Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
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Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez Bin Ghulam Kadir, FASc.
Director General
Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Email: parveez@mpob.gov.my
Datuk Dr. Ahmad Parveez is currently the Director General of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). He was appointed as a Fellow of The International Society of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (ISBAB) in 2024, Fellow of Academy Science Malaysia in 2016 and Member of National Biosafety Board (2018 – 2026). 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 – May 2026), Board of Trustee of Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO, 2019 - 2027) 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) for 2 years. 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 a Bachelor of Science (UKM) in Genetics, Master of Science (UKM) in Molecular Genetics and a PhD (UPM) in Plant Genetic Engineering. He has 37 years of experience in Plant Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Biosafety. He developed the world's 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 18 patents filed and 11 of them have been granted. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers in refereed journals and more than 250 conference papers.
