FGV Holdings Berhad announced appointment of Tan Sri Rastam Bin Mohd Isa as Non Independent and Non Executive Chairman, effective 26 September 2023. Age 72 Qualifications Bachelor of Social Science (Hons); Universiti Sains Malaysia Master of Arts in International Relations and Strategic Studies University of Lancaster; Certificate of Diplomacy University of Oxford. Working experience and occupation; Tan Sri Rastam bin Mohd Isa ("Tan Sri Rastam") was the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia from 2006 until 2010 and former Chairman and Chief Executive of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia where he served from 2015-2020.

He was also an Adjunct Professor at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyah of Laws lnternational Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) (2021-2022). Tan Sri Rastam had several diplomatic assignments abroad including as High Commissioner to Pakistan (1994-1996), Ambassador to Bosnia Herzegovina (1996-1998), Ambassador to the Republic of lndonesia (1999-2003) and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (2003-2005), where he also chaired the Non-Aligned Movement ("NAM") Coordinating Bureau in New York when Malaysia was the Chair of NAM. He was ASEAN SOM leader for Malaysia in 2006-2010.

He was appointed to the Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service (PTD) on 17 April 1974 and was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his retirement from the civil service on 2 September 2010. Upon retirement as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed as Special Envoy of the Government of Malaysia to Brunei Darussalam. He also served for three years as Advisor at the Chief Minister's Department, Sarawak (2010-2013).

He also sat on the boards of a number of companies.