Secretariat

Darrel Webber

Secretary General

Darrel Webber joined the RSPO as Secretary General in January 2011. He came from a position as Senior Associate of Global Sustainability Associates, a role in which he advised companies and organisations on sustainable agricultural development (including oil palm). Prior to that, he was Senior Manager Palm Oil Sector Engagement at WWF-International and regional manager for companies such as Permanis Sandilands Sdn. Bhd. and Shell Malaysia Ltd.

From 2007 until 2009, Mr Webber represented WWF-International in the RSPO's Executive Board.

Email: rspo@rspo.org

Chong Wei Kwang

Finance and Administration Director

After twenty years in an international Bank where he spend a significant part in the field of risk management where he focussed on sustainability Chong decided to try continue this journey with the RSPO.Before his long bank career he graduated from MacQuarie University, Australia with a Bachelor of Economics (Accountancy) and started his working life with a short stint in a public accountants firm before moving to banking. Chong considers his present role in RSPO as a personal statement of his belief and commitment to the vision of the RSPO. He believes in a world where economic gains can be achieved without compromising the environment and social needs.

Email: weikwangchong@rspo.org

Anne Gabriel

Communications Director

Anne Gabriel joins the team at the RSPO Secretariat as their Communications Director, after 20 years of communications exposure with international consulting firms. In this role, Anne will be responsible towards the strategizing and implementation of internal and external communications with various stakeholders, globally. Prior to this, Anne was running her own communications consulting firm, specializing in strategic public relations advisory services. And before this, she was the Managing Director of the Malaysian operations for Weber Shandwick, one of the world's largest public relations firms in the world, a position she held for close to a decade. She was instrumental in building the organization to become the largest and most specialized public relations consulting firm in Malaysia.

Email: AnneGabriel@rspo.org

Salahudin Yaacob

Technical Director

Salahudin Yaacob has joined the RSPO Secretariat as its Technical Director from mid April 2011. As a Technical Director, his key responsibility is in the area of RSPO certification schemes for both the Principles &Criteria as well as the supply chain.

Prior to joining RSPO, Salahudin was managing natural resources certification programmes at the world's most established certification body, SGS, based in Kuala Lumpur. Trained as a botanist and later in environment and natural resource management, he has been involved with certification since early 1990s when he was part of the WWF working group instrumental for setting up FSC. Later, he was attached to a risk management company managing and conducting environmental risk assessments and monitoring work for various development projects in Malaysia. He is a qualified auditor under a number of certification schemes such as ISO, FSC, PEFC, MTCC and RSPO primarily covering the South East Asia region as well as India, China, Africa and Latin America.

Email: Salahudin.Yaacob@rspo.org

Dr Chong Swee Tek

P&C Certification Manager

Chong Swee Teck has devoted his 30 years working career in MARDI, contributed significantly in developing the Malaysian Fruit Industry particularly in national fruit germplasm collection, multiplication and conservation. He also developed the cleft grafting technique of propagating mangosteen, ciku and durian. He obtained his PhD (Horticulture) from Washington State University, Pullman, USA and has published more than 40 scientific articles. In May 2008, he was engaged by RSPO as an Independent Observer for the Audit Certification Process of Sustainability of Sime Darby Oil Palm Estates and Mills in Tawau, Sabah. Since July 2009, he has been assisting the Secretary General of RSPO in certification related work, and was appointed P&C Certification Manager in October 2010.

Email: chong@rspo.org

Bremen Yong

Trademark & Licencing Manager

Email: bremen.yong@rspo.org

Siew Pei Erl

Membership Manager

Ms Siew Pei Erl joined the RSPO Secretariat in January 2010. She is engaged to handle all membership applications and assist in the accounts department. Apart from managing membership matters, she also coordinates and manages events for the organization. She possessed a Bachelor Degree in Education from The National University of Malaysia, and later completed her studies in Master of Business Administration with Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2007.

Email: membership@rspo.org

Laila Wilfred

Communications Coordinator

Email: Laila.Wilfred@rspo.org

Salmiah Hasbullah

Administrator and Finance Coordinator

Email: Salmiah.Hasbullah@rspo.org

Jonathan Rajasegaran

IT Support

Jonathan Rajasegaran attached with RSPO Secretariat since October 2010 as IT Support. Prior to this, he had several years experience in Server and Desktop support. He graduated from Edith Cowan University, Australia with Bachelor Computer Science (major in Software Engineering)

Email: jonathan@rspo.org

Desi Kusumadewi

RSPO Indonesia Director  

Desi Kusumadewi joined the RSPO Indonesia Liaison Officer since December 2006, and was appointed Indonesia Director in November 2010. Prior to her work with the RSPO, she spent 6 years working for Lyman Agro – an oil palm plantation company, where she started her role in various positions at its regional office and estates in West Kalimantan before held position as Secretary to Marketing Manager at its head office in Jakarta. She received her degree in Agricultural Social Economics from Bogor Agricultural University in 1997. Her passion for the palm oil world has led her to taking the Master in Environmental and Energy Management study at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. Her thesis on the assessment of negotiated agreement as additional policy instrument to promote GHG emissions reduction as part of the sustainability criteria, was dedicated to the Indonesian palm oil industry.  

Email: desi@rspo.org

Dr Asril Darussamin

Indonesia Smallholder Affairs Technical Manager

Asril Darussamin has been engaged with RSPO activities in 2004 as a member of the RSPO Criteria Working Group.  Since then he has been involved in RSPO related activities, as the Chairman of the Indonesia Smallholder Working Group, member of the Indonesian National Interpretation Working Group, and the HCV RSPO-Indonesia Working Group.  He used to be a research scientist in palm oil and rubber as well as in biotechnology for estate crops.  He holds an MSc in plant physiology (Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia) and PhD in biochemistry (Oregon State University, USA).

Email: asril@rspo.org