Datuk Dr AT Kumararajah

As a Government Scholar (Public Service Department/JPA), he qualified with his medical degree (MD) in 1998 and served with the Ministry of Health with a special interest in Obstetrics & Gynecology for ten years. He completed his MBA in Strategic Management from Maastricht (Netherlands) in 2007. That was followed by stints with multinational pharmaceutical companies like Sanofi Aventis and Abbott, with his last stint being with Abbott as their Regional Medical Director for ASEAN.

He has 20 years of experience in the Chambers of Commerce fraternity, which led to him being appointed by the Prime Minister as a member of the Economic Council (Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Negara – MTEN), the nation’s highest economic decision-making body.

He is now the Vice President of the National Chambers of Commerce & Industry (NCCIM) and Deputy President of the Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI). He is also the Secretary General for ASEAN Indian Business Council (AIBC). He has formerly served as the Treasure General of NCCIM and Secretary-General for MAICCI.

He is the Advisor to Doctors on Call, Malaysia’s first and largest digital healthcare platform. In his private ventures, he runs entities involved in Healthcare and Professional Learning & Development companies.

He has also served as the Entrepreneur Development Advisory Council (EDAC) to the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (2019-2020), Member of the National Mirror Committee on Governance of Organizations under JPM (2019-now), Steering Committee member for the New Industrial Master Plan under MITI (2020), Technical Working Group member for the 12th Malaysia Plan (2019-2020) and the member of the Malaysian Poison Board (2007-2018).

He was also tasked as the founding CEO and lead architect of the affirmative unit of the Prime Minister’s office for the Indian community called SEED. Set up in 2012 and until its amalgamation into a larger JPM unit – SEED was modelled on TERAJU and worked towards becoming the last mile connector between the government and the targeted community. SEED’s role in outreach, guidance and facilitation increased distribution and participation by 2-6 times for Indian entrepreneurs to access the government’s services pertaining to entrepreneurship and economic development in the financing, entrepreneurial development, and strategic interest.

He has also been the Chief Judge and Panel Judge Member for the Star Outstanding Business Awards (SOBA) since its inception for ten years. He remains on the panel of judges for the Golden Eagle Award by Nanyang Siang Pau and SME Platinum Business Awards.