Speaker

Ms. Mastura Ishak

Mastura Ishak is the Programme Director at the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), an agency under the purview of the Prime Minister’s Department. MIGHT is a Private-Public Partnership platform focused on harnessing technology for business and business for technology. Mastura has served in various capacities within industry, government as well as NGOs since graduating with an MBA in International Business and Finance from Syracuse University.  She has written articles on blockchain and related topics for  MyForesight magazine as well as the Malaysia High Tech Outlook by MIGHT. She is currently leaxing the effort to publish Malaysia Blockchain & DLT Outlook 2019.  She is a member of the T/C/G 15, the national mirror committee for the ISO TC307 on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology. Mastura is currently heading the Blockchain initiative at MIGHT focusing on adoption of blockchain by the Malaysian industries beyond fintech, in order to enhance and sustain the country’s competitiveness in the future. Mastura promotes efforts the develop blockchain for the local ecosystem by facilitating the network between private and public entities.