Director, AI Policy · AI Malaysia Berhad (formerly the National AI Office, NAIO) · Malaysia
Reza has 30 years of experience spanning law, digital transformation, management consulting, and public-sector innovation, combining regulatory depth, large-scale programme delivery, and national policy design.
He began as Legal Counsel in PETRONAS Group Legal (1995-2000), specialising in upstream oil and gas law at PETRONAS Carigali and PETRONAS, including work on the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (JDA/MTJA). In 2000, he joined PETRONAS's e-Commerce Strategic Study Team and led the e-Procurement project team. He later joined iPerintis as a founding member, then moved into national digital delivery as Director of Business Operations in ePerolehan, Malaysia's largest MSC Flagship operations at that time. He then served as an Associate Consultant at Kearney, where he advised organisations on transformation strategy, stakeholder alignment, and change management.
He holds a Master in Sustainable Development Management from the Jeffrey Sachs Center, Sunway University, completed top of his cohort.
He now serves as Director, AI Policy at AI Malaysia, Ministry of Digital, where he leads the strategic implementation of the National AI Action Plan 2026-2030 (Pelan Tindakan AI Kebangsaan 2026-2030): setting national AI governance, shaping policy direction, and driving cross-sector adoption across government, GLCs, and industry.
8–9 December 2026, Hilton Hotel, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia