DR DANARAJ A/L NADARAJAH

Malaysia

Male

66

Non Active

Bachelor of Arts (1976) and Master of Arts (1983) from University of Malaya. Masters in Public Administration (1985) from Harvard University Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy (2005) from Oxford University

Dr. Danaraj was the Technical Advisor in the Special Innovation Unit, Office of the ‎Prime Minister, Malaysia. Prior to this appointment, he was a Technical Advisor to the ‎National Economic Advisory Council in the Prime Minister’s Department.‎He has lived and worked as an academic and entrepreneur in Asia, including China, Japan, ‎and Korea, England and Southern Europe, and the United States of America. He was an ‎entreprenuer as an owner of an export-oriented toy manufacturing plant in China and ‎Malaysia for 15 years.‎ His international academic experience includes being a Professor of Strategy and the ‎Director of the Executive MBA programme at the International University of Monaco in ‎Europe, Visiting Fellow at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo and United Nations University, ‎Tokyo. Early in his career he served in the Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service; ‎his last posting was in the Ministry of Finance. Previous policy advisory work includes acting ‎as a Consultant to the Second Industrial Master Plan, Technology Master Plan, and the Kota ‎Kinabalu Industrial Park Master Plan.‎ Dr. Danaraj was a Research Fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). ‎From 2007 to 2008 he was Senior Fellow at Khazanah Nasional Berhad. His research ‎interests include economic development, international business strategy, technology and ‎innovation policy, on which he has several publications and numerous consultancy reports ‎and papers.‎

Direct Interest:
- He holds 99,500 ordinary shares in Hartalega Holdings Berhad.