Idris Jala
Datuk seri Idris Jala, who is from the Kelabit ancestry, is the current Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Ministers Department and chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu). He is a Senator in the Dewan Negara.
Before that, Idris used to work for Shell. In 2005, the Malaysian government elected him as CEO of Malaysia Airlines due to massive losses of the company. In February 2006, he announced the airline's business turnaround plan from a 9-month loss of USD400 million in 2005 to achieving a record profit of USD260 million in 2007 until September 2009.
In May 2008, Idris appeared on national television announcing the airline's first ever 'zero fare' for domestic and a selection of international flights, a move that raised his spat between him and AirAsia’s boss, Tony Fernandes to a new level.
Idris Jala is a Kelabit from Sarawak and is a Christian. He is one of the few non-Malay non-Muslims to have been appointed to head a GLC.
As of September 2009, Datuk Seri Idris Jala was sworn in as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. Jala was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department and Chief Executive Officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu). As CEO of Pemandu, the unit monitoring the implementation of the key performance indicator (KPI) initiative, he will assist and report to Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department who is responsible for national unity and performance management.
Idris Jala 6 Secrets Of Business Transformation
when Idris Jala was hired as CEO of a failing state-owned airline, he had exactly three and-half months operating cash in which to turn it around (no bail out, no other options).
He succeeded well beyond expectations with a combination of laser focus on the profit and loss statement and his own view of leadership “if the leader doesn’t believe in the journey, then it cannot begin”. He...
