Governing Board Members

Governing Board (GB) Members are the high-level officials of Ministry of Education or related institution nominated by the Minister of Education of respective SEAMEO Member Countries and appointed by the President of the Council. The following are the GB Members of SEAQIL.

Mr Tith Mab
Head of English Division
Institute of Foreign Languages
The Royal University of Phnom Penh 

Cambodia
(8 January 2019 – 7 January 2022)
Dr Luizah F Saidi
Head of Center for Development and Empowerment of Teachers
and Education Personnel in Language 

Indonesia
(25 June 2020–24 June 2023)
Mr Ketkeo Phanthanivong
Vice Dean of Faculty of Letters
National University of Laos 

Lao PDR
(18 August 2018–17 August 2021)
Dr Rusmini binti Ku Ahmad
Rector
Institute of Teacher Education
Ministry of Education 

Malaysia
(01 July 2019–30 June 2022)
Dr Zaw Myint
Director General
Department Myanmar Nationalities’ Languages
Ministry of Education 

Myanmar
(22 January 2018–21 January 2021)
Atty Tonisito MC Umali
Undersecretary
Department of Education 

Philippines
(20 September 2019–19 September 2022)
Mrs Elaine Yoo 
Master Teacher/English Language
English Language Institute of Singapore 

Singapore
(18 September 2019–17 September 2012)
Asst Prof. Dr Nirada Chitrakara
Dean, Faculty of Arts
Chulalongkorn University 

Thailand
 (25 January 2016–24 January 2019)
Mr Gemito de Jesus
Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Sport 

Timor Leste
(11 September 2019–10 September 2022)
Ms Tran Thi Phuong, MA 
Head of Division
Vietnam International Education Cooperation Department
Ministry of Education and Training 

Vietnam
(15 August 2017–14 August 2020)