KPJ Healthcare appoints new chief digital officer

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KPJ Healthcare has appointed Nantha Kumar Subramaniam as its chief digital officer. Subramaniam (pictured) is responsible for the company's digital transformation journey, multiple media outlets including Bernama, The Edge Markets, and New Straits Times reported. Subramaniam replaces Yap Chee Wai who recently stepped down as the company's chief technology officer and his appointment is part of the next phase in KPJ Healthcare's strategic growth plans.

Subramaniam was most recently with fintech company Perfios Software Solution as country head, according to his LinkedIn. Before that, he was with Standard Chartered Bank for almost four years, as its chief operating officer, retail banking and head of transformation (business and digital). He managed five departments in Standard Chartered where he is said to have implemented an automated database and significantly reduced complaints among others.

Before moving to Malaysia in 2015, Subramaniam was based in the UK for over 12 years, where he held roles in companies including HSBC, UBS and Barclays.

At HSBC, he was the global head of process excellence and tech transformation, where he played a part in setting up and managing its global process reengineering team and improved its organisational behaviour. He was with HSBC for a total of three years, his LinkedIn said. A+M has reached out to both Subramaniam and KPJ Healthcare for comment.

Separately, Malaysia has been pushing to become a healthcare tourism hub. In 2018, AirAsia Indonesia and Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) partnered to jointly promote Penang as Malaysia’s top healthcare tourism destination, with AirAsia as the preferred airline for direct connectivity. The Ministry of Finance Malaysia had also predicted that the number of healthcare travellers will increase from one million to two million in 2020, following tax exemptions from medical bills, a New Straits Times (NST) report previously stated.

More recently, MHTC said the nation has become a sought-after country in the region for fertility treatments, especially for China couples, NST said. Malaysia is home to 10 of the 30 fertility centres globally that have the International Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee certification, NST added.

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