ANDREW MOHANRAJ CHANDRASEKARAN (PROF. DATO’ DR) is a psychiatrist by profession and served the Ministry of Health Malaysia for 12 years before taking up an international assignment with an NGO after the Asian Tsunami of 2004 in Aceh Indonesia, The Philippines (post-disaster) and Timor Leste (post-conflict).

He is also actively involved in the mainstreaming of mental health issues in Malaysia as the President of the Malaysian Mental Health Association (since 2018) and Policy Advisor to the Green Ribbon Group Malaysia.

Besides running his psychiatric practice in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, he is engaged in periodic consultancy to provide mental health services to refugees and asylum seekers whose intended destination is Australia. Dr Andrew is a full Professor at Taylor’s School of Liberal Arts and Social Science where he is also the Director of the Impact Lab on Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Dr Andrew is also a third term member of the Mental Health Promotion Advisory Council to the Minister of Health Malaysia and was a member of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, in which he served two terms consecutively.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). Dr Andrew Mohanraj had also served as a short term consultant on Mental Health and Substance Abuse with the World Health Organization ( WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office.

NG CHONG GUAN (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR) is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. Prior to that, Dr. Ng worked in various hospitals under the Ministry of Health in Kedah and Perak. Dr. Ng is also a senior consultant psychiatrist with the University Hospital (University of Malaya Medical Centre).

Dr Ng’s other professional membership include Treasurer of the Malaysian Psychiatric Association, and member of Member of Psychological Medicine Research Group of University Malaya (PARADIGM). Dr Ng has numerous publications in prestigious medical journals and a regular speaker for local and international conferences. He has vast experience in the management of major illness such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorder and sexual dysfunction.

POH KIM PHENG (Mdm Kim) is a caregiver as well as strong advocate for mental health. She worked as a Scientific Officer in an Isotope Geochemistry lab in Oxford University England.

She runs her own business in Interior Design after coming back to Malaysia. Mdm. Kim has been a member of the MMHA Management Committee for the past 20 years. She is actively involved in Caregiver Education and Caregiver Support. She has
appeared on TV, Radio Talks and on newspapers, sharing her story and helping to
destigmatise mental illness besides increasing awareness on mental illness.

Mdm. Kim is also actively involved in many other NGO works in the community. She was a member of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (2018-2021). She received the Top Single Mothers Award in 2017 and obtained HRDCorp certification last year at age of 79. She was honoured with MMHA Caregiver Support Award in 2022

DING LAY MING (DATO’ DR) is a retired public health specialist with the Ministry of Health Malaysia, serving as the Perak State Health Director before her retirement in 2022. She was in the forefront of Covid-19 Control and Management in Perak.

Dato’ Ding had worked many years in the Ministry of Health Medical Services Division, and has wide experience in Hospital Management (having managed Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Hospital Serdang and Hospital Klang), Clinical Research Management as well as Quality Improvement Programmes for Medical Services in hospitals.

MOHAN CHITRAN (MR) is a retired Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) and was the Chief Supervisor of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang before retirement. He is currently the Human Resource Manager with a private medical group in the Klang Valley.

Mr Mohan heads the Peer and Caregiver Support Group in MMHA and a facilitator for MMHA’s Caregiver Education Programme. Besides his service in MMHA, Mr Mohan is actively involved in medical teams for the Malaysian Grand Prix, World Powerboat Grand Prix, SUKOM, SEA Games, and the Rainforest Challenge as well as disaster relief work in and outside the country.

FAZLIN BADRI ALYEOPE (PUAN) is a mental health advocate and has been involved with MMHA since 1999, first as a staff and later as a Committee Member between 2002 and 2018 for several years intermittently. She returned to serve as a Committee Member in 2022. Puan Fazlin is actively involved as a facilitator in the Caregiver Education Programme as well as a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor for MMHA.

Puan Fazlin is a corporate trainer and possesses a background in psychology and education. She has worked with various government agencies, private companies and MNCs. She is also a Job Specialist and a member of the support team under the Employee Assistance Programme in a few private companies.



JARED JORGE DAVID (MR) is the executive director of Eve Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre, a fully functional and accredited private psychiatric facility, first of its kind in the nation. He has immense experience planning programs for psychiatric patients, teaching and training staff, and aiding psychiatric patients on Awareness of Major Psychiatric Illness, and group motivation sessions. He is well versed with the processes of hospitalization and management of psychotropic drugs with psychiatrists, patient care, running of operations and the works of a psychiatric settings. His expertise also includes business expansion, consultation and PR.



SITI HAFSYAH IDRIS (DR) is an Associate Professor in environmental law, nursing law, and ethics at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), MALAYSIA. She joined the Faculty of Law, UiTM, in 2006. She is the Deputy Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages at the Faculty of Law, UiTM. She holds law degrees from UiTM, the University of Malaya (Master in law), and UiTM (PhD in Law).

She is a strong mental health advocate and actively participates in the policy of managing mental health issues amongst the students. She is involved in mental health and person with disabilities programme as well as a member of the Law Review team for Akta OKU 2008 (Persons with Disabilities Act 2008)



AHMAD FAROUK (DR)



PAK MEI YOK (MDM)

ANDREW MOHANRAJ CHANDRASEKARAN (PROF. DATO’ DR) is a psychiatrist by profession and served the Ministry of Health Malaysia for 12 years before taking up an international assignment with an NGO after the Asian Tsunami of 2004 in Aceh Indonesia, The Philippines (post-disaster) and Timor Leste (post-conflict).

He is also actively involved in the mainstreaming of mental health issues in Malaysia as the President of the Malaysian Mental Health Association (since 2018) and Policy Advisor to the Green Ribbon Group Malaysia.

Besides running his psychiatric practice in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, he is engaged in periodic consultancy to provide mental health services to refugees and asylum seekers whose intended destination is Australia. Dr Andrew is a full Professor at Taylor’s School of Liberal Arts and Social Science where he is also the Director of the Impact Lab on Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Dr Andrew is also a third term member of the Mental Health Promotion Advisory Council to the Minister of Health Malaysia and was a member of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, in which he served two terms consecutively.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). Dr Andrew Mohanraj had also served as a short term consultant on Mental Health and Substance Abuse with the World Health Organization ( WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office.

NG CHONG GUAN (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR) is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. Prior to that, Dr. Ng worked in various hospitals under the Ministry of Health in Kedah and Perak. Dr. Ng is also a senior consultant psychiatrist with the University Hospital (University of Malaya Medical Centre).

Dr Ng’s other professional membership include Treasurer of the Malaysian Psychiatric Association, and member of Member of Psychological Medicine Research Group of University Malaya (PARADIGM). Dr Ng has numerous publications in prestigious medical journals and a regular speaker for local and international conferences. He has vast experience in the management of major illness such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorder and sexual dysfunction.

SEE CHENG SIANG is a retired businessman in the Housing and Construction Industry. He is a passionate advocate of Mental Health and had been involved with MMHA since ______, serving as Past-President and currently, the Senior Vice President.

Mr. See is instrumental in the setting up of MMHA’s residential hostel for out-station clients attending MMHA’s Wellness and Recovery Programme for mental illness.

POH KIM PHENG (Mdm Kim) is a caregiver as well as strong advocate for mental health. She worked as a Scientific Officer in an Isotope Geochemistry lab in Oxford University England.

She runs her own business in Interior Design after coming back to Malaysia. Mdm. Kim has been a member of the MMHA Management Committee for the past 20 years. She is actively involved in Caregiver Education and Caregiver Support. She has
appeared on TV, Radio Talks and on newspapers, sharing her story and helping to
destigmatise mental illness besides increasing awareness on mental illness.

Mdm. Kim is also actively involved in many other NGO works in the community. She was a member of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (2018-2021). She received the Top Single Mothers Award in 2017 and obtained HRDCorp certification last year at age of 79. She was honoured with MMHA Caregiver Support Award in 2022

DING LAY MING (DATO’ DR) is a retired public health specialist with the Ministry of Health Malaysia, serving as the Perak State Health Director before her retirement in 2022. She was in the forefront of Covid-19 Control and Management in Perak.

Dato’ Ding had worked many years in the Ministry of Health Medical Services Division, and has wide experience in Hospital Management (having managed Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Hospital Serdang and Hospital Klang), Clinical Research Management as well as Quality Improvement Programmes for Medical Services in hospitals.

MOHAN CHITRAN (MR) is a retired Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) and was the Chief Supervisor of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang before retirement. He is currently the Human Resource Manager with a private medical group in the Klang Valley.

Mr Mohan heads the Peer and Caregiver Support Group in MMHA and a facilitator for MMHA’s Caregiver Education Programme. Besides his service in MMHA, Mr Mohan is actively involved in medical teams for the Malaysian Grand Prix, World Powerboat Grand Prix, SUKOM, SEA Games, and the Rainforest Challenge as well as disaster relief work in and outside the country.

ANG KIM TENG (DATIN DR) is a retired public health specialist with the Ministry of Health Malaysia serving in various senior positions, the last being the Selangor State Health Department. Since her retirement in 2008, Dr. Ang has been involved with MMHA serving as its Past-President (2008-2014) and Secretary General (2014-2023, May) and currently as its Hon. Treasurer (from June 2023).

Dr. Ang was a member of the Mental Health Promotion Advisory Council, Ministry of Health (2017-2021) and involved in various national working groups on Mental Health. She is instrumental in developing the Malaysian Mental Health First Aid programme, a global licenced certificate programme from Australia. She is also instrumental in formulating many of MMHA’s operational policies and standard operational procedures. Dr. Ang is actively involved in Caregiver Education and Caregiver Support, and in developing its Revised Caregiver Education Manual and Facilitator GuidelineProgramme (2022).

FAZLIN BADRI ALYEOPE (PUAN) is a mental health advocate and has been involved with MMHA since 1999, first as a staff and later as a Committee Member between 2002 and 2018 for several years intermittently. She returned to serve as a Committee Member in 2022. Puan Fazlin is actively involved as a facilitator in the Caregiver Education Programme as well as a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor for MMHA.

Puan Fazlin is a corporate trainer and possesses a background in psychology and education. She has worked with various government agencies, private companies and MNCs. She is also a Job Specialist and a member of the support team under the Employee Assistance Programme in a few private companies.



JARED JORGE DAVID (MR) is the executive director of Eve Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre, a fully functional and accredited private psychiatric facility, first of its kind in the nation. He has immense experience planning programs for psychiatric patients, teaching and training staff, and aiding psychiatric patients on Awareness of Major Psychiatric Illness, and group motivation sessions. He is well versed with the processes of hospitalization and management of psychotropic drugs with psychiatrists, patient care, running of operations and the works of a psychiatric settings. His expertise also includes business expansion, consultation and PR.



PRAVEENA RAJENDRA (DR) is an Engineer (PhD) by profession. She is a certified Mental Health & Awareness practitioner and works with parental narcissistic abuse victims. Dr. Praveena has a dedicated column called “Mind the Mind” in The Sun, Malaysia's national daily where she writes about mental health awareness.

Dr. Praveena is currently a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Innovation & Technology, at Taylor’s University. A strong advocate of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), she aspires to promote a resilient society by placing an emphasis on the mental well-being of professionals and youths. Dr. Praveena is also the recipient of Malaysia's Women Leaders Award by the World Women Leadership Congress.



SITI HAFSYAH IDRIS (DR) is an Associate Professor in environmental law, nursing law, and ethics at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), MALAYSIA. She joined the Faculty of Law, UiTM, in 2006. She is the Deputy Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages at the Faculty of Law, UiTM. She holds law degrees from UiTM, the University of Malaya (Master in law), and UiTM (PhD in Law).

She is a strong mental health advocate and actively participates in the policy of managing mental health issues amongst the students. She is involved in mental health and person with disabilities programme as well as a member of the Law Review team for Akta OKU 2008 (Persons with Disabilities Act 2008)



TAN YOKE HWA (DATO’) is a Dietitian by profession and retired as the first Director of Allied Health Professions Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia in 2016. She practises as a dietitian and a hypnotherapist at a private medical centre. She has been instrumental in setting up the Allied Health Professions Act in 2016. With her dual expertise and professionalism, she is passionate to customise her care to help those who need.

Dato' Tan has been involved with MMHA since her retirement and have been actively involved in Peer and Caregiver Support, providing Help-Line service. Her ability to converse in a few languages and Chinese dialects is of benefit.