ISP: MALAYSIA

Umar Mukthar

Property Services Manager – Malaysia

Umar hails from India and obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Anna University. After graduation, he started his career in the power generation sector in India. He then moved to Germany to work for Archer Daniels Midland.  Umar was then deployed in India in line with the company’s expansion plan of handling projects and maintenance. He completed his post-graduate diploma in electrical system design while working there. 

He then relocated to Malaysia, where he worked at Tero Technology in the field of facility consulting, supporting various sites across Malaysia in terms of project acquisition and managing transition to operation activities for each site. He then moved to work under IBM namely for TNB’s nationwide Advance Metering Infrastructure project.  Prior to joining ISP, Umar served at Menz and Gasser, an Italian food processing company where he oversaw the construction of their food processing facility from commissioning to handover, and he continued his role in facilities and utilities management. 

Umar enjoys travelling, movies and watching Netflix.  He has a passion for learning new languages. Lately he is into drones, having revived his past interest in photography.