TAN SRI DATUK DR REBECCA FATIMA STA MARIA

Malaysia

Female

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TAN SRI DR

She is a graduate of the University of Malaya with a B.A. (Hons) in English Literature. She received a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Malaysia in 1981. She also has an M.S. (Counselling) from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now known as Universiti Putra Malaysia). After receiving her Ph.D from the University of Georgia in Athens, U.S.A.

Tan Sri Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, began her career in the Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service in 1981 and served in various capacities in the then Ministry of Trade and Industry. In the course of her civil service career, she had a brief stint as the Chief Administration and Procurement Officer of the ASEAN Plant Quarantine and Training Centre, and contributed to human capital development at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN).
She retired as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) on 2 July 2016. As MITI Sec-Gen, a post she held since December 2010, she provided oversight for the formulation and implementation of Malaysias international trade policies and positions. This involved Malaysias participation in bilateral, regional (ASEAN, APEC, OIC) and multilateral (World Trade Organisation) fora.
On the regional front, she had a key role in ASEAN economic integration and chaired the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting as well as the ASEAN High Level Task Force for Economic Integration.
She was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Company on 29 November 2016.

RHB Bank Berhad, Sunway Construction Group Berhad; and Hartalega Holdings Berhad