Ambassador Syahril Syazli Ghazali is the current Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) upon his appointment on
1 November 2022. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Syahril joined the Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry (MITI) in 2001, and has since served in various divisions, among others, the Industry Development, Sectoral Policy, Industry & Trade Support and Strategic Negotiations. He was involved directly in various bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA), most notably as Malaysia’s Chief Negotiator for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in 2018. At the WTO, Syahril has served as the Chairperson for the Council for Trade in Services for the period of 2024-2025, and currently he assumes the role of regional coordinator during Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship year.