Michel A. Gilmour
A 1st generation entrepreneur, Michel, at core, is a talent and technology scout. He spent 12 years in Chemicals & Oil Palm with, in between, 30 years in Executive Search.
Born in Africa, after business studies in France and the UK, Michel started his career with France’s main chemical company, first in India then as GM Indonesia. He transitioned to a 30 years headhunting spell across Europe, America & Asia.
He ventured into Oil Palm in Sabah in 2009 by investing first in Sandakan in a first precision agriculture solution. COVID led to the setting up of the PalmINNOV study group. PalmINNOV is today delivering the first fully operational Precision Agriculture harvesting system. Along the way he volunteered with PONGO, an alliance of oil palm growers & NGOs aiming at improving the protection of wildlife in/around plantations.
French & British, Michel’s multicultural family lives in Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia & Polynesia. His Malaysian wife Soraya set up 12 years back several private schools for Rohingya children in Johor. She is concurrently UNHCR representative for Southern Malaysia Peninsula.
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