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Ensuring Sustainable Palm Oil: Challenges in Indonesia & Malaysia
Mohammad Hafezh Abdul Rahman
Dr. Kasdi Subagyono
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC), Malaysia
Chairman of ISPO Secretariat, Secretary General at the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Indonesia
Mohammad Hafezh Abdul Rahman, no stranger to the palm oil industry. He looks forward to getting the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme to be globally accepted as a valid economic tool in ensuring that it is responsibly and sustainably produced. He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council on 15 February 2021. He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Multimedia University (MMU) and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the National University of Malaysia (UKM).
Prior to his current assignment, Dr. Kasdi Subagyono has held strategic positions at the MoA as Director General of Estate Crops, Director of Planning Bureau, Executive Secretary of Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, and Director of Indonesian Agroclimate and Hydrology Research Institute. He received his Ph.D in Geoscience from Tsukuba University in Japan, in 2003, and completed his Master degree in Soil Science at Gent Universiteit, Belgium. His area of expertise includes agriculture policy and planning, hydrology, soil conservation, and climate change.
ASIA PALM OIL MAGAZINE | Oct-Dec 2021
