Raja is currently the Director of State Digital Economy Office in Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), an agency tasked by the Government to develop and lead the country’s digital economy.

He leads the execution of strategies to develop the states’ digital ecosystems, and sits in several national level platforms, committees and task forces to help the country to shape policies to deliver impactful outcomes.

Raja is an Adjunct Professor in UNITAR International University for Digital Strategies to support the university’s goal to bring in industry perspectives in developing future-ready talents and innovation. He is also the Advisor to the Centre for Innovation and Technology Adoption (CITA), UNITAR.

He is also a Fellow with the Malaysian Institute of Management (FMIM) where he collaboratively hosts the “Leaders Unplugged” podcast that is available in Spotify and YouTube channels

At the international front, Raja is the IEEE Global Chair for the Digital Economy & Financial Inclusion (DEFI) Sub-Committee under the IEEE’s Digital Resilience Industry Connection Program.

Prior to joining MDEC, Raja was a Director with Ernst & Young (EY) Consulting in the Kuala Lumpur office as one of the leaders in the Transformation domain. He has led the set-up and management of several medium to large transformation offices for various multinational and local clients in the private sector.

Mr. Vinothan Tulisinathzan joined MIDA in 2007 and was attached to Agro-Based Industries Division whereby he was responsible for evaluation of projects for Manufacturing Licence, Incentives and Expatriate posts. Then, he was transferred to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Division and was responsible for attracting FDIs from Asia Oceania region such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. In 2012, he was posted to MIDA San Jose for five years and played a significant role in promoting investments from Silicon Valley into Malaysia.

From 2017-2021, he served in the Oil & Gas and Maritime Technology and Chemical & Advanced Material Divisions covering the development of Oil & Gas upstream activities and looking after the development of Petrochemicals, Plastics, Chemicals & Chemical Products, Oleo chemicals and Rubber Products Industries respectively. He has been appointed as the Director of MIDA Singapore since January 2022.

He holds a BA (Hons) majoring in Management Information System (MIS) from Tun Abdul Razak University (UNIRAZAK).

Nazib leads the regional implementation of relevant initiatives and programs to attract, nurture and retain talents. In this role, he facilitates collaboration, harmonizing the objectives of the Government, industry, academia and other key stakeholders. His work is central to building a resilient talent pipeline in the Southern Region, ensuring that regional workforce capabilities are not only industry-ready but future-proofed against global shifts.

Prior to joining TalentCorp, he served in an agency under the Prime Minister’s Department managing funds and strategic initiatives in the Southern Region, as well as with a state-owned entity in Johor. This experience in regional growth is vital to understanding cross-border workforce dynamics, which allows him to navigate the complexities of talent development with a holistic perspective.

He holds a Master of Business Administration and also a member of the Johor Talent Development Council (JTDC). Nazib currently sits in various strategic committees for the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) and currently serves as the primary liaison officer for the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Working Group for Talent Development, the cross-border bilateral platform established to strategize and operationalize impactful initiatives on talent for the JS-SEZ.

Dr. Mohamad Anas Mohamad Annuar is the Chief Executive Officer of Johor Skills Development Centre (JSkills), a subsidiary of Johor Corporation (JCorp), where he leads the organisation’s strategic transformation and industry engagement agenda in support of Johor’s talent development priorities and the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).

With over 16 years of leadership experience across higher education, certification, consulting, and industry development, Dr. Anas has worked extensively at the intersection of workforce capability building and organisational strategy. His career spans academia, private sector operations, and multi-stakeholder initiatives involving government agencies, industry players, and community organisations.

Dr. Anas holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He brings to the panel a practitioner’s perspective on cross-border workforce collaboration, industry-aligned training ecosystems, and building future-ready talent pipelines for sustainable regional growth.

Renee Tan is the Founder and Managing Director of Hashtaqs®, which helps businesses to scale up and internationalise through brand transformation, omni-channel marketing and ecosystem development. She has more than 13 years of corporate experience in sales, marketing and ecosystem development for the MICE sector in various industries such as Life Sciences, Healthcare, Supply Chain & Logistics, Mining, Power Electricity, Private Banking, Hedge Funds, and recently been actively building the community in the technology, innovation, and sustainability arena.

She’s also the Founder of HER® Entrepreneur, an inclusive and diverse regional community and omni-channel media platform which inspires, educates, empowers and also connects the ecosystem of entrepreneurs, leaders, government and investors across Asia through online content, monthly LearnXNetwork sessions and the yearly summit that was held in Singapore and Malaysia. Her yearly conference gathers C-suites and Founders to discuss, connect and forge potential partnerships.

She’s the Chief Producer for the HASH Asia Summit which was recently held that gathers business owners, industry leaders, government and investors across Asia to discuss about innovation, technology and sustainability.

She’s also the Partner for Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), a think thank that advocates Sustainable AI for Humanity, which is a strategic international partner to the World AI Conference (WAIC), that hosts the largest AI conference globally. AIII’s role is to build the ecosystem of the AI industry globally and venture build AI startups.

She was a recipient of the Brands For Good Award in 2019 and was featured in The Business Times. She’s also the recipient of the SME Excellence Business Award 2022/2023 and the Aspiring Woman Entrepreneurs 2022/2023.

She had been invited to speak in several SME events and events for the MICE industry across the region. Her business and herself was featured in several media platforms such as 938FM, Astro Radio, e27, The Economist, CNA, News5, Marketing in Asia, The Business Times, etc.

She is a Singapore certified management consultant by the certifying body, TUV SUD, an ACTA certified trainer, and a degree graduate who holds a Double Major in Psychology and Marketing from the Singapore Management University. She recently holds an advanced certificate in Venture Capital.