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Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron
CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council since 2007 and former Director General of the Malaysian palm oil research institute from 1992 to 2006.
Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron is the CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council. He is a lifelong scientist, with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Canterbury (NZ), Masters degrees in Engineering, and Business Administration, from the University of Leuven, and a PhD in Applied Economics and Management Science from the University of Stirling.
He was Director General of the Malaysian palm oil research institute (known first as PORIM and later as MPOB) for 14 years from 1992-2006. He has been CEO of MPOC since 2007. Dr Basiron is a Fellow of the Malaysian Academy of Sciences, and was President of the Organization from 2009-2012.