Mokhtar Yaacob
Director
Industry Development Division
Mokhtar Yaacob
Mokhtar Yaacob joined MTC in 1996 as an officer at the Raw Material Supply Division. However, he left MTC in 2000 but rejoined in 2011 as a Senior Executive in the same division. He was promoted to Manager of the Industry Development Division in 2018.
A graduate with a BSc in Forestry (Forest Management) from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now known as Universiti Putra Malaysia), Mokhtar has experience in both upstream and downstream processes of timber manufacturing. He has also been part of many missions which involved raw material sourcing.
Alexis Chang
Director
Market Promotion Division
Alexis Chang
Alexis Chang graduated from the University of Edith Cowan in Perth, Australia, with a degree in Business. She possessed extensive experience in international trade, industry relations, communications as well as marketing and promotions, while working with a wide spectrum of stakeholders from various industries. She has served in MTC in various positions and has been involved in project managements, forestry and policy matters related to the timber industry as well as discussions on legality and sustainability compliance such as FLEGT VPA, amongst others.
Tan Ting Wai
Director
International Business Development Division
cum
Regional Head
MTC East Asia
Tan Ting Wai
Tan Ting Wai joined MTC on 10 October 1994 as an officer in the Management Information System (MIS) Unit before becoming the Manager of the Public & Corporate Affairs Division in 1997. He held this position until October 2012, when he was appointed as Regional Head of MTC Guangzhou, China. Tan had set up MTC Guangzhou as a wholly own foreign enterprise, responsible for trade promotion and marketing. Tan, who graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Campbell University, North Carolina, USA, in 1994, was appointed as Director of the International Business Development Division on 1 June 2020. He is also the Regional Head of MTC East Asia.
Noraihan Abdul Rahman
Director
Corporate Communications Division
Noraihan Abdul Rahman
Noraihan Abdul Rahman graduated with a degree in Business Administration majoring in Marketing from the University of Arizona, USA, in 1994. She started her career in MTC in 1995 as an officer in the Market Promotion Division before being appointed as its Deputy Director in 2010 where she assisted the Division’s Director in the planning and implementing trade promotion activities. She was appointed as the Acting Director of the Corporate Communications Division in 2018 before being promoted to Director on 1 June 2020.
Lau Li Har
Director
Strategic Planning Division
Lau Li Har
Lau Li Har joined MTC in July 2000 after graduating from Universiti Putra Malaysia with a degree in Forestry majoring in Wood Industry. She later received her Master of Science in Techno-Economy from the same University in 2014. Prior to joining the Administration Division in January 2018, she was the Deputy Director of the Industry Development Division and was assisting the Division’s Director in planning and implementing projects to augment the supply of raw materials, expand the technology base of the industry and enhance the use of timber among local specifiers and manufacturers.
