Meet the Secretariat Staff

Lian is Malaysian and began working with the ABU in 1998.

Fauziah, a Malaysian, joined the ABU in 2000.

Mee Wah is Malaysian. She started working at the ABU in November 2008.

Natalia, a Bulgarian national, joined the ABU in September 2010. Before joining the ABU, Natalia was Programme Manager at the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD).

A Malaysian, Yvonne was previously Assistant to the Senior Officer, Sport, from 1991 to 1992 and has now returned as Administration Officer.

Sharmila is Malaysian and joined the ABU in September 2010.

Shan, a Malaysian, joined the ABU in 1999.

Hamidah is Malaysian and joined the ABU in 2000.

Sharad is an Indian national. He was formerly the General Manager of the Broadcast & Satellite Broadcast Engineering Division, TCIL, in New Delhi. He joined the ABU in 1993.

Nadeem is from the Maldives and was formerly with LSV Enterprise Pte Ltd. Singapore. He joined the ABU in 2008.

Geraldine is Malaysian. She joined the ABU in 1996.

Ramlah is Malaysian. She joined the ABU in 1995.

Siva is Malaysian. He is skilled in developing, implementing and supporting information systems and networking. He joined the ABU in January 2009.

Syamsul, a Malaysian citizen, joined the ABU in November 2011. He specialises in technical support for networks, internal server systems and database administration. 

Mr Doki is Japanese and was previously the Senior Producer at the Strategic Planning Division of the International Planning & Broadcasting Department of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. He has 27 years' experience in producing news programmes.

A Malaysian, Hanizah has worked for Radio Televisyen Malaysia as a radio producer and TV anchorwoman, as well as for NHK's Radio Japan. She joined the ABU in August 2006.

Vijay had been working with All India Radio since 1980 and her last position there was Deputy Director in charge of the Nodal Network Station's programming, supervision and planning. She joined the ABU in 2005.

Programme Producer on Secondment to ABU Programming from Korea Educational Broadcasting System, EBS-Korea. He joined the ABU in 2011.

A Malaysian, Kim started working with the ABU in 1991.

Azizul is Malaysian and joined the ABU in 2008.

An Australian, John has worked for the ABC and all three Australian commercial networks, TCS-Singapore, as well as MTV and MBC, Sri Lanka. Joined in March 2002.

Letchumi is Malaysian. She joined the ABU in 2009.

Dylan is a graduate of Universiti Utara Malaysia. He started working at the ABU as an intern in the Technical Department and joined the Sports Department in May 2010.

Sedrik, a Korean national, joined the ABU in January 2012. Previously, he was a Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs and National Security News Team at KBS

Hock Guan is Malaysian and is in charge of the daily coordination of the news exchange. He joined Asiavision in 2001 and was appointed Senior Editor in 2006.

A Malaysian, Nisha was a journalist with Bernama Radio24, before she joined the ABU in March 2011.

Farouk was a news editor at the online news portal Malaysiakini before joining ABU in 2011. He is Malaysian.

Shabana joined the ABU in April 2012.  In her previous roles Shabana worked in tourism, travel, sports and retail. She is a Malaysian.

Olya has worked for one of the ABU’s member national broadcasters, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) based in Sydney, starting as a bilingual broadcaster/journalist and progressing to senior positions in executive management in both television and radio. She then became Deputy Director of Australia’s Classification Board and more recently was a General Manager at the country’s broadcasting regulator, the ACMA. She is also the immediate past President of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).

Apart from managing the contents of the ABU website and updating its online directory, Nadzim designs ABU’s promotional materials. He also handles the layout of the quarterly ABU News. Nadzim, a Malaysian citizen, was previously a graphic designer/photographer for The Expat Group.