MyCEB announces key appointments for Business Events Division

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) has announced the appointment of Ms. Premala Danapakiam as Senior Manager, Business Events and the promotion of Ms. Tuty Elyanie Medali to the position of Assistant Manager, Event Support. 

 

Ms. Premala’s key focus will be on assisting in the planning and development of the strategic sales and marketing plan of the Business Events (Sales, Association Development, Corporate Meeting and Incentive, Exhibition and Event Support) team. She will report directly to Ms. Ho Yoke Ping, General Manager, Business Events of MyCEB. Meanwhile, Ms. Tuty will be responsible for the entire spectrum of the Event Support team within Business Events division and she will be reporting directly to Ms. Premala. 

 

“The appointment of Ms. Premala as Senior Manager is timely to help facilitate business development initiatives and in securing more international business events to our shore,” said Datuk Zulkefli Hj. Sharif, Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), an agency under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia. 

 

“We are also pleased to have Ms. Tuty, who is one of the pioneer staff at MyCEB, as the new Assistant Manager. Her promotion signifies our belief in talent development, and we look forward to Ms. Tuty working together alongside Ms. Premala to help drive positive and dynamic changes for the business events industry in Malaysia,” he added.

 

Prior to joining MyCEB, Ms. Premala, who graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Tourism Management) from Edith Cowan University, Australia, worked as the Director of Sales and Marketing at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching where she developed effective strategies, built partnerships and cultivated and grew local association for hosting international conferences. She also managed significant business events including the International Congress and Convention Association – ICCA Congress 2016. Ms. Premala also has an extensive experience in the hospitality industry after serving as a Senior Sales Manager for Four Points by Sheraton Kuching.

 

As for Ms. Tuty, MyCEB is her first job after she graduated in Tourism Management from UITM Shah Alam, Ms. Tuty joined MyCEB in 2010 upon completing her internship at Tourism Malaysia under Convention division. She is one of the pioneers at MyCEB since its inception in 2009.