Nasir Abbasi, a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, is the Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Abbasi manages a 12-member team that is responsible for maintaining and increasing U.S. commercial interests and investments in Malaysia. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Abbasi was the Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he oversaw an operation that included 20-member team in three offices across Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran) and partnership post responsibilities with Manama, Bahrain and Sana, Yemen. He has extensive knowledge in industry sectors such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, telecommunications, automotive, and franchise. From 2002-2006, Mr. Abbasi served in Melbourne, Australia, where he managed the States of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, nearly two thirds of the Continent, primarily focusing on the oil and gas and automotive sectors. From 1997-2002, Mr. Abbasi was assigned to Saudi Arabia as the Commercial Consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran and as the Commercial Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh.

Mr. Abbasi began his tenure with the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked with high-level business delegations organized by the U.S. Commercial Service around the world. He participated on panels with Secretaries of State and Commerce, addressing the needs of U.S. exporters. Before joining the U.S. Commercial Service, Mr. Abbasi had five years of experience working in the private sector. He worked for an international transportation firm based in Michigan and for a multinational corporation based in London, England.

A resident of Maryland, he received his MBA in International Business from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Glendale, Arizona and his Bachelors Degree in Management from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.