Tajuddin bin Ismail

Malaysian

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Executive Director

Executive

Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree from Louisiana State University, USA

Encik Tajuddin started his career in the rubber industry as a Rubber Instructor with the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia ("RRIM") in 1971 before being promoted to Research Officer in the Soil & Crop Management Division. He had been a Group Leader of the Integrated Farming Group of the RRIM and Advisor to Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority on the implementation of integrated farming projects in rubber and oil palm plantations and RRIM State Advisory Officer for Selangor. He was later promoted to Manager of the RRIM Experimental Station in Sungai Buloh where he was involved in the management and supervision of approximately 420 staff and plantation workers. In 1994, he received the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board's Gold Medal Award for his contributions in integrated farming research. He last served as the Deputy General Manager/ Senior Consultant of RRIM-Consult during his employment with the RRIM. He was the Head of the Taman Warisan Pertanian Project in Putrajaya, a project undertaken by Marditech Corporation Sdn. Bhd., from 1 December 2002 to 30 June 2004. He is currently an alternate Board member of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority.

Direct Interest - 20,000 Ordinary Shares of RM0.10 each