Dr Ong Bee Lee (“Dr Ong”), female, a Malaysian aged 70, is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She was appointed to our Board on 1 July 2022. She is the Chairman of Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Dr Ong obtained the Certificate International Registered Certified Auditor (IRCA) QMS ISO Lead Auditor course ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 from National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), Australia. She completed her Degree in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and Master in Aquatic Animal Health from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.
Dr Ong started her career in the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia (DVS) as Veterinary Officer in May 1980. She was then promoted as Director of DVS of many laboratories and the swine unit until she retired in February 2006. In the same year, she was invited to work with World Health Organization (WHO) as a Zoonotic Epidemiologist in Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Division, Western Pacific Regional Office in Philippines until May 2011. During her tenure in WHO, she was responsible for managing zoonotic diseases such as Avian Influenza (H5N1), pandemic H1N1 (2009) or swine flu, leptospirosis, plague, brucellosis, anthrax and rabies across the Asian and Western Pacific regions and internationally.
In July 2011, Dr Ong was invited to join the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Universiti Putra Malaysia as Associate Professor until September 2014. In October 2014, she joined Universiti Malaysia Kelantan as a Principal Fellow/ Industrial Professor of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine until September 2018. As an academician, she has published many books/ book chapters and international guidelines and papers for managing zoonotic diseases control and prevention. Her areas of expertise are epidemiology, veterinary public health, pig and poultry diseases, aquatic animal health, laboratory management and quality assurance program. Her research areas covered pig and poultry diseases, diseases related to transmission from animal to human e.g. AI, Swine Flu, Rabies, TB and aquatic animal health. She has also produced many post graduates (PhD and Master Levels) and undergraduates in these areas.
Currently, Dr Ong is a freelance Lead and Technical Auditor for Standards Malaysia Laboratory Accreditation Scheme.