Dr. Yani is a Senior Consultant / Subject Matter Expert on Energy Crop to Renewable Energy/Biofuel Development. He was the former CEO of Bio-Ethanol (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a Joint Venture of Wangkanai Sugar Mill Group and Senoko Power of Singapore (Ethanol Production from Cassava and Cassava Plantation Planning and Management), the former Executive Director of Euca Fuel Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Biofame Consulting Group (Lucaena and Fast Growing Energy Crop Planning and Management)

and the former Project Director of Flame Crop Co., Ltd., a Joint-Venture Company of Glory Construction Co., Ltd. and Bakrie Group of Indonesia (Enhanced Landfill Mining and Jatropha Bio-Diesel Production and Cultivation Management). Further to that he was the former Chief Advisor for the Agriculture Land Reform Office, Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, for Promotion of Reafforestation Program of Barren Lands and Energy Crop Growth Enhancement Program.

He is the Principle Research Fellow for Clean Coal Technology with Biomass Mix at Chulalongkorn University – Energy Research Institute (CU-ERI) and Sri Nakharinwirot University – Institute of Energy Efficiency and Economy (IEEE). Dr. Yani has a Diploma in
Instrumentation and Control from Singapore Polytechnic, a M.Eng in Power Management System and a Ph.D in Applied Material Science from Scranton Institute, Pennsylvania State University as well as a Mini MBA Program from Sri Nakharinwirot University, Thailand.