Having graduated with a first-class degree (B.Sc. BioIndustry) in University Putra Malaysia under the full scholarship from Yayasan Sime Darby, he started his career in Sime Darby Research Sdn Bhd spending 6 over years in Oil Palm Research Unit conducting oil palm trials and agronomic visits.

His areas of expertise include conducting nutritional trials, biomass studies, oil palm dissection, weather data/measurement correlation with palm growth and yield, soil correlations, nursery cullings, fertiliser recommendations and advisories. He later joined Genting Plantations Berhad reporting to the Plantation Head Malaysia carrying the portfolio of providing and coordinating operational training (e.g. contour lining training, fertiliser and weeding efficiency, Structured Supervisory Training Programmes (SSTP) and etc).

He also played the role in analysing the Genting Plantations Malaysia’s estate performance and costing and producing monthly, quarterly reports to the board of directors. All these experiences mould him to be a all-rounder in both technical and management skills.