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Perpetua George

General Manager
Group Sustainability Wilmar International

Perpetua “Pep” George, is the General Manager for Group Sustainability of Wilmar International Limited. She is responsible for driving and implementing the Group’s sustainability policy and programmes in its own operations as well as on third-party suppliers. Pep is also spearheading Walmart’s supply chain transformation initiative that guides suppliers – including smallholders – towards sustainable practices. Pep is actively involved in various multi-stakeholder initiatives that Wilmar is a part of, such as the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the High Carbon Stock (HSC) Approach Executive Committee, the Tropical Forest Alliance and the Sabah Jurisdictional Approach Steering Committee. She has previously worked for Proforest, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Unilever.

Harjinder Kler

Sustainability Engagement - HUTAN Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme (HUTAN-KOCP)

Within her capacity at HUTAN -KOCP, Harjinder engages with Government agencies, NGOs, universities, funders and the oil palm sector mostly via RSPO. Harjinder represented HUTAN during the Malaysian Principles & Criteria’s Malaysian National Interpretation in 2013 and has been a member of the Biodiversity and High Conservation Values since 2014. She is also the NGO alternative for the Board of Governors at RSPO. She did her undergraduate degree in Parks & Recreation at Lincoln University in New Zealand. Prior to working with HUTAN – KOCP, Harjinder was a journalist based in Sabah before joining the NGOs fraternity with WWF-Malaysia.

Rashyid Redza Anwarudin

Head, Group Sustainability - Sime Darby Plantation

Rashyid is the Head for  Group Sustainability of Sime Darby Plantation. In this role, he focuses on efforts in implementing on-the-ground programs to promote responsible and ethical production throughout SDPB’s operations and global supply chain. Rahsyid has 20 years’ experience in corporate and advisory roles around sustainability, corporate responsibility. corporate strategy, programme management and change management across plantations, forestry, property, telecommunications, automotive, oil & gas, and public sectors.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College, United Kingdom.

He was previously part of the regional leadership team for the Sustainability and Climate Change advisory team of the PwC South East Asia Consulting practice. He advised clients regionally around issues such as implementing sustainable supply chains, development of corporate sustainability strategies, quantification of responsible practices for corporate valuation, government frameworks and policies, and corporate reporting and assurance around sustainability.

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Dr Carl Traeholt

Southeast Asia Programme Director
Copenhagen Zoo

Carl completed his MSc in Ecology at Copenhagen University in 1989, and his PhD in population and behavioural ecology in 1993. He worked for bi-lateral and multi-lateral development organizations, primarily in SEAsia, concerning biodiversity conservation and organizational capacity building in the government and corporate sector. He helped set up the “Centre for Conservation Biology” at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, when he was also Fauna and Flora International’s Primate Programme Coordinator (2002-2004), and then Country Director (2004-2005). Carl authored numerous scientific publications, setup and co-edited the Journal of Cambodian Natural History until 2012, and the Journal of Indonesian Natural History (2012-ongoing). He was on the board of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia Chapter and Society for Conservation Biology, Asia Section. Since 2002, he has held his current position as Copenhagen Zoo’s senior research officer and SE Asia programme director. He also holds several active positions in IUCN’s Specialist Groups, co-chairs the EAZA Palm Oil Working Group and was appointed the PAC Member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board.

Dr Marc Ancrenaz

Director,
HUTAN - Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Programme

Marc is the co-founder of French NGO Hutan, and run the Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Programme (KOCP), a community-based initiative located in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. He is a scientific adviser for the Sabah Wildlife Department. Marc is also the co-founder of “Borneo Futures Initiative”, a programme that aims to provide cutting-edge science to increase awareness, collaboration and understanding amongst decision makers, media, NGOs and the general public in Borneo. His expertise includes wildlife research, medicine, population management and policy formulation with 20 years of experience in wildlife range countries (Gabon, Congo, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Malaysia).

Michelle Desilets

Founder and Executive Director
Orangutan Land Trust

Michelle Desilets is the Founder and Executive Director of Orangutan Land Trust since 2009. She has been working in orangutan conservation for more than 20 years. Michelle previously founded the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK, to provide sustainable solutions for the long-term survival of orangutans in the wild. The Foundation’s work focuses on protecting critical forest areas of the orangutan habitat. She has served on numerous committees for the RSPO, such as the Biodiversity and HCV Working Group, New Plantings Procedures Working Group, Task force for Review of the P&C of the RSPO 2013 and 2017. She also represents Orangutan Land Trust as a member of the Palm Oil Innovation Group.

Siti Norralakmam Yahya

Head, Conservation & Biodiversity in Group Sustainability Department, Sime Darby Plantation

Siti is currently the Head of Conservation and Biodiversity in Group Sustainability Department, in Sime Darby Plantation. She graduated with Degree in Forestry from University Putra Malaysia. She has vast experience in the area of research, and quality assurance for Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and Golden Hope Fibreboard Sdn Bhd.

Prior to her current post, she has served on numerous post in Sime Darby Plantation, such as the Senior Manager for Total Quality and Environmental Management in Sime Darby Research, Head of Social & Environmental Project in Plantation Quality and Sustainability Management Department, and as the  Senior Manager, Physical Landscape & System, Group Sustainability and Quality Management.

Olivier Tichit

Director of Sustainable Supply Chain
PT Musim Mas Group

Olivier is currently the Director of Sustainable Supply Chain of Musim Mas Group. He oversees the implementation of Musim Mas Sustainability plan, for third-party suppliers, including independent smallholders. His role includes reviewing the Group’s sustainability policy and strategy, as well as working with the Group’s key customers to identify synergies for enhancing palm oil’s sustainability proposition in the world commodity sector.
A tropical agronomist by training, Olivier has worked in South-East Asia for the past twenty years. He was formerly the Commercial and Sustainability Director of the Indonesian subsidiaries of SIPEF, a Belgian plantations group. Prior to joining SIPEF, he was the Indonesia Country Manager for a major commodities merchant group, Ecom Agroindustrial, and spearheaded sustainable certifications for coffee smallholders.
Olivier is active in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), and Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG).

Robert Nicholls

General Manager of Programmes and Projects
PT Musim Mas Group

Robert Nicholls (Rob) is the General Manager of Programmes and Projects with the Musim Mas Group. Rob oversees the implementation and scaling-up of smallholder projects that link to the supply chain of the group operations, as well as that of third-party suppliers.
Rob also has a background in agricultural trainings and has been involved in setting up training programmes for different companies in the industry.
His portfolio includes the Indonesia Palm Oil Development for Smallholders programme (IPODS), aimed at enhancing independent smallholder access to global markets through addressing key challenges. IPODS is implemented in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and is currently the largest smallholder project being run in Indonesia.
Rob is also spearheading the development and ground implementation of the Extension Services Programme (ESP) that links to third-party supply chains across identified priority provinces in Indonesia. Together, these parallel smallholder projects form a critical component of the Group’s wider strategy on supply chain engagement.
Prior to joining Musim Mas, Rob has been working in the palm oil industry for 18 years and is well versed with the plantations business in Indonesia. He has worked in several different locations in Kalimantan and Papua in estate operations and new development, and his last posting was to Papua New Guinea as Regional General Manager.

Harjinder Kler

Sustainabilty Engagement
HUTAN - Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme (KOCP)

Within her capacity at HUTAN -KOCP, Harjinder engages with Government agencies, NGOs, universities, funders and the oil palm sector mostly via RSPO. Harjinder represented HUTAN during the Malaysian Principles & Criteria’s Malaysian National Interpretation in 2013 and has been a member of the Biodiversity and High Conservation Values since 2014. She is also the NGO alternative for the Board of Governors at RSPO. She did her undergraduate degree in Parks & Recreation at Lincoln University in New Zealand. Prior to working with HUTAN – KOCP, Harjinder was a journalist based in Sabah before joining the NGOs fraternity with WWF-Malaysia.

Monalisa Pasaribu

Ketapang Office Director
Aidenvironment Asia

Monalisa N. Pasaribu has a background in Forest Management at Tanjungpura University.
During the height of illegal logging in West Kalimantan in the late ‘90s to early 2000, Monalisa got involved in wildlife poaching investigation, and consequently in the first orangutan population census in Gunung Palung National Park, Ketapang, West Kalimantan Indonesia.
Following this experience, she chose to inspire changes by getting involved in environmental education for children and adults.
Since 2011, she started to work extensively with local government agencies and the national park management body, connecting them with local communities and private companies to develop sustainable livelihood alternatives for people living next to the forest.
She is strong in local government engagement as well as in project management.

Nunik Maharani Maulana

Group Head of Corporate Communications
PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya

Ms Maharani joined PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) in 2016 to take up a role as Group Head of Corporate Communications. Since 2018 she has also served as Director of ANJ West Papua’s subsidiaries.  Prior to joining ANJ, she was Director of IComm, a communication agency that she co-founded.  She has also served as Director at Kiroyan Partners, a strategic communications consultancy, and worked in senior management of the corporate communications departments at multi national mining and oil and gas companies, including Rio Tinto Indonesia, Kaltim Prima Coal, Unocal Indonesia, Chevron IndoAsia, Newmont Pacific Nusantara and Ephindo.

Perpetua George

General Manager
Group Sustainability Wilmar International

Perpetua “Pep” George, is the General Manager for Group Sustainability of Wilmar International Limited. She is responsible for driving and implementing the Group’s sustainability policy and programmes in its own operations as well as on third-party suppliers. Pep is also spearheading Walmart’s supply chain transformation initiative that guides suppliers – including smallholders – towards sustainable practices. Pep is actively involved in various multi-stakeholder initiatives that Wilmar is a part of, such as the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the High Carbon Stock (HSC) Approach Executive Committee, the Tropical Forest Alliance and the Sabah Jurisdictional Approach Steering Committee. She has previously worked for Proforest, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Unilever.