BIOGRAPHY
Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi
Sharil was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Malaysian
Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on 16 June
2008 and was appointed Acting Chairman of MCMC on 1 May 2009.
Sharil first joined MCMC in May 2000 to head the Industry
Development initiatives. He then left for private sector.
In his second tour of duty in MCMC in an executive capacity, Sharil
brings with him a considerable number of years of experience in the
legal field, communications and multimedia industry, as well as
experience in the financial advisory and strategy consulting areas.
Sharil was Executive Director and Head of Strategy in a leading
boutique investment advisory and strategic consulting firm prior to
being invited to return to the MCMC as the COO.
In the international arena, Sharil has worked closely with the main
international organizations in the Internet field, such as the Internet
Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Bank,
Asia-Pacific
Telecommunity
(APT),
Pacific
Islands
Telecommunications
Associations
(PITA),
Commonwealth
Telecommunication Organisation(CTO), International Institute of
Communications (IIC) to name a few, and is currently the
immediate past Chairman of the Government Advisory Committee
(GAC) to ICANN.
Sharil holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from University college of
Wales, Aberystwyth and qualified as a Barrister from Gray’s Inn,
England and Wales (UK).