UpGrad appoints Weisheng Neo as Head of South-East Asia

UpGrad, India’s leading online education company has appointed Weisheng Neo as head of Southeast Asia. In his new role, Neo will lead the expansion of UpGrad’s operations in Southeast Asia.

Neo comes with extensive experience in the education and technology sector, having advised some of the region’s most prominent education companies. He holds an MBA from Wharton and was most recently with Alibaba Group.

“With Weisheng’s experience working with key decision-makers in the education space, as well as proven leadership skills, we are sure he will steer the business to new heights and make significant contributions to fuel continued growth in Southeast Asia. We are bullish on expanding into international markets and believe that South East Asian markets have similar dynamics as India. This is just a start of our international expansion plans,” said Ronnie Screwwala & Mayank Kumar, co-founders of UpGrad in a joint statement.

Neo’s focus for this year will be to identify the areas where upskilling is most urgent, and launch programs that the market is hungry for.

“We have already identified areas of growth in SEA, such as the finance industry’s digital transformation, which inevitably will require qualified candidates to fill roles that one normally would not associate with banks,” said Neo.

UpGrad offers various courses in next-gen workplace skills including Data Analytics, Digital Marketing, Product Management and Entrepreneurship, for working professionals who want to upgrade their skills sets to transition to jobs of tomorrow.