Johari Bin Minal

Since joining the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (known as Malaysian Palm Oil Board since 2000) in 1992, Johari Bin Minal has been assigned to work at the Technical Advisory Services Unit. He has contributed tremendously to the unit’s main functions which are to provide technical support and advisory services to the importers, manufacturers, and users of palm oil worldwide in the areas of palm oil applications in food and non-food sectors, reformulation of food and non-food products using palm oil and tackling technical and regulatory issues faced by palm oil users.

During his course of duty, he has travelled extensively to South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia. He was stationed in the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)’s Advisory Services offices in Karachi and Cairo before moving to Washington DC as the Science Attaché for the North and South Americas in 2013.

In 2017, he was appointed as the Consul Science of the Consulate General of Malaysia in Karachi as well as the Regional Manager of MPOB for Pakistan and the Middle East. Upon returning from Pakistan, he was assigned as Director - Economics and Industry Development Division in 2022.

Throughout his career, he has delivered numerous presentations on various subjects pertaining to palm oil at regional, national, and international levels such as AOCS, PIPOC, GOFF, and POTS. During his days at MPOB’s headquarter, he held various positions including one of the lead auditors for the Refineries’ Certificate of Competency (RCOC) Scheme. The scheme has been expanded to become part of the Code of Practice of the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme. He also authored articles for newspapers, magazines, and other publications.