DATUK Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah was formerly the CEO and group president of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV). A former adviser to the United Arab Emirates’ finance minister, Mohammed Emir also held directorships in government linked Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation and the Malaysian Petroleum Resource Corporation.

It is noteworthy that prior to joining FGV, Emir had quite an illustrious career. He had been a “leading expert in economic and government administration reform in the Middle East and Asia for the past 20 years”, according to FGV’s announcement to Bursa Malaysia.

He was a senior adviser to the United Nations Development Programme on various projects in the Middle East and North Africa region from 1998 to 2004, and a coordinator for good governance for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for the Arab region from 2002 to 2004. He acted as an adviser to the minister of finance in the United Arab Emirates from 2002 to 2007, and as a strategic adviser to the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi from 2008 to 2010.