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MERCY Malaysia announces new leadership |
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Monday, 03 August 2009 |
MERCY Malaysia today announced its new transformation in its
leadership with the stepping down of its inaugural president and
founder, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood.
Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood has been appointed to the post of Chief of
the Humanitarian Response Branch, United Nations Populations Fund
(UNFPA). She will be based at its headquarters in New York, effective
15 August 2009.
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 August 2009 ‐ MERCY Malaysia today announced its new transformation in its leadership with the stepping down of its inaugural president and founder, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood.
Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood has been appointed to the post of Chief of the Humanitarian Response Branch, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA). She will be based at its headquarters in New York, effective 15 August 2009.
Taking the helm will be MERCY Malaysia’s Vice President Dr. Ahmad Faizal Perdaus – a Consultant Physician, Internal Medicine, Respiratory and Sleep at KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital. An active volunteer, he has led several international and local missions with MERCY Malaysia and has been leading the organisation from January‐ June 2009, during which Dr. Jemilah Mahmood took a sabbatical leave for six months.
“We all have known Dr. Jemilah Mahmood who founded MERCY Malaysia in June 1999. Through MERCY Malaysia, she has managed to bring together Malaysians and even some non‐Malaysians from all walks of life with the common goal to serve those in need, irrespective of race, religion, culture or boundary.
“Indeed MERCY Malaysia is proud and grateful to have a committed and dedicated leader in Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, to guide and lead this organisation from the very beginning and for many years now,” said Dr. Ahmad Faizal Perdaus.
Founded in 1999, MERCY Malaysia had its humble beginnings in the office of its founder in Ampang Puteri Hospital in Ampang, Selangor. Since then, it has grown into an international non‐governmental organisation (NGO) with over 30 projects in nine countries namely Sudan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Myanmar and Malaysia.
On the home front, MERCY Malaysia serves the local communities through outreach programmes in various states within the country.
In her speech, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood said: “After one decade, change is healthy and I am fortunate that I can leave it in such able hands in both its new President Dr. Ahmad Faizal Perdaus and the team, as well as being able to continue the work that I do through a different channel.
“Like thousands of other Malaysians, MERCY Malaysia has given us the platform to unite and contribute to the society. It has given us an opportunity, as ordinary people to do extraordinary things and to realise the inter‐connectedness of this world. If we truly want to see change and global peace, we all need to play our part. This continuous effort for us at MERCY Malaysia and should grow and strengthen even when there is a change at the helm!”
MERCY Malaysia will continue its work in providing medical relief and humanitarian assistance to vulnerable communities irrespective of race, religion, culture and boundary. Its work is supported by the large member and volunteer base and their commitment and dedication have been the driving force of MERCY Malaysia’s success.
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