Md Alwi appointed MDEC chairman

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has appointed Datuk Seri Md Alwi Che Ahmad as its non-executive chairman for two years, effective Dec 1, 2021.

MDEC said Md Alwi, who is also the state assemblyman for Kok Lanas, Kelantan, has held various top positions in the government, including serving as the political secretary to the minister of youth and sports from 1990 to 1992 and to the minister of rural development from 1993 to 1999, before becoming the political secretary to the prime minister in 2007 to 2009.