Senior Vice President-Strategy & Policy, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
DR. SUMITRA NAIR is Senior Vice President of Strategy and Policy at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). She currently leads MDEC’s corporate strategy, planning, policy, and ESG agenda.
Sumitra’s career spans a range of management domains such as Strategy Development, Project Management, Business Development and Partnerships, Government Relations, Public Affairs, Talent Development, and ESG, primarily in digital economy-related sectors.
In her previous roles at MDEC, Sumitra built and led several high-performing teams to initiate, establish and scale socio-economic development programs that impacted more than 2 million Malaysians.
Sumitra holds a Ph.D. in Business & Economics from Monash University. Her most important role is being a mother to two digital natives.