In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Zuki. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Mohd Zuki joined the federal public service in December 1992 as an assistant secretary at the Ministry of Finance. He then served various posts at various ministries and agencies. On 17 August 2015, Mohd Zuki Ali served as Director-General of Legal Affairs Division under Prime Minister's Department.[3] He became Sarawak's secretary for federal affairs (a position of the civil service who is in charge ex officio of federal agencies in the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak) on 13 August 2016[4] and senior deputy secretary-general at the Prime Minister's Department on 1 August 2017.[5] Prior to ascending to the top of Malaysian public service, he was transferred to the Ministry of Defence to serve as secretary-general on 18 April 2019.[2][6][7]