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Roshan Thiran

Roshan Thiran

Director of Operations, STAR Media Group, Malaysia

Roshan Thiran was recently appointed as Director of Operations for the STAR Media Group. Roshan leads all aspects of managing and growing the STAR Media Group’s operations, which includes its media businesses in Print, Radio, TV, Digital, Events and Training.

Roshan began his career with Exxon-Mobil in an operational role.  He later moved to General Electric (GE) and also National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)

After numerous years at GE, he moved to Johnson & Johnson in a global role as Director of Global Talent Management. He has won numerous awards in business, HR and leadership development, including a Global HR award and the Malaysia HR Leader Award.

Roshan currently hosts his own TV show entitled “the Leaderonomics show” where he interviews global leader across the world on a weekly basis.  He also writes a few newspaper columns and has his own weekly radio segment.  He has been involved in various TV productions, including the main judge on TV’s reality show “Sejuta Impian”, “Be a Leader” and other shows.

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