Overview

This presentation will cover:

• MATRADE's role and services
• Changes in the employment landscape (impact of Industry 4.0, COVID-19 etc.)
• Re-purposing services sector to be more export oriented
• Where are the opportunities, sector and market perspective?
• Q&A

Speaker

S Jai Shankar, MATRADE

S Jai Shankar holds a first class economics degree from University Malaya and a MBA, majoring in e-commerce from Edith Cowan University, Australia.

His 20 years plus career includes stints in two trade promotion agencies, namely Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) and Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and media publications New Straits Times newspaper and Malaysian Business magazine. He was also seconded to Institute of Strategic & International Studies - ISIS Malaysia as its Chief Editor for a multi-disciplinary report commissioned by the Malaysian Cabinet to assess the impact of Malaysia’s privatisation programme.

At MATRADE his experience included leading trade promotion and communication projects in various regions. As Malaysia’s Trade Commissioner in Bangkok and Frankfurt, he had among others set-up MATRADE’s offices in Thailand and Myanmar as well as co-founded the Malaysian Myanmar Business Council (MMBC), IndoChina-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce (connecting all Malaysian Chambers of Commerces in IndoChina) and German Malaysian Roundtable (GMRT) network.

GMRT, which complements MATRADE Frankfurt’s efforts to grow trade and investment in the region still operates in seven cities across Germany and Austria. Jai also co-founded a German-language business publication in Frankfurt that promotes bilateral trade and investment between Malaysia and Germany.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenters' own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Malaysia Member Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.