Shazalli was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director of Celcom on 1 September 2005. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive Officer of ntv7, Malaysia’s seventh terrestrial TV station, a position he held for eight years since its launch in 1998.
Shazalli had earlier left his mark in the fast moving consumer goods industry, with Lever Brothers (1987 – 1993), followed by the Malaysian Tobacco Company (MTC) and British American Tobacco (BAT) (1993 – 1996) both in Malaysia and the United Kingdom. He also served as ASTRO’s Marketing Director for two years where he pioneered the launch of ASTRO digital satellite services in Malaysia.
Shazalli, graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis in 1982, holds a Bachelor of Science (Marketing) from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA and an MBA from St. Louis University, Missouri, USA.
Shazalli is currently director of several companies which include Celcom; C-Mobile Sdn Bhd; Celcom Mobile Sdn Bhd and Technology Resources Industries Berhad. He is also a board member of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club and Yayasan Kebajikan Negara Malaysia.