Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Rebecca Sta Maria
Executive Director, APEC Secretariat
Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria is the Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat based in Singapore, where she advises and provides support to the forum’s 21 diverse member economies.
Dr. Sta Maria was a top-level Malaysian civil servant and trade negotiator, and played an integral role in Malaysia’s participation in multilateral forums on trade and cooperation. As Secretary-General of the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry from December 2010 to July 2016, she often represented Malaysia in minister-level APEC meetings. She also oversaw the formulation of Malaysia’s positions in agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Dr. Sta Maria chaired the body that drafted the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprints for 2015 and 2025.
