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Sulyna Abdullah
ITU, Chief of Strategic Planning and Membership and Special Advisor to the Secretary General
Speaker Bio
Sulyna Abdullah is the Chief of Strategic Planning and Membership, and Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a position she took up from 1 October 2023. She is also the Executive Director of the ITU-UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. Sulyna joined the ITU in April 2021 as the Chief of the Digital Knowledge Hub in the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT).
Prior to that, she spent close to two decades at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) where she held various positions including Chief Officer for Corporate Strategy and Chief Transformation Officer.
After MCMC, Sulyna had a short stint in the private sector taking up a position in Netflix as Director of Public Policy for Southeast Asia.
Throughout her career, Sulyna has held numerous positions on the international front representing Malaysia, focusing on public policy issues.