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Founder & CEO
BIOGRAPHY
Hafidzi Razali is Founder and CEO of Strategic Counsel, a public affairs and policy communications firm with a presence in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta. He has led initiatives for more than twenty Fortune 500 companies and government entities, engaging C-suite executives and Ministers – most recently including the ASEAN Chairmanship 2025 and commercial agendas relating to Visit Malaysia Year.
Hafidzi's preceding professional journey includes serving as Director of Consulum, a British-based government advisory firm, which followed his role as Director at the American-led BowerGroupAsia. Before his private advisory career, Hafidzi qualified as a lawyer with the Malaysian Bar and managed law reform at the Securities Commission Malaysia upon returning from a role as Legal and Policy Advisor to Rwanda's Ministry of Trade and Industry under the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office programme. Hafidzi is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
EDUCATION
Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Pennsylvania Law School
Executive Education, Social & E-Commerce Landscape - Market Structures, Business Models & Digitising Informal Economy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
FIELDS OF PRACTICE
Public Affairs
Policy Communications
Political and Regulatory Risk
Campaigns
PRACTICE AREAS
Trade and Investments
Financial and capital markets
Technology
Infrastructure
Semiconductor
Automotive
FMCG
Tourism
Commodities
ASEAN
SELECT PUBLICATION
(2026, January 12–18). My Say: Use Visit Malaysia 2026 to fix gaps in policy and delivery. The Edge Malaysia Weekly https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/788806
(2026, October 23). Key considerations ahead of the 47th Asean Summit. The Edge Malaysia https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/775207
(2025, May 26–June 1). My Say: Asean’s next 20 years: What to expect from the ACV2045 vision. The Edge Malaysia Weekly https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/756643
(2025, August 11). Finding the regulatory balance amidst Malaysia’s e-commerce growth. Tech for Good Institute https://techforgoodinstitute.org/insights/country-spotlights/finding-the-regulatory-balance-amidst-malaysias-e-commerce-growth/
(2020, June) Rwanda’s new knowledge economy. (n.d.). Oxford Policy Fellowship https://www.policyfellowship.org/rwandas-new-knowledge-economy/
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