About Us
THE TEAM

Komathi Mariyappan

GHG Expert
Energy Supply & Industrial Processes & Product Use (IPPU)
Expertise in GHG Accounting & Energy Sector,
Lead Auditor for ISO14064

Komathi is the Head of Advisory and Consultancy Division leading the Carbon Quantification & Reporting, Develop Mitigation Strategies & Action Plan, Technical Advisory, Verification Services and Capacity Building for Government and Private Sectors. She joined Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Centre (MGTC), previously known as GreenTech Malaysia in 2016 as a Senior Lead Manager. She was involved in the Malaysia Carbon Neutral Study, Malaysia Carbon Offset Pavilion for Dubai Expo 2020, Study on Grid Electricity Emission Factor for 2015 & 2016, KL2017 Green Initiatives 2017 (South East Asia Sports Events), Updating the Chapter 3: Mitigation Actions for Second Biennial Update Report (BUR) for submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Government Green Procurement – Life cycle of Product and Carbon footprint. Currently, she is overseeing the Malaysia Climate Action Simulator (MCAS) to determine GHG emission pathways for Malaysia and other projects such as establishing GHG Accounting and Reporting and Low Carbon Strategy /Net Zero Plan for corporate.

Komathi is a well-established environmental specialist in the climate change and renewable energy/energy efficiency sectors for over 20 years and had worked in various organizations; NGO, government and private. The range of working experience with many expert teams has strengthened the understanding and knowledge on national and international issues on climate change, energy, waste, transportation and industrial sectors. She was the Technical Expert for the development of GHG Inventories for industrial process and product use for the Second and Third National Communication, Clean Development Malaysia, CDM Energy Secretariat, among others and involved in the numerous environmental consultancies. Komathi is a Lead Auditor ISO 14064 GHG Inventory & Management System and holds a BSc (Environment) from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Norzarifah Ismail

GHG Expert
Building & Waste
Expertise in GHG Accounting

Norzarifah is a Senior Analyst with hands-on experience in greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment and working on various climate change related projects. She has started her career at Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Centre (MGTC) since 2013, giving her various opportunities to develop her skills and knowledge in carbon related subject area. She involved in the development of Green Technology Master Plan (GTMP), National GHG Inventory 2010 and development of Grid Electricity Emission Factor for 2014-2017. She also part of the team member in Government Green Procurement project, assist in calculating the carbon emissions reduction from the procurement activities implemented by the Ministry/Agencies. In addition to that, she also had the opportunity to prepare the Mitigation Actions and their Effects Chapter for Malaysia’s Second and Third Biennial Update Report (BUR) for the submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Currently, she is actively involved in developing the Malaysia Climate Action Simulator (MCAS) which formerly known as 2050 Carbon Calculator for Malaysia. MCAS acts as communication awareness tool that is open and easy to understand which aims to bring together policy makers, industry leaders, experts and civil societies into climate change conversation and engagement in exploring various pathways for Malaysia to be developed into a Low Carbon Nation.

Mohd Khairul Ainol

GHG Expert
Transportation & Industrial Processes & Product Use (IPPU)
Expertise in GHG Accounting

Mohd Khairul is a Senior Analyst with hands-on experience in greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment and various green technology-related projects. He started his career at Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC) in 2012, giving him multiple opportunities to develop his skills and knowledge in the carbon-related subject area.

He was involved in preparing the National GHG Inventory for Industrial Processes Sector for 2008 to 2010 and engaged in developing the National Grid Electricity Emission Factors for 2017. In addition to that, Mohd Khairul was also involved in implementing energy management and GHG assessment for the 29th SEA Games & the 9th Para ASEAN Games.

Currently, he is actively developing the Malaysia Climate Action Simulator (MCAS), formerly known as the 2050 Carbon Calculator for Malaysia. MCAS acts as a communication awareness tool that is open and easy to understand, which aims to bring together policymakers, industry leaders, experts, and civil societies into climate change conversation and engagement in exploring various pathways for Malaysia to be developed into a Low Carbon Nation.

Tan Win Sim

GHG Expert
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Expertise in GHG Accounting

Mr. Tan Win Sim is one of the Senior Analysts from the Advisory and Consultancy division in Malaysian Green Technology And Climate Change Centre (MGTC). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, United States and Master of Science in Environmental Protection & Management from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

His career started in 2013. After graduation, he first joined Wildlife Conservation Society – Malaysia Program as a wildlife researcher, getting involved in the tiger conservation works in the Endau-Rompin landscape of Johor and Pahang. He is specialized in data analysis, remote sensing and scientific writing.

After taking a year off to complete his Masters degree under a Chevening scholarship, he made a career transition by joining MGTC as a senior analyst. His focus now is on climate change, greenhouse gas assessment, carbon credits and offsets. He is particularly keen with assisting businesses and organizations in pursuing meaningful climate actions.

The MCAS webtool project is his first project in MGTC. In charge of the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) and Waste section of the MCAS model, he enjoys learning about the national greenhouse gas inventory, forest carbon stocks and biogas capture from palm oil mill effluent.

Kiranjeet Kaur Ambra Singh

Stakeholder Engagement

Kiranjeet is a Senior Analyst with the Advisory and Consultancy Division working on various climate change related projects. She joined Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Centre (MGTC), previously known as GreenTech Malaysia in 2012 and was involved in the Baseline Study on Green Technology Application in Agriculture and Forestry Sectors and the development of Green Technology Master Plan. She also has experience in coordination and implementation of technical and awareness training program, seminar and conference. Currently, she is a team member of the Water Sector Transformation 2040 under Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Task Force, Stakeholder Engagement for Malaysia’s Nationally Determined Contribution Updates for Mitigation and Adaptation component and deployment of Malaysia Climate Action Simulator (MCAS).

Prior to MGTC, she was involved in the Research of Controlled Release Urea Fertilizers from 2005 – 2011, working closely with Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia and PETRONAS subsidiary. Kiranjeet holds a MSc in Soil Fertility and Management and BSc Bioindustry from University Putra Malaysia and has published papers in local and international journals.

Nur Farhana Norafandi

Administration

Nur Farhana is an Executive Assistant with the Climate Action Group working on various climate change-related projects in Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC). Currently, she provides assistance in administration and event arrangements for various climate change-related projects under the Climate Action Group. Among the key projects that she has extensively supported include the Malaysia Climate Action Simulator (MCAS) and Stakeholder Engagement for the Update of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Since 2012, Hana also assisted in other divisions within MGTC, including the Corporate Communication Division, Training Division, and Green Catalyst Division.

Dr Gary William Theseira

Technical Expert and Trainer

Dr. Gary Theseira has more than a decade of experience in Climate Change and Sustainability Policymaking.

He recently retired as Senior Research Officer at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and is currently a Consultant Technical Advisor to the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC).

In 2010, he was seconded to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia (NRE) as Deputy Undersecretary for Climate Change, formulating national climate policy and negotiating on Malaysia’s behalf at the UN Climate Change Convention. He served as a Lead Coordinator to the Group of 77 and China in the negotiations leading to the Paris Agreement in 2015, and in 2018, was appointed as Special Functions Officer to YB Yeo Bee Yin, Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change.

Dr. Theseira holds a PhD. in Agronomy from Mississippi State University and conducted Post-Doctoral Research at the University of Minnesota.

Dr Chiu Chuan Onn (UM)

Technical Expert - Energy Demand
Transportation

Dr. Onn Chiu Chuen is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya. He holds a BSc. in Engineering (Environment), MSc and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Universiti Malaya. He is a member of Board of engineer Malaysia, Institution of Engineers Malaysia and The Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK. In line with his academic background, Onn’s research interest is quite wide-ranging under Environmental Engineering. However, his main interests are Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), eco profile and environmental (carbon, water, etc) footprints and impacts measurement particularly within the context of waste (WTE, biogas), energy (biofuels) and transportation (energy, modelling). As of 2021, He has been awarded with the combined amount of RM 260k research funding as principal investigator and published a total of 26 ISI publications with a H-Index of 10. He is also have been appointed as the manuscript reviewers for several ISI journal and postgraduate thesis, invited speaker and paper presenter in local and international conferences. He is also involved with a few consultation projects with Unilevel, Daikin Axis, Uber Malaysia, KeTTHA, MGTC and Panasonic R&D Singapore. He is activity working and collaborating with SIRIM’s Environmental Technology Research Centre in developing Malaysian Life Cycle Inventory Database (MYLCID).

Dr Siti Indati (UNITEN)

Technical Expert - Energy Supply
Power Industry and Oil & Gas (O & G)

Ts. Dr. Siti Indati Mustapa is Director of the Institute of Energy Policy and Research (IEPRe) at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and a Senior Lecturer at the College of Energy Economics and Social Sciences. She has vast industry experience spanning more than 20 years within energy research, energy policy, energy sustainability, greenhouse gas inventory, and energy management. She works as a researcher and consultant on the issue of energy sustainability and the environment. She has served in research consultancy and advisory capacities for the Ministry of Environment and Water (formally known Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment - MNRE), Energy Commission, Economic Planning Unit and Department of Statistics (Environment). She led a series of research projects for MNRE developing a roadmap to achieve the INDC target of Malaysia, including an in-depth assessment of mitigation actions and expanding the greenhouse gas inventory for the energy sector. She also led and completed the Greenhouse gas and Mitigation Chapters for Energy Sector for the Third National Communications Project to UNFCCC.

Dr Tan Ee San (UNITEN)

Technical Expert - Industrial Processes & Product Use (IPPU)

Tan Ee Sann is an advocate in energy related research. She obtained her undergraduate Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2003) and Master in Engineering (2008) from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, a private-owned university by Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the main electricity provider in Malaysia. She began actively participating in projects focusing on biodiesel and its application in energy generation. She has lead government funded research projects under Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) and other industrial related research under TNB Seed Fund alongside becoming key members in multiple research projects. In 2015, she pursued her PhD in Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan through the Ronpaku Fellowship awarded by Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS). During the 3 years, she was active in collaboration and research works where the technical and economic feasibility of using biodiesel for energy generation were explored.

Her passion in this area lead her to give her fullest commitment as Sector Lead in the Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) Sector for Malaysia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory since 2013. She was appointed as Technical Committee Member for Malaysia’s International Consultation and Analysis (ICA) for the Biennial Update Reports and National Communication.

Ir. Chen TL (GBI)

Technical Expert - Energy Demand
Building

Ir. Chen is a Past President of ACEM, IFEM, ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter and the Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation. He is also Advisor to BASAM, Honorary Life Advisor to MACRA and is a founding member of Malaysia’s Green Building Index and the Malaysia Green Building Council.

Chen holds a BSc (1st Class Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK. He has over 40 years’ experience in the Building Services Industry (local and overseas), and his innovative designs have won ASEAN Energy Awards, Emerson Cup and the prestigious ASHRAE Technology Award.

Chen is very active in the engineering circle, serving various portfolios in the Board of Engineers Malaysia, and was instrumental in drafting the national Energy Efficiency Bylaw. He is involved in Malaysian Standard writing committees, and served in National Steering Committees on Energy, ODS and PV. Chen was designated an expert in the National HCFC Phase-out and HFC Phase-down Master Plans. He has served as lead judge for the National Energy Awards since its inception, and has presented numerous technical papers in the fields of Fire Safety, HVAC, Refrigerants, Cutting Edge Technologies, Energy & Green Issues.

In 2006, Chen was appointed Malaysia’s 1st ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and lectures globally on the topics of HVAC, Sustainability and Energy Efficiency. In recognition of his contribution to the engineering fraternity, he was honoured with the ACEM Gold Medal Award in 2010.

Dr. Mohd Khanif Yusof (UPM)

Technical Expert – Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU)

He received his education in the field of Agriculture: Dip. Agric. Mal. 1971 (College of Agriculture Malaya), B. Sc. Tropical Agriculture 1973 and M. Sc. Agronomy and Soil Science 1975 (University of Hawaii), Doctorate Agric. Sci. 1983 (Ghent University, Belgium).

He was a lecturer at the UPM 1975, Assoc. Professor (1986-2004) and Professor (2004-2016). He was appointed as Head of the Department of Soil Science, 1987-1991 as the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, 2001-2006 and the first Director of the Institute of Plantation Studies (2014-2016) and was the member of the UPM Senate in 1992-2006 and 2014-2016. He has supervised more than 30 graduate students. He has been involved in research on nitrate pollution, the urea efficiency, and micronutrient in rice production and published in international and local journals. He has organized numerous conferences and often invited as guest speaker in conferences on issues related to agricultural productivity, food security, fertilizer and Agrologist Act.

He has been actively involved in professional and social organizations. He served as the committee member of the Agriculture and Food Sector, ‘Majlis Professor Negara’ (2010 -2016), President of AIM (Agricultural Institute of Malaysia 2007-2013), President of BIM (Balai Ikhtisas Malaysia) 2013-2015 and President of the Malaysian Society of Soil Science (2000-2006), President of ISSAAS 2006-2007 (International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences), President of UPM Academic Staff Association (2000-2001), Current President of the East West Center Alumni Malaysian Chapter, Member of the BIM Board of Management and Protem President of the Alumni Association of Belgian Universities. He was awarded the Paduka Mahkota Perak (PMP) and Fellow of the Malaysian Society of Soil Science (FMSSS). Currently he is attached to UPM, under Skim Amal Putra.