HANA RAJA

Managing Director

Cisco Systems Malaysia

Hana Raja is the Managing Director of Cisco Systems Malaysia, and has ~15 years experience in technology strategy & transformation, strategic planning, business management and leadership roles across various sectors.

Previously, Hana was the Strategy and Planning head for Cisco ASEAN where she led the Strategy and Operations across 6 key countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines).

Prior to joining Cisco, Hana was a Senior Manager in Bain and Company with experience in strategy, performance improvement, customer experience and frontline/sales transformation. She has worked with some of the largest companies in SEA to define their strategy and drive change sustainably, working closely with the executive leadership teams. A significant number of her projects involved helping organizations through their digital transformation and defining their ‘Engine 2.0’ strategy; evolving to succeed in today’s digital world.

Before Bain she worked in Schlumberger as a consultant, focused on driving Oil and Gas transformations in Southeast Asia and Australia.

She is also a mentor in Teach for Malaysia and Girls4Girls Malaysia; she is passionate about championing women’s participation in leadership roles.

She has a degree in Economics from London School of Economics and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.