Yang Berhormat Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha was appointed as Minister of Transport and Infocommunications on 7th June 2022.
He started his career with the Ministry of Development in 1992 and was involved in policy development, international relations as well as project development and management.
Pengiran Dato Shamhary subsequently joined Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) in 2004. In BSP, he held several leadership roles as Head of Environment, Acting Head of HSSE, Corporate Operations Planner and Business Improvement Manager. Apart from project planning and delivery his roles covered corporate governance, strategy development as well as organization transformation.
Later in 2013 Pengiran Dato Shamhary assumed the role of Managing Director of Brunei Shell Marketing (BSM) overseeing supply and distribution logistics as well as the sales and marketing strategy of businesses that covers land, sea and air sectors. Ensuring business sustainability and growth through performance reliability, innovation and new businesses.
Prior to his appointment as Minister, Pengiran Dato Shamhary was the Managing Director of Brunei Gas Carriers (BGC), position he held from November 2020. He was accountable for operations reliability, local capability development and formulation of the company’s future strategy.