Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), Malaysia. Syed Mohammad Khair has recently been appointed head of corporate communications at Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), the agency under Malaysia’s Ministry of Higher Education that facilitates international student mobility and promotes Malaysia as a global education destination. With over 15 years of experience in media, branding and strategic communications, he began his career as a news presenter and journalist before joining one of Malaysia’s leading telecommunications companies, Celcom Axiata, as branding manager, digital content. Syed later served as manager of corporate communications at TERAJU before leading stakeholder management and, subsequently, corporate communications at EMGS.