Ahmad Jefri is Assistant Managing Director at the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) where he is a member of its board of directors, corporate secretary and Head of BIA’s Support Group.
A Barrister of the Lincoln’s Inn and an Associate Mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre, Jefri has a legal career spanning 29 years, Jefri was in private practice, served in the Attorney General’s Chambers and is currently in corporate practice where he oversees the digital and IT services team at BIA. For his LLM thesis, Jefri’s research focused on comparative treatment of privacy and data protection in various jurisdictions.
He chairs and serves as a member on boards of various government linked companies.
His stint as CEO at Telbru Berhad saw him lead the company during the transformation of the telecommunication industry and was heavily involved in the set-up of its MVNO services.
Jefri has four children who keep him in touch with the ‘other’ side of the digital world, gaming and all its wonders.