Privatisation of Assets (Assets Sold to Sarawak Plantation Berhad)

Mr. Willester Kala has a significant food and agri-industry experience across Asia-Pacific region. He started his career as an executive with IOI Corporations Berhad. Later, he joined Dole, one of the leading producer and marketer of fruit and vegetables in the world, where he spent most of his career holding various positions and exposed to the regional production and marketing operations. He then became the Market Development Specialist of East-West Seed International Limited, a Dutch company based in Thailand, one of the leading tropical vegetable seed companies in the world focusing on the development and improvement of tropical vegetable varieties and increasing the income and knowledge of smallholder farmers.

He returned to Sarawak as the Special Administrative Officer to the Deputy Chief Minister before joining SLDB in 2021 and later became it’s Deputy General Manager (Operations). Born and bred in Julau, Sarawak, to a pepper grower family with passionate love for agriculture, he holds a Bachelor Degree of Agricultural Science with Honours.

Dr. Entebang served as a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) before assuming the role of General Manager at the Sarawak Land Development Board (SLDB). His career began in 1991 as an Assistant Accountant, and by 1996, he had progressed to the position of Accountant at a Sarawak State Government Linked Company (GLC). During his time at UNIMAS, Dr. Entebang held various leadership positions, including Head of Intellectual Property & Commercialisation, General Manager of the university’s holding company, and Director of Industry/Community Engagement. In 2016, he was seconded to the role of Director General of the Malaysia Pepper Board, which he held until 2018.

Professor Dr. Harry Entebang holds a PhD in Business Management (Corporate Entrepreneurship) from Queen’s University Belfast, UK, as well as an MBA(Finance), a Bachelor of Accountancy with Honors, a Diploma in Accounting, and a Value Investing Certificate from Columbia Business School, New York. He is also a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.