Green Technology Annual Report

DATUK WIRA JALILAH BINTI BABA Director DR. NAGULENDRAN A/L KANGAYATKARASU Director Datuk Wira Jalilah Bin Baba , a Malaysian, is the Board of Director of Malaysian Green Technology & Climate Change Centre (MGTC). She is a thought leader and an expert in International Economics & investment-related matters especially attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) as well as project evaluations and government’s high impact incentives packages. She was the chief negotiator in attracting and evaluating various High Impact Investment Projects for Malaysia. Her knowledge and international networks have made her one of the most sought-after personalities in dealing with Foreign Direct Investments from various countries. She is active in several industry associations, whereby she was the first woman to be appointed as the President of Malaysia International Chamber of Commerce (MICCI) for a full term of three years. She is now an Advisor and a Council member for the SME Association Malaysia. She is one of the main reference personalities for investment-related matters by the media. She is still actively involved in numerous knowledge- sharing sessions, lecture series and interviews for various media channels namely hosting of Live Budget commentary sessions and as a commentator on the Malaysian economy with Bloomberg and other media channels. She is known as an articulate speaker with excellent public relations communications skills and has been the lead speaker for Malaysia at various national and international conferences. Dr. Nagulendran A/L Kangayatkarasu , a Malaysian, is the Board of Director of Malaysian Green Technology & Climate Change Centre (MGTC). Better known as Dr. Nagu, joined the Malaysian Government as a Diplomatic and Administrative Officer in 1995. For most of his career he has worked on issues related to biodiversity, biosafety and environment. His doctoral studies at the University of Nottingham focused on biodiversity governance in Peninsular Malaysia. He has been involved mainly in policy formulation, developing legal frameworks, diplomacy and negotiations as well as stakeholder engagements on many issues and facets of national and global environmental governance. He advocates that it is a joined responsibility of all to ensure environmental concerns are mainstreamed into national and global socioeconomic development agenda. He too advocates that changes at an individual level to live in harmony with nature is a powerful catalyst to augment the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. He is now holds the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Water. DIRECTOR’S PROFILE 18 MALAYSIAN GREEN TECHNOLOGY & CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT 2019