Jamil Khamis is the Vice President of Green Rubber. He is responsible for setting up the plant and production operation for the company. He has extensive experience in managing operations in polymer and palm oil industries.

Prior to this, Jamil was the Chief Operating Officer and Joint Researcher for Medan Adopsy which developed the artificial domestic pollination system (ADOPSY). The company is also a grant recipient of the Sandbox programme under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in 2021.

With research background in soil and plant protection, Jamil started his career with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board in the Agronomy and Entomology Department.

He spent 13 years in STI Group, before it became the PETRA Group, where he handled the operations for the Group of companies by monitoring, managing and improving production processes to achieve the targets.

Jamil’s achievement includes introducing state of the art machines for rubber and plastic recycling which in turn opened collaborations with Nuclear Malaysia in 2014.

He was also responsible for securing the manufacturing contracts for Green Rubber Global to make Timberland shoe soles and BANDAG rethread truck tire.