Patron
Board of Trustees
Executive Council
Management Team
Patron
His Royal Highness Sultan of Perak Darul Ridzuan
Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
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Board of Trustees
Tan Sri Dato’ Ajit Singh
Tan Sri Dato’ Ajit Singh is currently the Chairman of the Nam Fatt Corporation, Malaysia.
In a career spanning over 30 years, he served in various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at Malaysian Missions abroad. He was elected the first Secretary-General of ASEAN, which carries the rank of a Minister and served a five year term from 1993 to 1997. After leaving the Secretariat, he joined the National Petroleum Oil Company, PETRONAS, where he worked as Director, International Business Ventures from 1997 to 1999. He was elected as the Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia and served the organisation from 2001 to 2002. The China-based forum is a private-sector led non-governmental, non-profit organization set up to promote greater interdependence and economic integration of the Asian region.
In recognition of his services, both Laos and Vietnam awarded him their prestigious Friendship Medals in December 1997. He was also awarded the Panglima Setia Mahkota award by His Majesty the King of Malaysia in 1998. The Indonesian Government awarded him the “Bintang Jasa Utama” in 1999 in recognition of his work in ASEAN and in helping to improve Malaysia – Indonesia relations.
He graduated with a B.A. Hons. in History in 1963 from the University of Malaysia.
Tan Sri Dato' Ahmad Fuzi Haji Abdul Razak
Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi is currently Malaysia's Representative to the High Level Panel (HLP) on the Drafting of the Terms of Reference of the ASEAN Human Rights Body, and the Secretary General for the Permanent Secretariat of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF).
He joined the Malaysian Diplomatic and Administrative Service in 1972, and served in various capacities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mainly in the Political Division, and at the Malaysian Missions abroad in Moscow, the Hague, Canberra, Washington and Dhaka. He then assumed the post of Director General of the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Deputy Secretary General I (Political) and Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As Secretary General, he played a prominent role in organising the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit (2003), the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Summit (2003) and the ASEAN Summit and Related Summits including the East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur (2005).
In recognition of his service to the nation, he was awarded the AMN (1979), the JSM (1999), the DSPN (1999), the DMPN (2002) and the PSM (2003).
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours) from the University of Malaya (1972) and a Foreign Service Course with a Certificate in Diplomacy from the University of Oxford (1974).
Toh Puan Dato’ Seri Dr Aishah Ong
Toh Puan Dato’ Seri Dr Aishah Ong is currently the Pro-Chancellor of University of Malaya.
Toh Puan Dato’ Seri Dr Aishah Ong has dedicated most of her life for charitable causes; she is the Chairman of The Foundation of the National Heart Institute, The New Straits Times Press Charity Fund and the Chairman of Welfare Organisation of Wives of Ministers/Dept Ministers/Parliament Secretary (BAKTI) for BAKTI-MIND Project, among others. She is also the Chairman of the Board of Health Promotion in Ministry of Health since 2007. Toh Puan Dato’ Seri Dr Aishah Ong also plays an integral part in academia as she is a member of International Consultative Council of the International Medical University (IMU) and has served her current position as the Pro-Chancellor of University of Malaya (UM) since 2003.
In recognition of her services to the nation, she was awarded the JMN (1990), DMPN (2003), DPMS (2005) and the DGPN (2007).
She received her degree in Medicine in 1969 from the University of London (The Royal Free Hospital).
Prof. Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia since 2000. He is presently serving as the Vice-President of the International Association of Universities (IAU) - a UNESCO-affiliated organisation. He has served as President of Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) between 2007 and 2008.
He is also a member of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) - Advisory Education Hub Committee, Executive Council of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and also Advisory Committee of World Universities Forum, Davos.
He serves on the World Heath Organization (WHO) Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Policies and Management since 1995, and the WHO Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco Product Regulation (2000–2002).
At the national level, he is the Chair of Malaysian Vice-Chancellors’/Rector’s Committee, and Chair of Malaysian Examination Council, Co-chair of Malaysian and act as an Advisor to the National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN).
Dzulkifli is also a member of several boards of trustees such as The Malay College (MCKK) Foundation, The Razak School of Government, MERCY Malaysia, Perdana Exchange Programme and Yayasan Bumiputera Pulau Pinang.
He is also a member of National Economic Advisory Council established in 2009; and the Co-chair of the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High-Technology (MIGHT) since 2006. He is also a Director of the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (formerly National Productivity Corporation) where he leads the Innovation and Creativity Consultative Panel.
He regularly contributed to a leading Malaysian daily, as a weekly columnist, since 1995 for the New Straits Times, and more recently, fortnightly for The Edge, a business weekly commenting on variety of issues relating education, science and current issues.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and also of the World Academy of Art and Science, more recently Fellow of Malaysian Institute of Management.
Datuk Johan Jaafar
Datuk Johan bin Jaaffar is currently Chairman of Media Prima Berhad. He was appointed to the Board of Media Prima
on 30 April 2009.
Datuk Johan is also a member of MERCY Malaysia Board of Trustees and
Chairman of the Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel, under the
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
He is also the Chairman of Sekolah Sri Nobel, a private school and one
of the members of the National Information Technology Council (NITC).
Datuk Johan was the Chairman of the Board of Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka
(DBP) from 2006 until 2010. He started
his career with DBP in 1977. In 1998, he
was appointed as the Chief Editor of the DBP's magazine division. His last post was the Head of General
Publishing Department of DBP. In
November 1992, Datuk Johan joined Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad as the Group Chief
Editor for six (6) years before leaving the company in July 1998. In 1995, he was appointed as one of the
members of Malaysian Business Council.
When the government mooted the idea of the Multimedia Super Corridor,
Datuk Johan was appointed to the Board of the Multimedia Development Council.
Datuk Johan was also a board member of the National Academy of Arts,
Culture & Heritage (Akademi Seni Budaya & Warisan Kebangsaan or ASWARA)
from 2010 until 2011. He had also served
as a director of Sindora Berhad, once a committee member of Yayasan Anak-anak
Yatim Malaysia, a member of Jawatankuasa Diplomasi dan Hubungan Antarabangsa
and also a member of Majlis Perpaduan Negara.
He was a member of the National Brains Trusts on National Education
under the auspices of ISIS and the National Economic Action Committee (NEAC).
He is currently a columnist for The New Straits Times.
Gaik Wong
Gaik Wong is the founder and Director of
The Chicken Rice Shop (TCRS). She has more than 40 years of experience in the
food and beverage industry, including franchised and chain store operations.
Prior to being the founder/ director of TCRS, she was the Chief Operating
Officer cum Director of KFC Holdings Bhd.
Gaik is an active member of the National
Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia (NAWEM) and is always ready and
available to mentor young entrepreneurs and share her experience with them.
In recognition of her contribution to the
F&B industry, she was awarded The Innovative Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Award 2004.
TCRS is now the leading Halal chain of
chicken rice restaurants with more than 60 outlets in Malaysia. TCRS is also
represented in Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Elizabeth Lee Fuh Yen
Elizabeth Lee
Fuh Yen is the Executive Director of Sunway and the Sunway Education Group. She
has helmed the education section of the Sunway Group since 1992 and has been
instrumental in developing the organisation from just one institution, the Sunway
College, to the dynamic Sunway education group of 11 institutions which
includes Sunway University, Monash University Sunway Campus Malaysia, the
Sunway International School and the newest Sunway – Le Cordon Bleu Institute of
Culinary Arts. She sits on the main Board of Directors of the Sunway Education
Group and most of the other institutions within the group.
Educated and
trained in the UK as a Graduate English teacher, specialising in Multi-Cultural
Education, Ms. Lee read for the Master of Philosophy in Education at the
University of Cambridge. Her Cambridge links see her being actively involved in
the Oxford & Cambridge Society of Malaysia in which she was a Past
President and current ExCo member. She was also invited to be the Regional
Co-ordinator of the Cambridge Society for the University of Cambridge.
Ms. Lee sits and
serves on various committees, tasked by the Malaysian Government with the
charting of Higher Education directions, strategies and policies. Her
appointments include the Minister of Higher Education’s International Promotion
Council. She is also on the Board of Advisors of the National Higher Education
Research Institute and a founding member of the Academic Advisory Committee of
Monash University Malaysia. Besides that, she is also on the Master Builders
Association of Malaysia Education Fund Board of Management and recently, a
member of MERCY Malaysia Board of Trustees.
She has been
featured prominently in magazines such as Prestige, Passions, MBA Edge, Vision
KL, Smart Investor and Malaysian Business. She has also been invited to appear
on television talk shows and the Breakfast Grille segment of BFM besides being
a frequent presenter at many international and local conferences.
She received the
Outstanding Asian Women Community Contribution award from the MalaysiaWomen’s
Career Building Association on 15 September 2011, which was presented by YABhg.
Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Executive Council
President
Dato' Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus
Vice-President (Medical)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohamed Ikram Mohamed Salleh
Vice-President (Non-Medical)
Mr Norazam Ab Samah
Honorary Secretary
YM Raja Riza Shazmin Raja Badrul Shah (Ms)
Asst. Honorary Secretary
Dr Hariyati Shahrima Bt. A. Majid
Honorary Treasurer
Ir Amran Mahzan (Mr)
Executive Committee Members
Dr Heng Aik Cheng
Dr Shalimar Abdullah
Mr Tee Kam Bee
Co-opted Executive Committee Members
Dr Jitendra Kumar a/l S.N. Tejani
Dr Shahridan Mohd Fathil
Dr Helen Lasimbang
Prof Zabidi Azhar Mohd Hussin
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Management Team
Executive Director
Pn Zahrah Yaacob
zahrah@mercy.org.my
Deputy Executive Director
Mr Ahmad Faezal Mohamed
ahmadfaezal@mercy.org.my
General Manager - Operations
Ms Takako Izumi
takako@mercy.org.my
Head of Human Resource Management & Administration
Ms Ratha Kaneson
ratha@mercy.org.my
Head of Relief Operations
Mr Hew Cheong Yew
hew@mercy.org.my
Head of Volunteer Management
Mr Abdul Rahim Bin Hj. Manja
Head of Disaster Risk Reduction
Ms Puteri Rohayu Megat Mohamed Yusof
State Chapter Liaison Officer
Mr Mohammad Fadzli Bin Saari