KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26 -- Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has launched boutique corporate advisory firm Flowstate Advisors, offering public and private sector clients advice on political transitions, strategic capital deployment and major business decisions ahead of the 16th general election (GE16).

The Edge reported that Khairy, who is the firm's executive chairman, said Flowstate's launch comes amid global geopolitical and economic turbulence as well as domestic political developments, with a general election expected within the next 18 months.

"Why we launched it now is because there's a lot of uncertainty in terms of global, both geopolitical and economic environment, as well as the local political environment in which you w...