Jawhar, Mohamed
Malaysia

Mohamed Jawhar is Chairman and CEO of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. His positions in government included Director-General, Department of National Unity; Under-Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs; Director (Analysis) Research Division, Prime Minister’s Department; and Principal Assistant Secretary, National Security Council. He also served as Counselor in the Malaysian Embassies in Indonesia and Thailand. Jawhar was Project Coordinator of Malaysia’s Master Plan on Knowledge-Based Economy. He also helped draft the Report of the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police. Jawhar served as a member of Penang Knowledge Economy Information Communications Technology Council (K-ICT Council) since its inception. He was heavily involved in the formulation of the K-ICT Blueprint in support of the government’s goal of making Penang a fully developed state by 2010. Jawhar was also the lead drafter of the Islamic Development Bank’s Vision 1440 Hijrah document. His other positions include: Former Executive Council Member of the National Economic Action Council (NEAC); Member, National Unity Advisory Panel, Malaysia; Non-Executive Chairman, New Straits Times; Member of the Board of Directors, Media Prima Sdn. Bhd.; Co-Chair, Network of East Asia Think-tanks (NEAT) 2005-2006; and Chairman, Malaysian National Committee, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). He is also presently Co-Chair, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) for a period of two years and Expert and Eminent Person, for the purposes of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Register.

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