Najib: Idris will be sworn in as senatorPETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chief executive officer and managing director Datuk Seri Jala has been appointed as a Minister in the Prime Minister's department Thursday.
He would be the chief executive officer of Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), the organisation that oversees the implementation of the Key Performance Index (KPI) initiatives.
"Idris will complement, support and report to Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, minister in Prime Minister's department in charge of National Unity and Performance Management," said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in a statement Thursday.
Najib informed the Cabinet of the appointment at the Cabinet KPI Workshop held in Putrajaya Thursday and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin had consented to the appointment.
Idris would be sworn in as a senator at a later date.
"Dr Koh continues with his task on formulating and executing the overall policy and strategy on performance management and organisational transformation with special focus on National Key Results Area (N-KRA). He will be the chairman of the PEMANDU board which includes the Chief Secretary to the Government and other senior officers.
"Idris who will also assume the deputy chairmanship of PEMANDU board, will be responsible for specific N-KRAs and National KPIs (N-KPIs) and advise on Ministerial-KRAs (M-KRAs) and M-KPIs.
"He will focus on sharing his expertise and experience in Shell and MAS and driving implementation of performance management in the Federal government," said Najib.
He added that Idris would report to Dr Koh on matters relating to KPIs and directly to the Prime Minister on other duties to be assigned to him as a minister.
The board of Malaysia Airlines would announce separately the new chief executive officer and managing director of the airline.
Idris was appointed chief executive officer and managing director of MAS in Dec 2005, in the aftermath of the company's biggest financial loss in its corporate history.
Prior to joining MAS, Idris spent 23 years at Shell. Between 2002 and 2005, Idris was Shell MDS (Malaysia) managing director and Shell Malaysia Gas & Power (Malaysia) vice president.
Between 2000 and 2002, Idris was Shell International Retail Marketing vice president, based out of London.
He was also vice president, business development consultancy where he led a team of top notch internal consultants on radical business improvement projects and revamped the Shell global retail business model in order to achieve profitable growth.
Between 1998 and 2000, Idris was Shell Sri Lanka managing director where he helped shape the turnaround of Shell's LPG business in Sri Lanka.
Idris holds a bachelor's degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a masters degree from Warwick University, United Kingdom.
Via The Star
Idris Jala, the man who's instrumental of lifting MAS from its doom back in 2005. From a loss P&L to a profit record in 2007. How is MAS going to be without him?
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