GOPI GANESALINGAM

Mr. Gopi Ganesalingam is a finance professional and an entrepreneur who has served in executive and board positions in the Asia Pacific region for the last 30 years. Gopi has worked in brand names like Matsushita, American Express International, Lucent Technologies, Telstra Australia, Duetsche Telecoms Consulting and as go-to-market partners for salesforce.com and Google (via the company he founded, LAVA Protocols). Gopi is now the Chief Digital Industry Officer of Tech Ecosystems & Globalisation (TEG) at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the government agency tasked with championing and leading Malaysia’s Digital Economy.

At MDEC, Gopi is at the forefront of championing talented tech entrepreneurs and disruptors whilst growing and connecting the local tech ecosystem to be globally visible and competitive – powering the tech companies and the entrepreneurs to actualize their business vision. Gopi has always been passionate about developing Malaysia’s nascent Digital Economy towards achieving sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development. His end goal is to connect and propel the global digital economies via government intervention, corporate partnerships/innovation, aligning investors/funders, government and business chambers, all of which will link global tech economies. Gopi currently serves as Independent Board Director with MCIS Life (Insurance) and as Trustee and Board Director of Junior Achievement Worldwide, Malaysian chapter.

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