Nadya Subramaniam
Deputy Country Representative, Malaysia
Nadya Subramaniam serves as the deputy country representative in Malaysia. In this role, she provides strategic leadership and oversight across a range programs and ensures operational excellence across the office, including oversight of people and culture. She also serves as the director for the Future Skills Alliance, a collective impact model for digital and future skilling to improve access for women and underserved communities to the digital economy across Asia.
She previously worked on the Malaysia and Thailand Reform Partnership, an adaptive policy reform initiative, where she provided input on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) policy in Malaysia. She has contributed her expertise in skills education by leading the ASEAN Green Jobs Forum 2024 and serving as the senior curriculum advisor of the APAC Cybersecurity Fund.
Nadya served as a member of the National TVET Council from 2021 to 2022 and currently sits on the Council of Experts of the Government and Industry TVET Coordination Body. Prior to joining The Asia Foundation, she worked on driving school transformation through professional development for school leaders in Perlis, Malaysia’s smallest state.