DATO' NIK RAHMAT BIN NIK TAIB

Malaysia

Male

61

Chairman of Remuneration Committee

Independent and Non Executive

Dato' Nik Rahmat graduated with a Bachelor of Analytical Economics (Honours) from University of Malaya in 1980. He further obtained a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) in 1982 and a Masters in Microeconomics from University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1995.

Dato' Nik Rahmat first joined the Malaysian public service upon his graduation in 1981 as an Assessment Officer with the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) and spent 16 years starting from 1983 in various Ministries; 6 years with the Malaysia Export Trade Centre (MEXPO which is currently known as MATRADE) under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI); and 5 years each with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) where, as Principal Assistant Director, he was in charge of the Malaysia Technical Assistance Programme (MTCP) which provides technical assistance to developing countries.
In 2000, he joined MITI as the Principal Assistant Director of the Strategic Planning Division. During his 17 years tenure with the MITI, he held various positions including Director of the Strategic Planning Division, Senior Director of the Trade Cooperation and Practices Division, Senior Director of the Sectoral Policy Division and Deputy Secretary General (Industry), a position he held from 2011 until he retired in January 2018.
Dato' Nik Rahmat also served on the Board of several government agencies namely Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), East Coast Economic Regional Development Council (ECERDC), Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Pahang (PKNP), Majlis Standard dan Akraditasi Malaysia (MSDAM), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovasion (MOSTI), and was the Chairman of Malaysia Steel Institute (MSI) from 2014 to 2017.