Suthen Thomas Paradatheth

Chief Technology Officer, Grab

Speaker

Based in Singapore, Suthen oversees Grab’s technology teams across the company’s Deliveries, Mobility and Financial services businesses. He is responsible for driving Grab’s technology vision, strategy and execution and plays a critical role in optimising Grab’s superapp synergies to drive sustainable growth and create greater value, convenience, and efficiencies for consumers and partners.

Before this, Suthen was the Chief Technology Officer of Mobility, Automation and Platform Excellence, Deliveries, and Experiences. He was also Grab’s first technical lead when the company was founded in 2012. At Grab, he has led the development of many Grab products and platforms, which supported the rapid growth of Grab’s Deliveries and Mobility services. He also held operational leadership roles and founded the Business Operations team.

Suthen has a Bachelor’s degree in computer software engineering from Multimedia University and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.