Datin Paduka Setia Dato’ Dr Aini binti Ideris

Prof. Datin Paduka Setia Dato’ Dr Aini binti Ideris (Female), aged 66, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of the Company on 25 May 2017 and is presently a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (“DVM”) in 1979 from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (“UPM”) (currently, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Masters of Veterinary Science (MVSc) in 1981 from University of Liverpool, England, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Avian Medicine) in 1989 from UPM. She had attended a Postdoctoral training from 1990 to 1992 at University of California Davis, USA and a Postdoctoral training in 1993 at Cornell University, USA.

She is actively involved in Malaysian College of Veterinary Specialists (“MCVS”); a member of the Board of Governance of International Medical University (“IMU”) and International Medical College (“IMC”); a Board Member of Yayasan Putra Business School and UPM Education & Training; a Council Member of Malaysian Cancer Research Institute (“MCRI”) and Executive Member of National Cancer Council (“MAKNA”). She was a Council Member of Academy of Sciences Malaysia until 2017. She is the Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors of UPM Holdings Sdn Bhd.

She is actively involved in research on avian respiratory and immunosuppressive diseases, development of conventional and genetically engineered vaccines. In 2011, she received the National Academic Award (AAN) 2010 for the Innovation and Product Commercialisation Award Category. Her research group also won the Innovation Award in Public and Private Sector Research (2008) in which she was the co-researcher and several other National and International awards.

She is the Coordinator for the National Centre of Excellence for Swiftlets, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry (“MOA”) and Vice President of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (“WVPA”). She has extensive administrative experience other than in the field of teaching and learning. She was the Acting Head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Chairman of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Dean of the Graduate School and Chairman of the Deans of Graduate Studies, Public Institutions of Higher Learning Council, Malaysia.

She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) of UPM from December 2008 to 2013 and was Chairman of Deputy Vice-Chancellors’ Committee/Rector (Academic and International) during that period. In October 2015, she was appointed as the first Director of Corporate Strategy & Communications Office (CoSComm), UPM until her appointment as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of UPM on 1 January 2016. Presently, she sits on the Board of QL Resources Berhad.

She has attended 5 out of the 6 Board meetings held during the financial year. She has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. She has no conflict of interest with the Company.