Google Cloud appoints new Country Manager in Malaysia

After nearly six years at Cisco, Hana Raja is now Google Cloud’s new Country Manager in Malaysia

Google Cloud has appointed Hana Raja as Country Manager of Google Cloud’s business in Malaysia. Raja will be responsible for leading local go-to-market strategy and operations for Google Cloud and Google Workspace and collaborating with teams across Google to help organizations transform with enterprise-grade, AI-powered cloud technology.

With more than 16 years of experience, Raja joins Google Cloud following leadership roles at Cisco and Bain & Company. Raja also has experience advising and partnering with executive leadership teams of prominent organizations across financial services, retail, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, automotive, energy and utilities, and the public sector, defining their sustainable growth strategies and enhancing the customer experiences they deliver.

“I’m excited to be joining Google Cloud to advance our work with these organizations. We have strong ambitions for further growth in Malaysia and I look forward to continuing to expand our local team and partner ecosystem. Together, we can build on the company’s successes to date and increase the scope and scale of our collaborations with the government and businesses. This will ultimately accelerate their delivery of next-generation digital services to better serve Malaysians and strengthen Malaysia’s position as a global technology hub,” said Raja.

In her new role, Raja will report to Serene Sia, Country Director, Malaysia and Singapore, Google Cloud, who oversees Google Cloud’s enterprise, public sector, and corporate business segments in both countries.

Commenting on the new role, Sia stated that Raja joins Google Cloud an exciting phase of growth in Malaysia.

“We’re not only investing deeply in local computing infrastructure like a sovereign cloud with Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX), a Google data center, and a Google Cloud region to meet organizations’ diverse transformation requirements, we’re supporting large-scale initiatives like AI at Work 2.0 with the Ministry of Digital and National AI Office (NAIO), Teraju AI Selangor with the State Government of Selangor, and the Gamuda AI Academy,” commented Sia.

Sia also highlighted that Raja’s rich vision, experience, industry network, and focus on people and culture will play an important role in advancing the growth journey in this key market.

“We are confident that her leadership will help more local organizations thrive in a digital economy that’s projected to be worth up to US$70 billion by 2030,” added Sia.

Both Raja and Sia are part of Google Cloud’s Southeast Asia executive leadership team led by Mark Micallef, Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Google Cloud. Other key executives in this team include Fanly Tanto, Country Director, Indonesia, Google Cloud; Annop Siritikul, Country Director, Thailand, Google Cloud and Toan Nguyen Duc, Country Manager, Vietnam, Google Cloud.

Organizations in Malaysia have been increasingly turning to Google Cloud to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. In May 2024, Google announced a US$2 billion investment in a new Google data center and Google Cloud region in Malaysia, with construction of these facilities underway since October 2024 in Elmina Business Park, Selangor. This is part of Google’s ongoing collaboration with the Government of Malaysia to bolster the country’s digital competitiveness and accelerate AI innovation.