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Sam Majid

Founding Chief Executive Officer

National AI Office Malaysia (NAIO)

Sam Majid’s digital-leadership experience spans transport, postal services and communications regulation. As founding CEO of Malaysia’s National AI Office, his remit brings those perspectives into national AI policy and adoption.

Source published1 Jul 2026
Sam Majid
Source image: Kepimpinan Malaysia
01 / BACKGROUND

Career & background

Before NAIO, he led technology and innovation at MCMC. Earlier, he held technology and innovation leadership at PLUS Malaysia while also serving as CEO of TERAS Teknologi. His Pos Malaysia experience included establishing its e-commerce business unit. The cited record describes more than twenty years in digital leadership.

Source-reported experience1+ year at NAIO; 20+ years in digital leadership.
02 / CONTRIBUTIONS

Areas of contribution

At NAIO under the Ministry of Digital, his responsibilities include ecosystem development, policy, governance, regulation and adoption across sectors. The source places the National AI Action Plan 2030 within this remit. His earlier work encompassed AI-enabled mobility, transport data, telecoms, broadcasting, digital signatures, geospatial systems, parcel and address analytics, and enterprise 5G. It also records a GovInsider digital-leadership award in 2024.

03 / PERSPECTIVE

Leadership focus

His national-level work concerns the conditions needed for organisations to adopt AI responsibly. Public services, economic competitiveness and the coordination of policy with practical deployment are central themes.

04 / SOURCES & CONTEXT

The basis of this profile.

This profile brings together factual career information from publicly available sources. References and publication dates are provided below.

Kepimpinan Malaysia1 Jul 2026 · Read the original publication
Source notes

The action-plan responsibilities and award follow the source feature. Career milestones should be read against its publication date.

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