Datuk Wira Jalilah Baba

Malaysian

Female

61

Non Active

Bachelor of Arts (Econ) Hons from University of Malaya

Datuk Wira Jalilah Baba, an Economics graduate, is an expert in handling investment related matters especially attracting FDI (“Foreign Direct Investment”); tax & customs related matters; Industry and the government’s high impact incentives packages. She is one of the reference centre for economics and investment related matters by the media such as being the host for Live Budget commentary session with TV3 and RTM & Bernama. She is known as an articulate speaker with excellent public relation communication skills and has been the lead speaker for Malaysia at various national and international conferences such as: “Invest Malaysia” in New York, Abu Dhabi, Beijing & Hong Kong; and “New Zealand Business Conference” in Auckland, New Zealand. Datuk Wira Jalilah Baba retired from the Government service as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of MIDA (“Malaysian Investment Development Authority”) in August 2011. She served MIDA for more than 30 years and was the chief negotiator in attracting and evaluating various High Impact Projects for Malaysia. Currently she is the Chairman of several private companies such as Crewstone International Sdn. Bhd., PKT Logistics Group Sdn. Bhd., Xadacorp Sdn. Bhd. and Mazda Logistics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. She is also a Board member of Malaysia Greentech Corporation and Education Malaysia Global Services.

1) RHB Capital Berhad 2) Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad 3) KOMARKCorp Berhad