Our Panel of Advisors
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Foundation Professor and Head of Tourism
Professor Dr. Ross Dowling is Foundation Professor of Tourism, and Head of the Tourism Program, School of Marketing, Tourism & Leisure, Faculty of Business & Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. Internationally he is an Advisor, UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks (France) as well as an Executive Board Member of the Indian Ocean Tourism Organization (Oman). More info.. |
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Faculty of Civil Engineering
Profesor Dr. Nor Aieni was appointed UTM Senate member since 2001. In 2002-2005 she was attached to the Bureau of Innovation & Consultancy and managed the Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Portfolio. Presently, she is the Deputy Dean for Research Management Centre (RMC) responsible for Corporate Services Unit, i.e managing the Intellectual Property, Strategic, Human Resource, Finance, R & D Promotion and Commercialisation. More info.. |
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 Carol Patterson |
Founder & President  Born in Calgary, Canada, Carol Patterson is a nature and ecotourism industry consultant, speaker, and author. Her company, Kalahari Management Inc., provides assistance in assessments, strategic planning, feasibility studies and capacity building for the tourism industry.
Carol’s past and current commitments in conservation and community work include assisting communities, business owners, and non-profit organizations in building sustainable tourism industries. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of her books are donated to various conservation and wildlife rescue organizations. |
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 Professor Amran Hamzah |
Professor in Tourism Planning and Director, He is notable for his role in championing Community Based Tourism (CBT) since the 1980s. As the former Head of the Tourism Planning Research Group (TPRG), he has led numerous studies commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism, APEC, British Council, ECER, IRDA and other government agencies related to CBT. Currently, TPRG is collaborating with the Malaysian Ecotourism Association (MEA) in carrying out capacity building programmes to scale up community based rural tourism projects in Tanjung Piai, Taman Negara and Gopeng. These pilot projects will then be used as models to showcase success stories in CBT. More info.. |
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Lam Kee Hing |
Bachelor of Economics (Business Administration) University Malaya MALAYSIA Graduated from University Malaya in 1976 with Bachelor of Economics (Business Administration), Mr. Lam's history of involvements in people development spans over three decades. Since graduation, he has been actively training and developing students and church leaders with various organizations both in West and East Malaysia. Originally from Johore, he has been in Sabah for 21 years and in that time he has been actively involved in various social - concern projects such as Love in Action, Prison Ministry and Keningau Flood Relief. He was appointed a member of the Board of Visiting Justice by the State Government for 6 terms. In 1999, Mr. Lam helped in setting up a hostel for poor students in Pitas called Asrama Harapan Baru. The hostel provides reasonable accommodation for poor students as well as seeking to upgrade the educational capacity and instilling moral and spiritual depth to the students. More info.. |
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Sarala Aikanathan |
Master of Science (Coastal Management), Sarala Aikanathan worked at RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) until October 2010, prior to that she was the Director at Wetlands International, Malaysia Office for Wetlands International. Wetlands International is a non-profit organization whose mission is to sustain and restore wetlands, their resources and biodiversity for future generations. She is also a reef bio-technologist, involved in reef restoration & propagation efforts in the waters of South-east Asia, and is a doctorate candidate of Universiti Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur. She has about 23 years experience in the field of environmental conservation and has extensive experience in design and management of environmental projects in Malaysia, South East and East Asia, North Africa. She graduated with a Masters from the University of New Castle upon Tyne, England, and is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Economy and Administration, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur |
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Maj B.Shuras |
Maj B.Shuras Bathumalai Maj B.Shuras Bathumalai graduated from Royal Military College as 2nd Leftenant in Royal Ranger Regiment of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Throughout his career for 27 years in the Army he served in various military organizations in the Royal Ranger Regiment and also in the Army's HQ in various states in Malaysia. When he was in the Malaysian Armed Forces during the communist era, he involved in many operations including the search and combat of the Communist armies. This provided him a great experience of handling people in difficult and critical times which needs a high level of crisis and risk management capabilities as well as keeping them focused on the task ahead. More info.. |
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Mallika Naguran |
Mallika Naguran Mallika Naguran is a highly experienced communications and environmental professional. In 2008, she founded Gaia Discovery (www.gaiadiscovery.com), Asia's independent online publication on the environment, supported by expert advisor and contributor panels. In 2011, she published the Gaia Guide, a quarterly print and web traveller guide on responsible tourism in Asia. Mallika has also set up Gaia Ideas to help organisations adopt environmental solutions, ecologically sound best practices and energy efficiencies. She has since advised governments and private sectors, in particular hotels and resorts, to reduce their carbon footprint, gain long-term profitability and support thriving communities in line with responsible tourism. Mallika also provides analytical reports on energy studies for a think tank in Singapore and has written papers on sustainable technologies for distribution at the UN Climate Change summit. When not writing or consulting, Mallika loves to scuba dive, and has taken groups out on marine restoration projects, especially the building of new coral reefs to address fishery crisis and shore erosion problems." |
