Ian Macdonald Reid

Fleet Management & Infrastructure

Key Expertise

  • Road design, culvert and building construction
  • Operation of heavy machinery and equipment for land clearing
  • Fleet workshop management
  • More than 45 years’ extensive experience in plantation management and development in countries such as Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nigeria and Indonesia
  • Key expertise in handling heavy machineries for land clearing activities, including hands-on training to the machine operators
  • Previous work experiences include SIME DARBY, Wilmar International Plantation and Lam Soon Plantation i.e. new development of Oil Palm plantations from jungle conditions
  • Recently completed a 2-year stint with OBAN Plantation, Nigeria, for the clearing of approximately 4,000 hectares of Rubber plantation for Oil Palm cultivation. Work activities included road design and construction, culverts, building construction and fleet workshop management. In addition, provided continuous on-ground training to the heavy machineries operators on all aspects of land clearing best practices