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.