Chief Digital Officer · YAPEIM Holdings · Malaysia
Enterprise AI readiness, AI sovereignty, and governance frameworks that connect technological capability with public accountability.
Effendy Zulkifly is an AI and digital transformation executive with approximately 20 years of professional experience across enterprise technology, financial services, government and entrepreneurship. As Chief Digital Officer of YAPEIM Holdings, he leads digital strategy, AI adoption and technology architecture, with a focus on responsible innovation and institutional transformation.
Previously, he served as Chief Digital Officer of DynaFront Systems, contributing to AI and LLM-enabled solutions for life insurance and Takaful. As Founder and CEO of Blockworq, he led multidisciplinary technology teams and digital platform delivery, including a blockchain credential platform for Management & Science University supporting more than 20,000 digital credentials.
He is the author of Artificial Intelligence, Law & Ethics: The Boundaries of Power. As Founding President of the Centre for AI, Blockchain & Advanced Research (CABAR), he advances dialogue on responsible AI, digital trust and technology governance across industry, government and academia.
Effendy recently served as moderator and panellist at the 48th Global Edition World AI Show Malaysia 2026. His current areas of focus include enterprise AI readiness, AI sovereignty, decision intelligence and governance frameworks that connect technological capability with accountability and public value.
8–9 December 2026, Hilton Hotel, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia