Fats.

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  • Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Perladangan dan Komoditi) Kementerian Perladangan dan Komoditi (KPK)

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  • Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)

    Datuk Dr. Parveez is the Director General of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. He was involved in research related to genetic engineering of oil palm and its biosafety. His main focus is to change the fatty acid compostion and synthesizing novel metabolites such as biodegradable plastics. Datuk Dr. Parveez is also involved in screenhouse planting of transgenic oil palm.

    He has also conducted biosafety related studies, such as effects on insect and environment, horizontal gene flow and pollen viability. Datuk Dr. Parveez was supervising a number of Research Officers and Postgraduate students on their research related to genetic engineering of oil palm or other species.

    He was previously the first Chairman of Genetic Modification Advisory Committee (GMAC) Malaysia and has been very actively involved in the drafting of regulations and guidelines for the Malaysian Biosafety Act 2007.

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  • National Association of Smallholders Malaysia (NASH)

    Adzmi bin Hassan is the Secretary General (NASH) since 2016. Born in 5th October 1953, He was a graduate of Msc Agriculture Economics (Agribusiness) from the University Of Missouri, Colombia Missouri. He started his career with the government as an Assistant Development Officer of Lembaga Kemajuan Ternakan Negara (Maju Ternak).

    In 1984, he served with the Malaysia Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (PORLA) which is now known as Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) till October 2011. He was Director General of Registration and Licensing in MPOB before offered a position as a Senior Research Fellow in 2011. In September 2014, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Institute of Malaysian Plantation and Commodities (IMPAC-MPIC) till 6th April 2016.

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  • Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB)