Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yusof Basiran

Biography

Tan Sri Yusof holds a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, a Post-Graduate degree in Rubber Technology from the North London Polytechnic in the United Kingdom and Master degrees in Engineering specialising in Industrial Management and Business Administration (MBA) from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Tan Sri Yusof completed his Doctorate with a PhD in Applied Economics & Management Science from the University of Stirling, Scotland in 1987. Prior to joining the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) in 1979, Tan Sri Yusof held the position of Rubber Technologist/Techno-Economist with the Rubber Research Institute/Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board. He was later appointed as the Director-General of PORIM in 1992 and held the position for eight years until April 2000 before assuming the role of Director-General of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, a merged organisation between PORIM and the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority, from 1 May 2000 to 18 January 2006. Tan Sri Yusof was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council. Tan Sri Yusof is currently the Chairman of CB Industrial Product Holding Berhad. He is also a Board member of Bank Negara Malaysia and Sime Darby Plantation Berhad. Apart from holding distinguished corporate positions, Tan Sri Yusof is also involved in other organisations, among others, a Senior Fellow and past President of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and Fellow of the Malaysian Oil Scientists’ and Technologists’ Association, the Incorporated Society of Planters and the Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Research Interest

Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture