TAN SRI DATUK DR YUSOF BIN BASIRAN

Malaysia

Male

74

Chairman

1. In 1972, he obtained Bachelor in Chemical Engineering Degree from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand; 2. In 1974, he obtained his Post-Graduate Degree in Rubber Technology (ANCRT) in the United Kingdom; and 3. In 1976, he obtained his Masters Degrees in Engineering specialising in Industrial Management (M.E.) and also Business Administration (MBA) at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Before he joined Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) in 1979, he held the position of Rubber Technologist/Techno-Economist with the Rubber Research Institute (RRI)/ Malaysian Rubber Research Development Board (MRRDB). In 1986, he completed his doctorate with a PhD in Applied Economics and Management Science from the University of Stirling, Scotland. He was later appointed as the Director-General of PORIM in 1992. He held the position for 8 years until April 2000 before assuming the role of the Director-General of Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB), an organisation which existed as a result of a PORIM and Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (PORLA) merger, from 1 May 2000 until 18 January 2006.

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Details of interest held in CB Industrial Product Holding Berhad:
Ordinary Shares
Direct Interest: Nil
Indirect Interest: 800,000