KUALA LUMPUR – IRGA Sdn Bhd, an agritech solutions provider, recently announced that it will be appointing Amit Guha, Managing Director of ARABIS Agri and Velayuthan Tan, Chairman of Islands Own Pte Ltd, as senior RDCI advisors of the company. They will be joined by Francis Lau Siew Yee, who will take on the role of Group Accountant.

Amit Guha, a qualified agri-economist and agronomist by profession, has been directly involved in advancing the interests of ARABIS, a science and knowledge-based research and consulting organisation geared towards providing innovative, technology driven solutions to improve agricultural and agroforestry practices.

With over 30 years of experience developing solutions for agricultural and agroforestry systems, Guha has been closely involved in the creation of computer databases to track and monitor agritech and agricultural management data on oil palm and rubber plantations. He is also equipped to provide feasibility studies which include the preparation of agri development plans and agri due diligence for plantation investment purposes.

Joining Amit Guha as a senior RDCI advisor of IRGA is agriculture and plantation management industry veteran Velayuthan Tan, who brings over 40 years of industry experience in construction and agricultural business development. Vela Tan has spent a considerable portion of his career working closely with plantation owners in Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

He has served as the Group Executive Director of IJM Plantations Snd Bhd, later taking on the role of CEO and Managing Director, before being appointed as CEO of IJM Plantations Bhd, Indonesia. Velayuthan is presently the chairman of his own agricultural business concern, Islands Own Pte Ltd, based in the Solomon Islands, where Vela and his team are pursuing rejuvenation efforts of the coconut industry through technological innovation.

The addition of Velayuthan Tan and Amit Guha as senior advisors to IRGA will strengthen its decision making capabilities with regards to the deployment of its agricultural advisory services as well as its agritech focused product development initiatives.

The Company also announced the appointment of Francis Lau Siew Yee as the new Group Accountant. Prior to this appointment, he was a General Manager of Finance and Operations at Bridgestone Tyre Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and spent most of his career involved in financial administration and operational strategy development as well as spearheading many processes improvement projects and transformational initiatives.

Francis Lau holds an MBA (International) from Swinburne University of Technology and is well versed in a wide range of technical areas including change management, risk management, policies and procedures, and operational excellence, to name a few. His broad scope of technical expertise as well as his skill and experience in implementing high-impact and transformational business practices will bring added value to IRGA in optimising organisational strategy and operational excellence.

Francis Lau will support CEO Girish Ramachandran in executing the Group strategy and vision of becoming global agritech enablers in plantation & organic farming sectors through operational excellence and delivering high-quality services.

As IRGA welcomes Velayuthan Tan, Amit Guha and Francis Lau Siew Yee into their designated roles within its operations, the company is infused with a broad range of vital expertise which will enable it to make operational decisions that calibrate business strategy and management practices to a level that achieves the highest in industry standards.

About IRGA.AG
IRGA is an Agriculture Technology enabler that provides estate owners, farmers and landowners with integrated digital software, innovative hardware, biological solutions and data analytics for better decision-making and enhanced efficiencies. The idea behind the business’ name is conceptualised based on the brand’s ethos of holistically examining and restructuring agriculture, and looking at growth from a technology perspective. It is this thinking that forms the “IRGA” name, which is “AGRI” spelt in reverse and the tagline “agri. recoded.” IRGA has several breakthrough technologies being rolled out in in-field plantations and for farms. Visit: www.irga.ag for more details.

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