Dr. Christina SS Ooi

 Dr Christina SS Ooi currently serves as a Board Member of the Regional Board of Malaysia for Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK’s only chartered professional body for manager accreditation. She also serves as a Council Member for the Malaysia Independent Non-Executive Directors Association (MINED), and is an Adjunct Lecturer with Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Malaysia. A criminal lawyer by training, this former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for Asia Pacific (APAC) with diverse industry experience is also an international speaker, mentor, published author, thought leader, 2024 LinkedIn Top Voice for Career Management, People Management, Communications Management, Negotiation, Executive Management, and Leadership. Also listed by Favikon on 9 February 2026, in Top 200 Global Procurement Creators, she is also #1 Procurement Creator in Malaysia.

An acknowledged expert in her field, she brings with her 33 years of corporate senior management experience in key leadership positions across the APAC region, notably in procurement transformation. Her professional experience has been with two global organizations for 22 years, and 11 years in Government-linked companies of Corporate Malaysia. With her expertise in a diverse range of industries under her belt ranging from technology, telecommunications, aviation, agribusiness, to industrial gases, she and her teams won awards, accolades and esteemed recognition from procurement fraternities, both globally and in the APAC region.

Dr Christina was previously CPO, APAC of a world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for 14 countries. Prior to that, Dr Christina was Group Procurement Officer with one of the world’s largest plantation companies and crude palm oil producer. Headhunted by Khazanah Nasional Berhad (sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia), she was handpicked as Group Head of Procurement to bring world class procurement practices as part of the national airline recovery plan in Malaysia. She had returned to Malaysia to take on the role of Senior Vice President, Procurement Management with a Malaysian mobile communications company. Prior to that, she spent 18.5 years at a global technology company in both local and Asia Pacific roles in its Integrated Supply Chain organisation, including its managed business process outsourcing practice, where she was based in Singapore for seven years.

In the early years of Dr Christina’s professional life, she worked in both advertising and legal where she practised criminal law in her family law firm in Malaysia. Her penchant for writing saw her contribution to legal research in alternative dispute resolution (mediation) with many of her works published in local and international legal journals. Dr Christina has been an active speaker over the last 14 years in major Asia Pacific and international conferences on talent management, leadership, management, procurement and supply chain, and sits on judging panels of procurement awards. She previously served on the Asia Advisory Board of International Institute for Advanced Purchasing & Supply (IIAPS), Advisory Board Member of ProcureCon Asia, and Judging Panel of CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards Asia. Dr. Christina is an Ordinary Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), and a Director member of LeadWomen. She recently completed the 30% Club Malaysia Board Mentoring Scheme, and is a Member of the ESG Association of Malaysia. She is currently paying it forward as a volunteer mentor with Project Girls for Girls (Malaysia Chapter) [https://projectg4g.org/chapter/malaysia/], Talentbank [https://www.talentbankgroup.com/], and Talent Corporation (TalentCorp) [https://www.talentcorp.com.my/].

Dr Christina holds a Ph.D. in Law from University of Malaya, Master of Laws, and Master of Business Administration (MBA), and has two first degrees, in Law and in Communication. She is also a certified Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. A published author of her first book on talent management, Dr Christina’s second book, “Tough As Nails”, was launched on 8 November 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 9 November 2025 in Singapore, and on 22 November 2025 in Shanghai, China. She is based in Kuala Lumpur.