Ex-AirAsia CEO chairs AI Malaysia, but does she have applied AI chops?
bytebot · x · 2026-09-12
Aireen Omar, former AirAsia CEO with 20+ years in tech and business transformation, has been appointed chairperson of AI Malaysia Berhad. The author questions the pick: compared to Singapore FM Vivian Balakrishnan running a second brain on a Raspberry Pi with NanoClaw and Obsidian, does she have applied AI experience? He probes whether AirAsia's super app/BigPay, EPF's Microsoft stack, or Grab's AI use are real examples of AI working, and notes other board members have digital policy backgrounds.
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