Nurezali Osman

Head of Industry Development

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)

Nurezali is the head of industry development for the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). His main responsibility is to lead and formulate short and long-term plans for the overall eCommerce industry development and to drive the adoption of eCommerce technologies across industry verticals.

He is currently instrumental in the strategising of the overall development and implementation of the National eCommerce Strategic Roadmap (NESR).

In his current role, he has been involved in numerous public and private initiatives addressing the value chain of eCommerce and cloud computing. Throughout his career, he has attempted to create powerful experiences for the local eCommerce ecosystem ensuring the players stay abreast with global trends. He also leads the industry development team to bring eCommerce investment from local and foreign players to MSC Malaysia as well as assists local players to penetrate regional and global economies via eCommerce.

Throughout his career, he has taken bold steps in both public and private sectors. In 2014, he was instrumental in implementing the world’s first government-led and inaugural online sale known as #MYCyberSALE. The three-day online sale, which was held between September 29th and October 1st 2014, received overwhelming participation of 3,700 merchants from 280 eMarketplaces, representing reputable local and foreign online retailers. Being the biggest eCommerce initiative, it offered more than 225,000 products and services with up to 90% discounts. #MYCyberSALE 2014 surpassed its target of RM50 million sales by 134% and target of 100,000 buyers by a whopping 179%.

Prior to joining MDEC, Nurezali held the role of chief technology officer in one of the MSC Malaysia Status Companies that provides ICT solutions and eCommerce development. During his tenure, the company won several awards including Winner Asia Pacific MSC IT&T Award (APMITTA) 2000, Winner APICTA 2001, Winner Prime Minister Award (Information Technology – Private Sector) 2003.