Nana Khan

NERV GLOBAL SDN BHD · COO

Business Development Strategist with 23 years of working and business experiences. Strong believer in strategic partnership for business growth. Designed her own coaching program for startup, Nana Khan Startup Business Coaching Program to help SMEs implementing strategic planning and execution for their businesses. Inspirational writer for Bahasa Melayu article for marketinginasia.com, sharing knowledge and tips in marketing for entrepreneurs. She has been invited by Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) for being one of mentors for University Startup Challenge 2020. She has been mentoring more than 20 startups in pitching ideation. Receiving consecutive 5-star rating review from mentees has boosted her LinkedIn profile and eventually inviting training and coaching offers from individuals, government agencies and SMEs. She is truly humbled for being awarded as University Startup Challenge 2020 Top 10 Most Active Mentors by MaGIC. 24 out of 28 her mentee-groups made it to the final and 10 out of 13 emerged as winners. In year 2021, she was appointed by MaGIC for USC for the second time and made second achievement as Top 10 Most Active Mentors. 15 out of 20 her mentee-groups made it to the final and 10 out of 15 emerged as winners. Shifting away from traditional sales models to modern strategy, she brand herself on LinkedIn by being active and started connecting with the right people for sales opportunities and upgrading her business network. The regular efforts she is making, the inspiring posts she is doing and the engagement level she is getting combined with the number of followers she owns has made her listed as one of the MIA 70 Rising Personalities on LinkedIn in Malaysia in 2020. Recently she truly honoured to be selected as one of Successful People in Malaysia for 3rd Edition of Britishpedia by British Pedia Media Group based in United Kingdom (UK). On 29th May 2021, she was invited as guest speaker by Pro SME, a rising youth platform in Philippines, for ASEAN Youth Business Exchange, sharing her knowledge, skills and experiences to 44 ASEAN youth entrepreneurs. In July 2021, she was being invited by UCSI University Breadboard Incubation Program as their startup mentor. When no corporate leaders believe in her proposal, she initiated the program on her own alone in March 2021 and named it #projekgila As for July 2021, more than 2,000 HSE practitioners have gained benefits from it. One significant impact is creation of HSE youth association registered as OSHEY which will bring greater impact on HSE employment and industry at national level. Moving forward, she has registered a new youth association with ROS namely Malaysian Career Preparedness Association (MCPA) aiming to help in career preparedness beyond Health, Safety and Environment field. On 11 December, Enactus USM has invited her an entrepreneurship talk and she successfully delivered a customised topic entitled Ideal Business Plan and Pitching Skill with 4.73 / 5.00 rating received from target audience. She wrapped up year 2021 with Future Lab Top Mentors of 2021 with total minutes mentored : 3960. She is now continuously creating awareness on the importance of building impactful personal branding through linkedin profile as virtual CV to university students by accepting talk invitation by local universities and keeping up her business momentum aiming at sustainability post pandemic.