Mahirah is the Manager for Digital Innovation and Sustainable Economy, supporting the operations of the ERIA Digital Innovation and Sustainable Economy Centre. Mahirah brings with her a decade of policy experience on trade, regional cooperation, and foreign affairs. Prior to joining ERIA, she was a Special Officer to the Secretary-General of ASEAN (2018-2022) serving in a chief-of-staff role. From 2013-2023, She served as a Second Secretary and later promoted to Assistant Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brunei Darussalam. She was a core member of the negotiating teams for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (later on the CPTPP), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, and oversaw several Brunei Darussalam’s regional engagement under the ASEAN Economic Community, including the ASEAN High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration. In 2016, she led Brunei Darussalam’s engagement at the 71^st UNGA Second Committee (Economic and Financial).