Datuk Mohd Ashri Bin Muda (Datuk Ashri), aged 60, graduated with a Bachelor of Science for an Honour Degree in Geology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Datuk Ashri had been involved in the Administrative and Diplomatic services and acted as First Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department and Embassy of Malaysia since 1998, as follows:
Year
1998 Appointed to the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia and served as Assistant Secretary (West Asia) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992 Second Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia, Rabat, Morocco
1995 Assistant Secretary (Human Resource Management), ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 Assistant Secretary (East Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 First Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
2000 Senior Private Secretary to the Deputy Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2004 Counsellor, Embassy of Malaysia, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
2007 Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2011 Ambassador of Malaysia to Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 Ambassador to Sudan
2014 Ambassador to Argentina
2017 Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2017 Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2019 – 2020 Ambassador of Malaysia to Republic of Korea