{"id":4736,"date":"2018-08-02T10:35:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtcc.com.my\/datuk-k-yogeesvaran-appointed-as-mtcc-chairman\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:51:24","slug":"datuk-k-yogeesvaran-appointed-as-mtcc-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/datuk-k-yogeesvaran-appointed-as-mtcc-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"DATUK K. YOGEESVARAN APPOINTED AS MTCC CHAIRMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, 2 August \u2013 The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) welcomes Datuk K. Yogeesvaran as its new Chairman.\u00a0 The appointment comes into effect on 27 July 2018.<br \/>\nMTCC CEO Yong Teng Koon said, \u201cWe are very honoured to have Datuk Yogeesvaran as our new Chairman as he brings with him a great wealth of experience and expertise following a distinguished career with the civil service that spans over 37 years.\u00a0 Datuk Yogeesvaran began his career at the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) as an administrative and diplomatic service (PTD) officer in 1981.\u00a0 Among the positions he has held included Director, Knowledge Economy Division; Director, Industry Service Division; and Deputy Director-General (Macro) of the EPU before being promoted as the Secretary General for the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities in August 2017 until his retirement in May 2018.\u201d<br \/>\nDatuk Yogeesvaran holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University of Malaya (1980), LLB from University of London (1994) and M.A. Economics from Manchester University (1996).<br \/>\n\u201cWith such a distinguished personality, MTCC will definitely benefit from Datuk Yogeesvaran\u2019s knowledge and experience to advance and spearhead the sustainable forest management agenda in the country through the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme,\u201d added Yong.<\/p>\n<p>On his appointment as the Chairman of MTCC, Datuk Yogeesvaran said, \u201cI thank the Minister of Primary Industries for the trust given to lead the MTCC.\u00a0 I count it a privilege to serve and will do my level best to contribute to our national sustainability agenda of ensuring that the precious forest resources that we have are being managed sustainably while at the same time continue to fulfil the growing market demands for green products.\u201d<br \/>\nThe new Chairman also recorded his sincere thanks and highest appreciation to the outgoing Chairman.\u00a0 \u201cWe are truly grateful to Datuk Himmat Singh for his able leadership, wise counsel and invaluable contribution during his tenure as MTCC Chairman. We wish him a happy retirement,\u201d said Datuk Yogeesvaran.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4741\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4741 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-02-at-6.32.47-PM-1024x561.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"460\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Datuk Yogeesvaran met with MTCC management and staff during his visit to MTCC office. He was briefed by MTCC CEO, Mr. Yong Teng Koon on the organisation and the certification scheme that it operates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, 2 August \u2013 The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) welcomes Datuk K. Yogeesvaran as its new Chairman.\u00a0 The appointment comes into effect on 27 July 2018. MTCC CEO Yong Teng Koon said, \u201cWe are very honoured to have Datuk Yogeesvaran as our new Chairman as he brings with him a great wealth of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22845,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions\/22845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}