Chief Executive Officer
SME Corporation Malaysia

Rizal Nainy is currently the Chief Executive Officer for SME Corporation Malaysia, a Government agency that is mandated to spearhead the development of small and medium enterprises, implement and monitor strategic SME programmes for Ministries and Agencies as well as be the Central point of reference for research and data dissemination on SMEs and entrepreneurs. SME Corp. Malaysia also provides business advisory services for SMEs throughout the country. 
One of his primary responsibilities is to plan, value-add and implement strategic SME development programmes aligning with the 12th Malaysian Plan, National Entrepreneurship Policy 2030 and SME Corporation’s Business Strategic Plan 2022-2030, which will ultimately increase Malaysia’s GDP, exports and job creation. Collaborating with ministries, agencies and strategic partners is one of his key tasks, especially in the area of facilitating and developing SMEs. 
Prior to joining SME Corporation Malaysia, Rizal had six years of strategic transformation experience under the Prime Minister’s Department to strategise and drive the National as well as State Government and Economic transformation programmes. He was assigned to several high-profile projects such as the Electrical & Electronics key economic area (particularly in LED, Semiconductor, Solar and Industrial Electronics), Innovation, Nanotechnology, Electric Vehicles, Rail, Smart Grid as well as carrying out Programmes Management and Business Re-engineering. 
He also has 16 years of varied experience with Shell Company locally and globally and has held various positions in Strategy & Portfolio, Business Development, Sales & Operations, Network Planning, Project Management, Engineering, HSSE and Internal Audit within Shell Malaysia as well as Shell Asia Pacific. His professional expertise includes Oil & Gas Downstream Retail Business. 
Rizal graduated from Imperial College, University of London in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honours and then obtained the Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Charles Sturt University, Australia.