{"id":15,"date":"2016-04-09T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T03:14:26","slug":"founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 id=\"the-late-tan-sri-dato-napsiah-omar\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\">The Late Tan Sri Dato&#8217; NAPSIAH OMAR<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1375 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wimnet.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tan-Sri-latest-photo-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tan-Sri-latest-photo-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tan-Sri-latest-photo-150x205.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tan-Sri-latest-photo-300x410.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tan-Sri-latest-photo-516x705.jpg 516w, https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tan-Sri-latest-photo.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PSM, DSNS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Bachelor of Science, Australian National University, Canberra<\/li><li>Master of Science, Cornell University, New York<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Business and Occupation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Company Director<\/li><li>Former Associate Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1981<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Government Awards:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Conferred a Dato by Negeri Sembilan State Government<\/li><li>Conferred a Tan Sri by Federal Government<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Government Positions Held:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Former Deputy Minister of National Unity and Social Development, 1982-87<\/li><li>Former Minister of Public Enterprise, 1987-90<\/li><li>Former Minister of National Unity and Social Development, 1990-1995<\/li><li>Former State Executive Councillor for Negeri Sembilan, 1996<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Political Positions Held:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>UMNO State Woman Leader for Negeri Sembilan up till 2004<\/li><li>Permanent Chairman of UMNO Wanita since 2004<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>NGO Positions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Co-Founder cum Chairperson, Women\u2019s Institute of Management since 1993<\/li><li>Former President, Federal Territory Girl Guides Association<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Tokoh Wanita Negeri Sembilan, 2001<\/li><li>National Outstanding Educator Award (College category), 2015<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 id=\"dato-dr-nellie-s-l-tan-wong\"><span style=\"color: #c72c2c;\"><strong>Dato Dr. NELLIE S.L. TAN-WONG<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DSNS, KMN, PMC, PJK, JP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dato Dr. Nellie Tan-Wong is the Co-Founder, Deputy Chairperson&nbsp; of the Board of Trustees and CEO (Honorary) of the Women\u2019s Institute of Management (WIM), Malaysia.&nbsp; She is also Editor&nbsp; (Honorary) of the WIM\u2019s Business Journal, an 80-page publication issued three times a&nbsp; year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dato-latest-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1371\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dato-latest-photo.jpg 227w, https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dato-latest-photo-150x196.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>WIM was incorporated as a tax exempt Non Profit&nbsp; Women\u2019s NGO&nbsp; on 14 .5.1993 and owns a 6-storey&nbsp; Building, &nbsp;Wisma WIM, which is free of encumbrances. &nbsp;Up till&nbsp; 28.2.2022, WIM has conducted 757 courses \/ events, benefitting 35,060&nbsp; participants, mostly&nbsp; marginalised women . WIM conducts a British MBA Degree Programme and does not receive any annual Government grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other voluntary leadership positions held by her includes as Presidents of the Royal Sungei Ujong Club, NSCMH Medical Centre, YWCA of Malaysia and as National Vice Chairman of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society and Chairman, Malaysian Institute of&nbsp; Accountants, N.S. and Malacca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By occupation, she&nbsp; is a practising Chartered Accountant,&nbsp; heading her own&nbsp; firm, S.L. Tan &amp; Co.&nbsp;&nbsp; She is also Managing Director of various Private Limited Companies. &nbsp;In 1991 she was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the N.S. State Government.&nbsp; In 1993 she was conferred a Datoship by His Royal&nbsp; Highness, the Ruler of Negeri Sembilan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International leadership positions held by Dato Nellie include as Finance Chairperson, World YWCA, Geneva and Member of the Board of Trustees, Women\u2019s World Banking, New York. She has travelled to 26 countries, around the world and invited to speak at various&nbsp; international conferences&nbsp; such as those organised by the John F. Kennedy School of Government,&nbsp; Harvard University, Boston, the Asia Development Bank, the Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK, the Canadian&nbsp; International Development&nbsp; Agency (CIDA), Asia-Australia Institute, Edith Cowan&nbsp; University and the Governments of Western Australia, Canada and Fiji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has been awarded Honorary&nbsp; Doctor of Letters. by the Thompson&nbsp; River University, BC, Canada and Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the University of East London, UK. In 2011 she was awarded one of the Most Outstanding Chinese&nbsp; Leaders by the&nbsp; Malaysian Chinese&nbsp; Leaders Caucus and the Brand&nbsp; Laureate Icon Leadership Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Late Tan Sri Dato&#8217; NAPSIAH OMAR PSM, DSNS Education: Bachelor of Science, Australian National University, Canberra Master of Science, Cornell University, New York Business and Occupation: Company Director Former Associate Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1981 Government Awards: Conferred a Dato by Negeri Sembilan State Government Conferred a Tan Sri by Federal Government Government &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/founders\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Founders<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false,"shop_catalog":false,"shop_single":false,"shop_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Late Tan Sri Dato&#8217; NAPSIAH OMAR PSM, DSNS Education: Bachelor of Science, Australian National University, Canberra Master of Science, Cornell University, New York Business and Occupation: Company Director Former Associate Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1981 Government Awards: Conferred a Dato by Negeri Sembilan State Government Conferred a Tan Sri by Federal Government Government&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26983,"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/26983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpnew.wimnet.org.my\/wpnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}