MDEC appoints Nora Junita Mohd Hussaini as new CFO


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has appointed Nora Junita Mohd Hussaini as its new chief financial officer with immediate effect.

MDEC said in a statement that Nora Junita is a finance and strategy professional with over two decades of sound experience across multiple industries and markets in Europe and Asia, especially the UK, Malaysia and Bangladesh. She also brings with her over a decade of C-level experience including with multi-million dollar and regional M&A, business turnaround and change management, especially in telecommunications,

Nora Junita is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She also has Board of Directors experience with private limited companies and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia and Lead Women.

At MDEC, she will contribute to business strategy, and financial leadership alongside programmes that are aligned with its overall national strategic objectives.

Leveraging her experiences in finance and business management, Nora Junita will work with the MDEC team to achieve sustainable long term growth, while also having an impact on operational effectiveness across a breadth of functions, it said.

“I am enthusiastic about the future of Malaysia’s digital economy. Our new line up of strong C-suite leaders is in line with MDEC’s ‘Reinvent’ agenda, to further accelerate the nation’s leap to embrace 4IR technologies, enabling Malaysians to leverage these technologies for better lives and gearing towards shared prosperity for all.

I am very happy to have Nora Junita to be part of our team. She has a proven track record for best in class financial management and an the capabilities required to administer financial resources from strategy to implementation, given her oasis of experience both locally and globally.

"This quality and experience are certainly something we need to fulfil the nation’s digital first vison, in a progressive and well evaluated manner”, said Datuk Wira Dr Rais Hussin, chairman of MDEC.

Nora Junita will be working closely with the CEO of MDEC, Surina Shukri, and MDEC’s Management Operating Council, comprising the heads of the four key strategic areas Digital Business, Digital Investments, Digital Talent and Digital MDEC to drive high impact digital outreach for the society and economy.

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