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Petaling Jaya, My

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Country representative to support Australian trade with Malaysia in the Agribusiness sector and Food & Beverage sector. Key accomplishments: • Identify, define and propose activities for annual business plan and budget to feature Australian capabilities and Malaysian opportunities in food and agribusiness;• Managing 2 Business Development Managers in providing business services to Australian companies; • Facilitating market engagement for Australian companies such as supermarket promotions, market visits, trade show support, product showcases and other promotional activities;• Provided insight and support around Australian trade policy priorities and advocacy for businesses affected by Malaysian regulatory barriers; • Ensure timely reporting of deliverables and outcomes of sector activity, including monitoring and evaluation of outputs according to the Austrade performance framework;

Singapore

Developed and implemented work plan and pipeline of activities as focal point for a number of high-level events to showcase British soft power diplomacy in Singapore. Key accomplishments: • Science is GREAT reception in conjunction with the Commonwealth Science Conference to highlight excellence of UK-Singapore scientific partnerships;• High level lunch for HRH the Duke of York with University Chancellors to discuss on potential way forward for UK-Singapore collaborations;• Queen’s Birthday Party 2017 graced by Senior State Finance Minister Ms Indranee Rajah, key tasks including sponsorships, thematic conceptualisation, events management, etc.;

Singapore

Developed and implemented work plan and pipeline of activities as departmental focal point for marketing objectives and strategy for FY 2017/2018. Key accomplishments: • Conceptualised country and regional marketing and communication plans for 6 high value sector campaigns for FY 2017/2018;• Managed Business is GREAT Reception and communication plan for UK International Trade Secretary, Rt Hon Liam Fox to highlight UK-Singapore business partnerships;• Event Manager for Department of International Trade Marketing Conference for NEA, SEA and ANZAC;

Singapore

Developed and implemented work plan and pipeline of activities as Work Package leader for FP7 project SEA-EU-NET II advocating ASEAN-EU regional collaboration in science. Key highlights: • Work Package leader responsible for day-to-day management of Work Package 2 “Jointly Tackling Societal Challenges” deliverables, specifically for the Health thematic;• Task leader of Work Package 5 “Dissemination Activities” responsible for producing and implementing communication plan for project output through newsletter, website management and social media handling (Youtube, Facebook and Twitter);• Management of project budget for BHC (value of 380,000€), and coordinating activities of 5 task leaders and 14 contributing partners under work package, including thematic workshops and international conferences, e.g. ASEAN-EU STI Days 2014, 2015 & 2016;• Aligning work plan and project activities to support key EU policies, interest and messages such as regional advocacy towards ASEAN Member State resolution at UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance;• Provided periodic briefing to EU Delegation in Singapore’s Science & Technology Counsellors meeting, DG RTD and DG SANTE around key activities and output to ensure close cooperation and timely input from relevant EU stakeholders. Also supported EU delegation input to ASEAN COST;

Bangi, Selangor

Company focal point for corporate communications and business development, led by one senior manager and leading two business development executives. Key highlights include: • PIC for company PR campaigns, industry exhibitions and media communications (including news feature on TV3, Malaysia SME Magazine);• Establish and organize marketing events for business development and sales, including training workshops;• Prepare science-based advertising and sustainable palm oil advocacy materials on company products and carbon credit programme;• Assist in relevant business and marketing intelligence, including new product development;

Bangi, Selangor

Key lead for company corporate communications and business development, supervised by one senior manager and one assistant manager. Key highlights include: • Prepare corporate communication materials and coordinate public relations activities (e.g. Langkawi International Dialogue, PIPOC, BioMalaysia) advocating sustainable technologies for the oil palm sector;• Document collation, processing and archiving (Annual Performance Report, in-house research reporting, BioNexus Status compliance reports);• Involved in the application of government grants and related certifications such as ISO:9001, InnoCert and Green Tech Certification;• Executive Assistant to Chairperson of Malaysian Bio-Industry Organisation;

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Feature writing and supported events management for national and regional science communication and advocacy on Agbiotech. Key highlights include: • Wrote monthly feature articles for biotechnology-related current events and issues;• Monthly biotechnology news summary and news website updates;• Organize biotechnology industry advocacy events (BioMalaysia) or in collaboration with key agritech stakeholders such as Malaysian Agriculture Research Development Institute, Forestry Research Institute Malaysia etc.);• Co-authored Malaysian section of book on international science communication trends with the International Services for the Acquisition of Agribiotechnology Applications;• Event Executive for TWOWS-SCOPUS Women in Science Conference and Young Women Researcher Awards;

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- Provide laboratory demonstrations for undergraduates in selected subjects (Crop Sciences, Agriculture, Genomics, Plant Genetics, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Tropical Terrestrial Biology) - Report grading and assistance on assignments on the stated subjects.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- Interpretation and translation for UNHCR and related embassies for English-Mandarin-English.

Master Of Science (Msc), Science Communication

Activities and Societies: Shared Masters with National University of Singapore

Postgraduate Diploma In Science, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Weekend with the Turtles Programme

Bachelor Of Science, Biotechnology

Activities and Societies: Malaysian Nature Society of Monash University Malaysia