Tan Sri Abdul Rahman joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ("MITI") as an Assistant Director on 18 April 1975 and served in various capacities in MITI for 35 years before retiring in December 2010. 

During his tenure in MITI, he also served as MITI's representative on the board of various companies and corporations including Malaysian Industrial Development Authority, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, Johor Corporation, Regional Economic Development Authority, Sarawak and Small and Medium Corporation, Malaysia, Pahang State Economic Development Corporation and Malaysian Technology Development Corporation.

Tan Sri Abdul Rahman has represented Malaysia in numerous international meetings, negotiations, conferences and symposiums and has also contributed towards formulating, implementing and monitoring policies and programmes on international trade and industrial growth as well as entrepreneurship development. He was an honorary member of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations, a Malaysian Leader for the High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration and is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the International Council for SME & Entrepreneurship-Malaysia.

He currently serves on the board of several private, public and listed companies, and is also a Trustee of a non-profit organisation and a charitable foundation.

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