Najib appoints Idris Jala minister to oversee KPIs

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PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Idris Jala (picture) has been appointed minister without portfolio in the Prime Minister’s Department and chief executive officer of Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).

Idris is Malaysia Airlines managing director and chief executive officer.

The cabinet was informed of Idris’ appointment at the cabinet key performance indicator workshop here yesterday.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin had consented to the appointment.

Idris will be sworn in as senator at a later date. The board of Malaysia Airlines will announce separately the new managing director and CEO of the airline, Najib said in a statement yesterday.

As CEO of Pemandu, the organisation that will oversee the implementation of the key performance indicator (KPI) initiatives, Idris will complement, support and report to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of National Unity and Performance Management Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.

"Koh is to continue with his task of formulating and executing the overall policy and strategy on performance management and organisational transformation with special focus on national key result areas (NKRA).

"Koh will be chairman of the Pemandu board which includes the chief secretary to the government and other senior officers.

"Idris, on the other hand, will focus on sharing his expertise and experience in Shell and MAS and driving implementation of performance management in the Federal Government," Najib said.

Idris, who will also assume the deputy chairmanship of Pemandu, will be responsible for spe-cific sub-NKRAs and National KPIs (N-KPIs) and advise on Ministerial-KRAs (M-KRAs) and M-KPIs.

He will report to Koh on matters relating to KPIs and directly to the prime minister on other duties to be assigned to him as minister without portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department.

Idris was appointed Malaysia Airlines managing director and CEO in December 2005, in the aftermath of the company's biggest financial loss in its corporate history.

Prior to joining Malaysia Airlines, Idris spent 23 years at Shell. Between 2002 and 2005, Idris was the managing director, Shell MDS (Malaysia) and vice-president, Shell Malaysia Gas & Power (Malaysia).

Between 2000 and 2002, Idris was vice-president, Retail Marketing, Shell International, based in London.

He was also vice-president, business development consultancy where he led a team of 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 the managing director of Shell Sri Lanka, where he helped to shape the turnaround of Shell's liquefied petroleum gas business in Sri Lanka.

Idris holds a bachelor's degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a Master's degree from Warwick University, the United Kingdom.