- may submit a review to Malaysia and Singapore’s country director Serene Sia
- brings 16 years of experience to shaping business strategies and benefits.
Hana Raja ( pic ) has been named as the country manager of Google Cloud’s business in Malaysia. She will be in charge of Google Cloud and Google Workspace’s regional go-to-market strategy and operations, as well as working closely with Google’s business transformation team to implement enterprise-grade, AI-powered sky systems.
Hana is in charge of overseeing both the public sector, business business, and enterprise segments under the leadership of Serene Sia, country director, Google Cloud, in Malaysia and Singapore.
Following management positions at Cisco and Bain &, Company, Hana joins Google Cloud. She brings over 16 years of experience advising and working with senior executives of well-known companies in the public sector, including those in the financial services, retail, customer packaged goods, care, mechanical, power, and utilities, to develop sustainable development plans and enhance customer experiences.
Hana joins us as we enter a new era of the expansion of Google Cloud in Malaysia, according to Serene Sia. We’re also supporting large-scale initiatives like AI at Work 2.0 with the Ministry of Digital and National AI Office, Teraju AI Selangor with the State Government of Selangor, and the Gamuda AI Academy by supporting large-scale initiatives like a sovereign cloud with Dagang NeXchange Berhad, a Google data center, and a Google Cloud region.
Hana will play an important role in advancing our growth journey in this crucial market with her vision, experience, industry network, and focus on people and culture. We are confident that her leadership will enable more neighborhood organizations to flourish in the up-to-date digital economy, which is estimated to be worth up to US$ 70 billion ( RM311 billion ) by 2030, she continued.
Hana Raja stated that” Google Cloud has established itself as a trusted partner for data- and AI-powered innovation for Malaysian organizations, providing best-in-class infrastructure, platform services, industry solutions, and consultancy expertise to supercharge how they interpret and act on crucial information. I’m excited to work for Google Cloud and carry out this crucial work.
We have ambitious plans for growing in Malaysia, and I’m excited to develop our partner ecosystem and local team. We can expand the scope and breadth of our collaborations with government and businesses by building on the company’s successes to date. She continued,” This will ultimately make Malaysia’s position as a global technology hub stronger by accelerating the delivery of next-generation digital services to better serve Malaysians.”
Organizations in Malaysia have turned to Google Cloud to support their expansion and address pressing business issues. These include startups like Asia Mobiliti, Carsome Group, and Mindvalley, as well as public sector bodies like the Ministry of Digital, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education, the State Government of Selangor, the National AI Office, the National Digital Development Authority, and the Malaysia Productivity Corporation.
Google made a$ 2 billion ( RM9 billion ) investment in a new Google data center and the Malaysian Cloud region in May 2024. Elmina Business Park, Selangor, where construction of these facilities began in October 2024. This investment is a part of Google’s ongoing partnership with the Malaysian government to improve the country’s digital competitiveness and promote AI innovation.