Idris Jala

Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala
Minister in Prime Minister Department Chief Executive of Service and Performance Management Unit
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2009
Constituency	Senator
CEO of Malaysia Airlines
In office 1 December 2005 – 31 August 2009
Succeeded by	Azmil Zahruddin
Shell MD of Sri Lanka Shell (1998-2000) Retail Marketing VP of Shell International (2000-2002) MD of Shell MDS (Malaysia) (2002-2005) VP of Shell Malaysia Gas & Power (Malaysia) (2002-2005)
In office 1982–2005
Personal details
Nationality	Malaysian
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	USM, Malaysia Warwick University, UK
Religion	Christian

Dato' Sri Idris Jala, who is from the Kelabit ancestry, is the current Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department and chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu). He is a Senator in the Dewan Negara, upper house of parliament.

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, Datuk Seri 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.

Cabinet minister

As of September 2009, Idris was sworn in as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. Idris 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.