Dato’ Dr. Kamarul Baharain is the Secretary-General of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), a Kuala Lumpur-based inter-governmental organization which serves as a forum for sharing information among all rubber producing countries and deliberating on policies.

Before joining the ANRPC in 2011, he had held various key positions which include Director-General of the Malaysian Rubber Board, Chairman of International Rubber Trade Association, Chairman of Malaysian Rubber Exchange, Chairman of Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (UK), Member of International Rubber Research and Development Board, and Chairman Technical Committee of Standards Writing on Engineering Rubber Products.