• Replaces Leon Sing Foong, 10 months after he left the function
• Has sturdy background in expertise & product growth experience

Ten months after its earlier CEO, Leon Sing Foong left, South Korean owned mobility startup, SOCAR Mobility Malaysia has introduced a substitute with the appointment of Shylendra A.S. Nathan (pic) as CEO. Shylendra will oversee the operations of each Socar and TREVO.

Socar is Malaysia’s No.1 car-sharing platform that seeks to make driving extra accessible by utilizing expertise to make automobiles extra shareable and within the course of, embrace and broaden multiflex mobility throughout the nation. In the meantime, TREVO is Malaysia’s largest peer-to-peer car-rental market the place Hosts (automobile house owners) are capable of generate revenue from their automobiles and Friends (renters) can discover new locations in numerous automobiles.

Shylendra brings 24 years of expertise within the ICT sector, together with 15 years devoted to constructing web marketplaces in Southeast Asia and South Asia, interspaced with two brief stints at Malaysia Digital Financial system Company (MDEC) and launching his personal fintech startup from Singapore.

Previous to becoming a member of Socar Mobility Malaysia, Shylendra was with the REA Group as Normal Supervisor for Malaysia working iProperty.com Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He has a powerful background in expertise and product growth experience with notable achievements in constructing the biggest on-line market in Malaysia (Mudah.my) and Myanmar (Onekyat).

Earlier than these two stints he was in Bangaldesh constructing a market. All of the three marketplaces are owned by Singapore based mostly 701Search Pte Ltd. Previous to becoming a member of 701Search, he was based mostly in Malaysia for Google as head of telco, tech and authorities from 2013 to 2015.

He acquired his MBA from the College of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom majoring in Enterprise Administration and Administration and likewise holds a level in Info Know-how majoring in Software program Engineering from the Southern Cross College, New South Wales, Australia.