Jelawang Capital has named former Sea Malaysia chief Howard Soh as its next CEO, effective 1 October 2026.
Soh joins from Asia-based investment firm LemmaTree, where he was Group Chief Investment Officer.
He brings two decades of investment, venture building and operating experience in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
He was previously Director, Investments at Ekuinas and founded and led the early Malaysian operations of Lazada, Zalora and Foodpanda.
Jelawang Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional and serves as Malaysia’s national fund of funds.
It forms part of Khazanah’s RM1 billion Dana Impak commitment.
Jelawang Capital Chairman Datuk Hisham Hamdan said,
“On behalf of the board, I am delighted to welcome Howard Soh as CEO of Jelawang Capital. Howard brings institutional investment experience, venture building and operating leadership in Malaysian technology businesses to an organisation whose programmes are now growing.
I look forward to seeing him lead the strategic direction of Jelawang Capital and further strengthen its approach to investing through and partnering with fund managers, as it continues to catalyse Malaysia’s venture capital and startup ecosystem.”
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