Mrs. Hajah Daresah Haji Ismail, new Director General of the National archives of Malaysia
Graduated in 1978, BA (Hons) in Economics from University of Malaya and joined the National Archives of Malaysia as an archivist in the same year. She obtained a Certificate in Archives (Conservation) in 1979, M.A. in Overseas Records Management and Archives Administration, from the University College, London in 1990 and a Diploma in Information Management in 1996.