TAN SRI MOHAMED JAWHAR HASSAN has served as Director General at the Department of National Unity; Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Principal Assistant Secretary at the National Security Council. He has also served as Counselor in Malaysia's Jakarta and Bangkok Missions.

Later, he was appointed the Chairman and Chief Executive of ISIS Malaysia. He was also Chairman of the New Straits Times Press, a Member of the Advisory Panel of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), and a Member of the Securities Commission.

Tan Sri Jawhar was also on the Board of Directors of Affin Bank, and Affin Islamic Bank, as well as the Board of Ekuiti Nasional Berhad (Ekuinas).

He was appointed Malaysia's Expert and Eminent Person for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and also served a term as Chairman of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). He was Co-Chair of the Network of East Asian Think Tanks (NEAT).

He is presently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NSTP-Media Prima Humanitarian Fund, as well as an Adjunct Professor, at the Asia Europe Institute, University Malaya.