Asri Hamidon is new Treasury secretary-general

Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Mohd Zuki Ali (left) handing over the letter of appointment as Treasury secretary-general to Datuk Asri Hamidon.

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Asri Hamidin @ Hamidon has been appointed Treasury secretary-general with effect from May 1.

Asri, 54, replaces Tan Sri Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir after the latter's contract ended, Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Mohd Zuki Ali said in a statement on Thursday.

He previously served as the deputy treasurer secretary-general (policy) and has been with the civil service for 26 years.

Asri has a Bachelor's degree of Economics from the University of Malaya and a Bachelor of Economics from Hiroshima University, Japan.

He served in the civil service for 26 years year with his first position as assistant director, Unit Economic Planning in the Prime Minister's Department on June 1,1994.

He has extensive experience in finance and strategic investment including previously held various positions in the Ministry of Finance.

The main posts he has held in the past include deputy secretary-general of the Treasury (Policy), Division Secretary, Investment Company and Deputy Division Division Secretary, Investment Division and Privatisation.

“On behalf of the government, I would like to express the highest gratitude and thanks to Tan Sri Ahmad Badri for his contributions to the nation as a civil servant for the past 31 years, ” Mohd Zuki said in the statement.