Secretariat

The RSPO Secretariat is a global team making a positive impact in the world. It’s in charge of the day-to-day running of the RSPO. Among other, it organises the RSPO Board of Governors meetings, coordinates the Roundtable meetings and General Assemblies, and services RSPO Members. It also coordinates the activities of the Standing Committees and Working Groups.

Joseph (JD) D’Cruz

Chief Executive Officer

Patrick Chia

Finance, Business Solutions, Legal & Procurement
Chief Financial Officer

Nikki Gee

Chief Strategy & Digital Transformation Officer

Yen Hun Sung

Impacts & Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation
Head, Impacts & MEL

Pravin Rajandran

Grievance
Head, Grievance

Oi Soo Chin

Membership
Acting Head, Membership

Leena Ghosh

Standard Development
Head, Human Rights & Social Standards

Aryo Gustomo

Assurance
Director, Assurance

Citra Hartati

Assurance
Head, Risk

Muhammad Shazaley

Assurance
Head, Certification

Zaidee Tahir

Assurance
Acting Head, Integrity

Francisco Naranjo

Technical & Smallholder
Director, Technical

Guntur Prabowo

Technical & Smallholder
Head, Smallholder

Sangeetha Umakanthan

Stakeholder Engagement & Communications
Deputy Director, Communications

Nicholas Hurt

Stakeholder Engagement & Communications
Head, Stakeholder Engagement

Inke van der Sluijs

Market Transformation
Director, Market Transformation

Ashwin Selvaraj

Market Transformation
Market Transformation Liaison, India

Lifeng Fang

Market Transformation
Head, China, RSPO China

Islah Ishak

Market Transformation
Deputy Director, Malaysia & Singapore

Mahatma Windrawan

Market Transformation
Deputy Director, Indonesia

Ruben Brunsveld

Market Transformation
Deputy Director, EMEA

Camilo Santos

Market Transformation
Deputy Director, LATAM

Cameron Plese

Market Transformation
Head, North America

Lilian Garcia

Market Transformation
Head, Shared Responsibility

Eileen Ho

Finance, Business Solutions, Legal & Procurement
Director, Finance

Lim Wan Phei

Finance, Business Solutions, Legal & Procurement
Head, Finance

Noryusmizan Sahak

Finance, Business Solutions, Legal & Procurement
Head, Business Solutions

Tally Low Soon Wee

Finance, Business Solutions, Legal & Procurement
Legal Counsel

Lincoln Liew

Finance, Business Solutions, Legal & Procurement
Head, Procurement

Chan Zhan Kin

Human Resources
Director, Human Resources

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