Sherene Azli

CEO,
Malaysia Healthcare Tourism Council

Biography

Sherene Azli took office as the Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) or better known as Malaysia Healthcare in year 2015. Within her short stint with Malaysia Healthcare, an agency under the Ministry of Health Malaysia, Sherene facilitated to raise Malaysia’s silhouette as the “preferred destination for world-class healthcare services”. Sherene’s fortitude to see Malaysia as the leading global healthcare destination is becoming a reality as the country was awarded as the “Destination of the Year” in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by the International Medical Travel Journal.

Not resting on her laurels, Sherene continues to inspire and develop her team and the industry stakeholders for a bullish few years in order to further alleviate Malaysia Healthcare’s standing as the leading global healthcare destination, targeting to host more than a million healthcare travellers by 2020.

Sherene has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving marketing growth in various industries. Prior to joining Malaysia Healthcare, Sherene was the General Manager at Talent Corporation Malaysia, playing an instrumental role in building strategies for talent development in 12 key sectors. Preceding that, she was with Telekom Malaysia for 15 years, entrusted with high level positions such as Vice President of Group Marketing and subsequently as the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development.