Ms Naimah Mohd Ali has worked at the Attorney General Chambers since 1986 where she now holds the position of Assistant Solicitor General. She has several university degrees in law which she obtained in the UK and in Malaysia. In September 1998 she was appointed head of the registries section in the Attorney Chambers covering a broad range of IP rights.

Mr. Penn Sovicheat holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Economics and Business Administration, from Cambodian and Australian Universities. He has been appointed Deputy Director of the IPD in early 2000, following his stint as Deputy Director of Trade Preferences Department at the Ministry of Commerce during 1998-2000. With his extensive experiences in international trade and intellectual property issues, Mr. Penn Sovicheat now also serves as an active member in the negotiation team for Cambodia?s accession to the WTO. In addition, he works in various committees on economic cooperation and trade relations within ASEAN.

Mr Sigit holds the position of Director of Co-operation and Development at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights, Department of Justice and Human Rights. He holds two university degrees in agricultural engineering which he obtained in the UK and in Indonesia. He has more than 12 years of experience in the field of IP. Mr Sigit is the Chairperson of the National Working Group on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore.

Mr. Makha has served as Director of the Intellectual Property Division since 2000. Upon his return with a master?s degree in mechanical engineering from the former Soviet Union in 1987, he had a one-year research stint at the Technology Research Institute. Since joining the IP Division in 1989, Mr Makha has worked in different fields including drafting of IP law, trade mark examination, trade mark registration before assuming the current position.

The coordinator of ECAP I for Malaysia since 1995, Miss Shamsiah Kamaruddin?s academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance, as well as a Masters degree in Business Administration. She has been working in the field of IP since 1993, initially as Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks for almost two years. In 1995, she started her attachment to the Patent Formality Section as Assistant Registrar of Patents. She has been promoted to her current position as head of Patent Formality Section from 1997 and she?s now ECAP II Contact Person as Malaysia joined the Programme in July 2004.

Ms Peralta holds university degrees in information studies, commerce, accounting and business administration which she obtained in the UK and the Philippines. She has been actively involved in the field of trade and industry development since 1980. Since 1996 she has held the position of Director for Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer at the Intellectual Property Office in the Philippines. She has represented the Philippines in a number of local and international fora in the field of IP.

No specific person has been appointed as an ECAP II contact person. Liew Woon Yin (LLB, Singapore), Director-General of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). She has been a key figure in promoting the ECAP II partnership.

Kajit Sukhum has a doctorate in philosophy: agricultural economics as well as a degree in commerce which he obtained in the US and in New Zealand. He has worked in the field of trade and industry since 1989 at the Department of Foreign Trade, the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the WTO and the Ministry of Commerce. Since 2000 Mr Kajit Sukhum has held the position of Director, Intellectual Property Development and Promotion Division at the Department of Intellectual Property.

Mr Khanh holds a doctorate in heat engineering which he obtained in Germany. He has worked for the National Office of Industrial Property since 1987, as a patent examiner in the invention and in the utility solution division and in the international relations division, of which he has been the head since 1997.