APOC Previous Speakers

Mr. Asanee Mallamphut

• Chairman of Thai Palm Oil Refinery Association
• Managing Director of Sime Darby Oils Morakot Public Company Limited is one of Thailand’s largest manufactures of cooking oil and leading in the consumer market.

Nationality: Thai
Age: 57 years
Born: May 18, 1963 in Bangkok
Education:

• Bachelor Degree (B.E.)
  Chulalongkorn University 1985
• Master Degree (MBA)
  University of Toledo, Ohio U.S.A. 1988

Career/Experience:

• 1999-Present:
  Managing Director
  Sime Darby Oils Morakot Public Company Limited
• 2015-Present:
  Head Asia Pacific
  Sime Darby Oils

Other Activities:

• 2010-Present:
  Chairman
  Thai Palm Oil Refinery Association

Dr.Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir
Director General of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)

Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez Bin Ghulam Kadir, FASc.Director General Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)

Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez is currently the Director General of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). He was appointed as Fellow of Academy Science Malaysia in 2016 and Member of National Biosafety Board (2018 – 2024). In July 2021, he was appointed as a Member of the Science Council of Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute (MARDI). He sits on various other Boards; Board of Trustee of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC, 2019 -2024), Board of Trustee of Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC, 2019 - 2023) and Board of Trustee of Institute of Malaysian Plantation and Commodities (IMPAC). Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez was previously the Chairman of Genetic Modification Advisory Committee under the National Biosafety Board (GMAC, 2010 – 2018). In October 2021, Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia (UPM). He is also very active in various professional societies including as the President of International Society for Oil Palm Breeders (ISOPB), Chairperson for the Asian Section of American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) and Board Member of The International Society of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (ISBAB).

Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez was born in Taiping, Perak and obtained his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah King Edward VII, Taiping. He graduated with Bachelor of Science (UKM) in Genetics, Master of Science (UKM) in Molecular Genetics and a PhD (UPM) in Plant Genetic Engineering. He has 32 years of experience in Plant Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Biosafety. He developed world first transgenic oil palm in 1997. His interest is in genetic modification of oil palm, biosafety of living modified organisms and oil palm sustainability.

He has obtained a number of prestigious awards both locally and internationally. He has 17 patents filed and six of them have been granted. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers in refereed journals and more than 250 conference papers.

Mr. Sanin Triyanond is a director of Patum Vegetable Oil Company Limited and Chairman of Thai Biodiesel Producer Association. He graduated Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and obtained a Master in Engineering Management from Duke University, USA.

He has been actively involved in the areas of palm oil and biodiesel industry for decade and participated in several government committees which have a significant role in developing and supervising oil palm and palm oil industry in Thailand, for instance, Thailand Oil Palm Board, the Drafting Subcommittee of Oil Palm and Palm Oil Act.

Dr. Fadhil Hasan is the Head of Foreign Affairs Division of Indonesian Palm Oil Association / GAPKI.
Previously he was the Executive Director of GAPKI from 2009 to 2017. Currently, Dr. Fadhil Hasan is the Director of Corporate Affairs of PT Inti Indosawit Subur (Asian Agri Group).
Dr. Fadhil Hasan held various positions previously among other as Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) and Director of Standardization and Smallholder Development of Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) and Member of National Committee for Economy and Industry (KEIN).
Dr. Fadhil Hasan graduated from Bogor Agricultural University, and earned Master of Science from Iowa State University, USA and Ph.D from University of Kentucky, USA majoring in Agricultural Economics.

Mohamad Hafiz Sa'adun,
Industry Technology Specialist of Novozymes Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Mohamad Hafiz is a Chemical Engineer with experience harnessing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to advance palm oil processing industry.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technology University of Malaysia.He started his career in the palm oil industry with Genting Plantations and this exploration eventually formed the strong foundation of Palm Oil processes.

He has over 10 years of experience in the palm oil and biotechnology industries, covering a very wide spectrum of responsibilities, including production, engineering, project management, process safety and leadership roles. Currently, he serves his duty in Novozymes as the Industrial Technology Specialist which enabling himself to expand as a subject matter expert in application of biological solution within Palm Oil industry.

Yonny Setiady joined Novozymes in 2018 as the Head of Food and Beverage in Indonesia; and was also responsible for Business Development in Vegetable Oil Processing. Her role eventually evolved to Commercial Head of Technical Industries (including pulp and paper industry) in Southeast Asia. Today, she holds the position of Commercial Head of Vegetable Oil Processing in Southeast Asia and Country Manager in Indonesia.

She graduated from Trisakti University in 2003 with a degree in Industrial Engineering and received an MBA, specializing in Finance from Nanyang Business School in 2008. With more than 18 years of extensive experience in palm oil industry with various functions covering strategic planning, business development, commercial activities, procurement and logistics, she found her passion in biotechnology, working together with partners in finding sustainable answers to our growing world.

Novozymes’ industrial enzymes, microorganisms, biopolymers and other proteins allow customers to achieve more efficient use of raw materials, reduce energy consumption, replace traditional chemicals with more sustainable alternatives and offer higher-quality products.

Mr.Samir Bhandarkar
Business Unit Head - CODEL of Forbes Marshall Private Limited

Samir Bhandarkar is a post graduate in Physics & Electronics having 30 years of various industrial product experience right from quality control to R&D to Sales and service. He is currently working with Forbes Marshall as a Business unit head in India handling Sales, Engineering & service department & also working as Global Sales head for M/s. CODEL International Ltd, UK (sister company of Forbes Marshall) and has 24 years of experience in Combustion and Emission monitoring products.

Dr.Sukganah Apparow,
Manager, Molecular Breeding Laboratory of Sime Darby Plantation Technology Centre Sdn. Bhd.

Sukganah Apparow joined Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) as Senior Scientist in the field of Molecular Breeding in 2011, right after obtaining a PhD in Plant Genetics from National University of Malaysia (UKM). She was responsible to set up a high throughput genotyping facility at Sime Darby Plantation Technology Centre (SDPTC), Serdang, Malaysia in 2015. The set up positions SDPTC among the top echelon of the world’s genotyping facilities and made possible the Edison Award 2017, New York under Energy & Sustainability category for SDP’s GenomeSelect^TM innovation. Her significant achievement in the GenomeSelect^TM project brought her the “SDP Employee Award” in 2016, followed by “Best Publication 2018” award. Currently, she manages the Molecular Breeding Laboratory at SDPTC which is a MS IEC/ISO 17025:2017 accredited laboratory for nucleic acid testing to provide genomic solutions for oil palm planters.

Mr.Samir Bhandarkar
Business Unit Head - CODEL of Forbes Marshall Private Limited

Samir Bhandarkar is a post graduate in Physics & Electronics having 30 years of various industrial product experience right from quality control to R&D to Sales and service. He is currently working with Forbes Marshall as a Business unit head in India handling Sales, Engineering & service department & also working as Global Sales head for M/s. CODEL International Ltd, UK (sister company of Forbes Marshall) and has 24 years of experience in Combustion and Emission monitoring products.

Mr.Samir Bhandarkar
Business Unit Head - CODEL of Forbes Marshall Private Limited

Samir Bhandarkar is a post graduate in Physics & Electronics having 30 years of various industrial product experience right from quality control to R&D to Sales and service. He is currently working with Forbes Marshall as a Business unit head in India handling Sales, Engineering & service department & also working as Global Sales head for M/s. CODEL International Ltd, UK (sister company of Forbes Marshall) and has 24 years of experience in Combustion and Emission monitoring products.