Distinguished Senior Advisers
The Distinguished Senior Advisers of World Trade Chamber Malaysia are eminent national figures recognised for the depth of their leadership, public service, institutional experience and contribution to Malaysia’s development.
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Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Anuwar Ali
Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Anuwar Ali is a distinguished Malaysian economist and higher-education leader whose career spans academia, public policy, institutional governance and international development.
He served as Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 1998 to 2003 and subsequently led Open University Malaysia as President and Vice-Chancellor for twelve years. His public-service experience includes serving as Director of Higher Education at Malaysia’s Ministry of Education, becoming the first academic appointed to that position.
His wider institutional record includes chairing the Board of Universiti Putra Malaysia and contributing to economic research, higher education, capital-market development and regional academic cooperation. An economist specialising in industrial planning and human-resource development, he has also contributed to national and international development programmes, including consultancy assignments connected with Malaysia’s Industrial Master Plan and UNIDO initiatives.
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Tan Sri Ahmad Zaki Ansore
Tan Sri Ahmad Zaki Ansore bin Mohd Yusof is a distinguished former senior Malaysian civil servant with 37 years of experience across economic policy, public administration, national development and government programme coordination.
He began his public-service career in the Economics and International Division of the Ministry of Finance in 1983. His subsequent appointments spanned the Public Service Department, ministries responsible for primary and plantation industries, and the Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department.
His leadership record includes senior development-coordination appointments in Sabah and Johor, service as Deputy Director-General of the Implementation Coordination Unit, leadership of the Prime Minister’s Department Post-Flood Recovery Unit, and appointment as Director-General of the Implementation Coordination Unit.
He holds a Bachelor of Economics with Honours from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Master of Arts in Science Policy from Saitama University, Japan. His executive development experience includes programmes at the University of Oxford and Harvard Business School.