Malaysian Palm Oil Association chief executive officer Mohd Nageeb Abdul Wahab has been appointed Felcra Berhad chairperson, effective Oct 1.

The Prime Minister’s Office, in a statement today, said Mohd Nageeb would replace Bung Moktar Radin, who resigned last June 1.

“Mohd Nageeb has 39 years of experience in plantation, rubber and palm oil industry, and a Malaysian representative in the International Tripartite Rubber Council,” it said.

Among the posts previously held by Mohd Nageeb are senior vice-president and head of Malaysian Plantation at Sime Darby Plantation Berhad.

He started his career as a plantation executive trainee at KL Kepong Berhad in 1979.

- Bernama