June 17, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
Dato’ Dr. Kamarul to assume office of ANRPC’s Secretary-General on 1
st July
Dato’ Dr. Kamarul Baharain Bin Basir will assume the office of Secretary-General of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) for a three-year term commencing 1st July. The appointment follows the decision taken by the 33rd Session of the ANRPC’s Assembly, held in Kochi (India), in October last year. ANRPC follows a system of rotation among member governments for appointing its chief executive officer. Dato’ Dr. Kamarul, a nominee of the government of Malaysia, succeeds Indonesia’s Prof. Dr. Djoko S. Damardjati who is completing the tenure on 30th June.
Dato’ Dr. Kamarul Baharain, former Director-General of the Malaysian Rubber Board, brings to the ANRPC more than 34 years of diverse experiences he had gained in developing the rubber industry of Malaysia through research and development, legislation and enforcement, supporting services, marketing and training. He had served the Malaysian Rubber Board in various capacities from 1976 onwards until elevated to become the Director-General in 2006, a position which he held until 2010.
He had also held various other positions like Chairman of International Rubber Trade Association, Chairman of Malaysian Rubber Exchange, Chairman of Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (UK), Member of International Rubber Research and Development Board, and Chairman Technical Committee of Standards Writing on Engineering Rubber Products.
After graduating in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in U.K. in 1976, Dato’ Dr. Kamarul was awarded Ph.D. from the University of Loughborough, U.K. in 1984 for his research project on internal mixing of fillers in natural rubber.
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Prof. Dr. Djoko S. Damardjati
Secretary-General