| Working experience and occupation |
Puan Rashidah Binti Othman served the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), a government agency under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, from December 1989 to February 2022. She has over 30 years of experience in various divisions and capacities in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Domestic Investment related matters during her tenure with MIDA.
She started her career as an Assistant Accounts Officer in Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA), Pension Department from April 1985 to December 1985. She then joined MIDA in 1989 starting with the Planning and International Cooperation, followed by Building Materials, Textiles & Misc. Industries Division and Promotion Division. She joined the Strategic Planning and Policy Advocacy Division from 2008 to 2018, was working with policies, guidelines and incentives, on gas and electricity, human capital and expatriates' requirements for the manufacturing sector, representing MIDA/MITI on Chapters of investment in bilateral and multi-trade agreements (FTAs, APEC, RECP), as well as the custodian and coordinator of MIDA's overall development budget. She was the Director of this Division since 2014, with additional responsibility by overseeing MIDA's Annual Budget (Incentive) Proposal and be the focal point of contact for inputs/reports on investments to local and international agencies/bodies.
She then held the position of Director of MIDA London cum Minister Counsellor (Investment), High Commission of Malaysia, London from October 2018 to December 2021 by promoting FDI in the targeted sector of manufacturing and services from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in Malaysia.
From January 2022 until her retirement in February 2022, she was assigned to be the Director of Advanced Research and Development Division in MIDA. |