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Ir. Muhamad Sobri Zakaria

Executive Director, Water & Sewerage Regulatory Department,
National Water Services Commission (SPAN)

Ir. Muhamad Sobri Zakaria is the Executive Director of the Water and Sewerage Regulatory Department in Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from University Teknologi Malaysia. He had worked for 15 years in Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP), where his works involve strategic planning for water supply and NRW management.

In 2008, Ir. Sobri joined SPAN as a Director in the Southern Regional Office at Johor Bahru. In 2013, he was later as Senior Director at the Water Industry Audit Division, overseeing both water and sewerage auditory work scope in SPAN. Currently, he is the Executive Director for the Water and Sewerage Regulatory Department from 2019.

His fields of expertise include water and sewerage regulatory function, NRW management, technical audit and thematic audit, asset management, billing management, CAPEX planning & implementation and assessing of KPIs.