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Malcolm De Silva

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Director Mining & Natural Resources at Microsoft
📍 Australia

Malcolm De Silva is a transformation executive at Microsoft, where he serves as the Director for Mining, Oil & Gas. He specializes in driving AI-led transformations and cloud growth for Tier 1 clients. Colleagues and reports describe him as a thoughtful, structured, and insightful leader with great integrity, who has consistently delivered significant business turnarounds and growth at Oracle, Telstra, and IBM.

Interesting fact: At Microsoft, he secured over $320M USD in strategic services revenue in just 18 months by delivering AI-aligned, cloud-first solutions.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Director Mining & Natural Resources
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Australia
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AI Transformation
His entire professional focus is on applying AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI to help companies in the resources sector innovate and scale with precision.
Mining & Energy Tech
He is deeply involved in modernizing the mining and energy industries, from enabling real-time data in remote operations to discussing innovation at industry events like BHP Invent.
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Career

Work history

2-2022
Director Mining & Natural Resources
Microsoft
7-2021 - 2-2022
Group Owner, Mining & Energy
Telstra
1-2019 - 2-2022
Head of State, Telstra Enterprise
Telstra
8-2017 - 1-2019
Senior Director and WA/SA GM
Oracle
7-2015 - 8-2017
Director, Industrial Sector
IBM
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Education
1989 - 1992
B.Comm
Murdoch University
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Australian Institute of Company Directors
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