Kota Kinabalu: Ir Ts Mohd Yaakob Jaafar (pic) is Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd’s (SESB) new Chief Executive Officer.
SESB announced this in a statement, Wednesday, and he will replace Datuk Ir Abdul Nasser Abdul Wahid who was appointed CEO of the Sabah Energy Unit starting Mar 1.
“Yaakob started his career with SESB as an Electrical Engineer in SESB’s Transmission Division in May 2004.
“During his 18 years of service at SESB, he had extensive experience in the operation, maintenance, planning and development of SESB assets through various positions as Chief Engineer, General Manager, and Senior General Manager.
“He is a native of Sabah from Bongawan, Papar, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (Power) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and has a 275kV Competent Electrical Engineer certificate certified by the Energy Commission of Malaysia.
“Yaakob is well known in the engineering sector in Sabah where he is the Vice Chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Engineers (IEM) Sabah branch,” SESB said in a statement, Wednesday.
He is also a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and a Technology Professional registered with the Board of Technology Malaysia (MBOT) as well as a Member of the Executive Committee (Exco) of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE), Malaysia.
