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S Jai Shankar holds a first-class economics degree from University Malaya and a MBA, majoring in e-commerce from Edith Cowan University, Australia.

His 20 years plus career includes stints in two trade promotion agencies, namely Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) and Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and media publications New Straits Times newspaper and Malaysian Business magazine. He was also seconded to Institute of Strategic & International Studies – ISIS Malaysia as its Chief Editor for a multi-disciplinary report commissioned by the Malaysian Cabinet to assess the impact of Malaysia’s privatisation programme.

At MATRADE his experience included leading trade promotion and communication projects in various regions. As Malaysia’s Trade Commissioner in Bangkok and Frankfurt, he had among others set-up MATRADE’s offices in Thailand and Myanmar as well as co-founded the Malaysian Myanmar Business Council (MMBC), IndoChina-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce (connecting all Malaysian Chambers of Commerces in IndoChina) and German Malaysian Roundtable (GMRT) network.
GMRT, which complements MATRADE Frankfurt’s efforts to grow trade and investment in the region still operates in seven cities across Germany and Austria. Jai also co-founded a German-language business publication in Frankfurt that promotes bilateral trade and investment between Malaysia and Germany.