Ybhg Datuk Wan Ahmad Shihab Wan Ismail

Biography

 YBhg Datuk Wan Ahmad Shihab Wan Ismail, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of BiotechCorp on 30 April 2012. He holds LLB (Hons) degree from International Islamic University Malaysia and was a Chevening Fellow at University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. YBhg Datuk Wan Ahmad Shihab began his career in Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s cellular division. He joined KUB Malaysia Berhad as Special Officer to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, handling among other things, corporate communications, corporate social responsibility and special functions. He left KUB in 2002 to join the National Economic Action Council as a Consultant in the Globalization Division, handling matters relating to bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. He was later appointed as Special Officer to YAB Dato Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Hj Abdul Razak in 2004, who was the then Deputy Prime Minister. YBhg Datuk was later promoted to hold office as Special Officer and Divisional Director, overseeing and monitoring various areas which include science and technology, telecommunications, transport, tourism, energy and works since 2009. YBhg Datuk Wan Ahmad Shihab is currently a Commission Member of the Land Public Transport Comission (SPAD). He also sits on the Boards of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), Powertek Energy Sdn Bhd and 1Malaysia Energy (Langat) Sdn Bhd. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia.

Research Interest

Biotechnology and Bioeconomy