Bachelor of Pharmacy, Western Australia Institute of Technology (1982)
Diploma in Management, Malaysian Institute of Management (1989)
Masters in Business Administration, Keele University, United Kingdom (2000)

Puan Zaiton had accumulated over 20 years of experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. She began her illustrious career as a pupil pharmacist with the Ministry of Health in 1982. Thereafter, she joined the sales and marketing team of United Italian Trading Corporation in 1984. In 1985, she served as the Assistant Medical Information Manager for the South East Asia Regional Office of Novo Industri A/S. In 1989 ,when Novo Industri A/S and Nordisk Gentofte A/S merged to become Novo Nordisk A/S, the worlds leading producer of insulin, she was appointed as the Business Development Manager of Malaysia, a post she held until 1993. From 1993 to 1997, she held the position of the Novo Nordisk Country Manager for Malaysia. In 1997, she became the General Manager of Novo Nordisk Pharma (M) Sdn Bhd until 2007.

During the long stint with the Novo Nordisk, Puan Zaiton helped establish and grow the Novo Nordisk business, mainly in insulin and oral diabetes care, haematology and womens therapy. She held roles in the areas of general management, sales and marketing, business development and training.  In addition, she was involved in lobbying and making presentations to the government. An expert in her field, she was regularly invited to speak on scientific as well as motivational topics. She has served on the board of several organisations throughout her career, namely, as member on the MARA Council (2000-2002) and a director on the Board of Directors of Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation Sdn Bhd (Jan 2006  Dec 2008). She was also the former President of the Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia (Mar 2005  Dec 2007).

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