In 1979, the late Tan Siew Sin was honoured with the Tun Razak Award for his contribution to the country.
Ivy Josiah was the executive director for over 15 years, and was succeeded in February 2015 by Sumitra Visvanathan, a lawyer and humanitarian aid worker who worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the previous 16 years [REF].