< BACK | Board of Directors - Dr. Mohd Shaharin Haji Umar
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Audit and Risk Management Committee Member
Dr. Mohd Shaharin Haji Umar is a Director of Regional Development Division at the Ministry of Economy. In a career spanning more than two decades, he has vast experience working in government ministries/agencies specifically in areas related to energy, science and technology as well as social sector.
Dr. Mohd Shaharin’s forays in the Ministry’s Energy and Social Services Divisions have seen him contributing to the preparation of the 11th Malaysia Plan, 2015-2020 and the 12th Malaysia Plan, 2021-2025. On many occasions, he has advised the former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) on international oil and gas ministerial level forums including OPEC and non-OPEC, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), International Energy Forum (IEF), Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority (MTJA) and other oil and gas-related engagements.
Dr. Mohd Shaharin obtained his Ph.D. in Renewable Energy from Murdoch University, Western Australia in 2014. He pursued a Masters in Science and Technology Policy at the University of Manchester in 2004, after graduating from University of Malaya with a degree in Science (Chemistry) in 1995.
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