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Rita Irina Wahab is currently the Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Astro where one of her key remits will be to manage all the various anti-piracy activities within the Group. Rita’s extensive background includes roles in regulatory affairs, public policy, stakeholder management, and partnership strategies, most recently as the Head of Government Affairs at Shopee Malaysia and more notably as the Vice President of Public Affairs & Communication for Huawei Malaysia, where she oversaw policy-to-market initiatives encompassing ICT Technology, Digital Economy, and Smart Solutions. Ms Wahab also played a pivotal role as a Senior Manager in the Performance Management & Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), a unit under the Prime Minister’s Department, overseeing the implementation and progress assessment of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). Her distinguished career also includes positions in PETRONAS and PROTON Bhd.
While at Huawei, Ms Wahab jointly developed the Sarawak Women Leadership (SWOT) program with the Women Leadership Foundation (WLF). Recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Women CEO Leadership Excellence Award, Ms Wahab has about 23 years of experience in public policy, transformation advisory, program strategy, project implementation, and category management.
Ms Wahab holds a degree in Chemical Engineering (Petrochemical & Process) from the University Technology PETRONAS.
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