Mr. Yaakob is currently ambassador and permanent representative of Malaysia to Austria and the UN in Vienna. He is also currently sherpa for Malaysia to the forthcoming Second Nuclear Security Summit scheduled to be held in Seoul. Mr. Yaakob was the chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA from February 2010 until September 2010. Prior to taking up his current post, he was ambassador of Malaysia to Qatar in 2007-2010 and had served in various capacities at the Malaysian diplomatic mission in China and the U.S. As undersecretary for the Multilateral Political Division at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry from 2002 to 2005, he was responsible for issues relating to disarmament, non-proliferation, terrorism, and trans-organised crime.