Official appointment awaiting letter from Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation Ecosystem to benefit from proven entrepreneur with an understanding of key challenges DNA has reliably learnt that the board of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd has chosen well known and respected startup ecosystem builder, Lilyana Abdul Latiff (pic) as its group chief executive officer, replacing Rafiza Ghazali who left in May to join a new digital bank in Malaysia.
Official appointment awaiting letter from Ministry of Science, Technology & InnovationDNA has reliably learnt that the board of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd has chosen well known and respected startup ecosystem builder, Lilyana Abdul Latiff
Lilyana is currently the founder and CEO of BETA Foundation, not her first startup, which aims to build a vibrant and high impact startup ecosystem and community across Asia Pac – which includes startup founders, corporates, communities, investors and funds, mentors, and policy makers. She is expected to bring a collaborative leadership style to Cradle though she is aware that this is a challenging aspect of leadership culture to imbue into organizations in Malaysia where the employee-boss heirachy is strongly embedded.she recorded in 2020 just before the pandemic where she also talked about how she built her confidence as a leader.
Ashran and Lilyana launched Joota, a social community network for the Muslim world back in late 2010. Dr V Sivapalan, senior partner at Scaleup Malaysia expects Lilyana to face some key challenges, including,"ensure that Cradle clearly differentiates itself from other agencies so that there is no confusion on the roles played by the various agencies." Sivapalan also believes that Lilyana needs to help Cradle grant recipients navigate what might be a tough couple of years ahead due to rising inflation and interest rates and a potential global recession.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Cradle's 2 decades sees it contributing US$400mil to Malaysia's GDP, creating over 80k jobsDistributed US$55.8m worth of grants to over 1,000 local entrepreneurs Cradle Seed Ventures and DEQ800, contributed US$215m to GDP through 43 investments The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) announced Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd had contributed US$400 million (RM1.83 billion) to the national GDP since its establishment in 2003 through the agency’s grant and investment programmes. Over the past two decades, Cradle has distributed US$55.8 million (RM255 million) worth of grants to over 1,000 local entrepreneurs.
Read more »
Cradle, Complete Human Network to introduce iOS Developer AcademyCradle Fund has signed a memorandum of understanding with Complete Human Network as part of MYStartup’s vision to prepare startups for scale and growth.
Read more »
Mahkamah putuskan permohonan Najib untuk gugurkan hakim dengan kes 1MDB esokKUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini menetapkan esok bagi memutuskan permohonan Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak untuk menggugurkan Hakim Datuk ...
Read more »
Decision on Najib’s bid to recuse 1MDB trial judge Sequerah tomorrowKUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here fixed tomorrow for the decision on Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s application to recuse trial judge Datuk Collin Law...
Read more »
Huawei Malaysia partners UTAR to launch Work-Based Learning for Bachelor of Technology in Electronics SystemsStudents will study for two years in UTAR and train for one in Huawei For Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Systems degree students Huawei Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd has signed a Memorandum of Agreement to implement a Work-Based Learning (WBL) Education Programme with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) to jointly develop highly employable digital talent. Under the WBL programme, students will undergo two years of study in UTAR and one year in Huawei for on-the-job training to obtain a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Systems.
Read more »
Elmina plane crash: Six passengers, two crew were on board, says CAAMPUTRAJAYA: A total of six passengers and two flight crew members were on board the light aircraft which crashed near the Elmina Township in Selangor, says the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM).
Read more »