Dato’ Ts. Dr. Shanmuganathan Palanisamy

Dato’ Ts. Dr. Shanmuganathan Palanisamy is a transformational leader with high interpersonal skills and passion for disruptive innovation with 34 years of experience. He is the current Kontron’s Malaysia Chief Executive Officer
(CEO). A versatile executive with vast experience in company vision, business strategy management, transformation restructuring, talent management, commercial application of technology innovation and risk management for sustainable performance, he managed to transform Kontron Malaysia from a manufacturing incline company to today’s R&D CoE (Centre of Excellence) and a sustainable business organization. He is also Board of Directors to Asian Women’s Leadership Project (AWLP) Malaysia Berhad, the E&E Productivity
Nexus Chairperson for Strategic Initiatives Pillar 1 (E&E Value Chain) and Vice Chairman NSC 25/TC 11 (Innovation Management) under Department of Standards Malaysia. Recently, Dato’ Ts. Dr. Palanisamy has been appointed as Chairman of Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) for the E&E Technology & Technical Working Group (TTWG).