Serene Nah

Captain
DISC Type : SD

Chairman at Digital Core REIT

Singapore

Overview

Serene Nah is the Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Digital Realty, leveraging over 24 years of expertise in M&A, operations, and transformation across real estate and technology. She drives strategic growth for PlatformDIGITAL® in the region and holds an Executive MBA from Kellogg-HKUST.

Outside of her corporate roles, Serene is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) trainer, consultant, and coach. She is also a strong supporter of diversity and inclusion, serving as the executive sponsor for Digital Realtys Womens Leadership Forum in Asia Pacific.

Unique fact: She combines her extensive financial and operational expertise with NLP coaching skills to guide both corporate strategy and individual development.

Personality Overview

Decisive But Calm

Output-Driven

Consummate Professional

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

AI Infrastructure
Actively expanding partnerships with companies like Oracle to deploy cloud and AI workloads, future-proofing digital infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.
Data Center Sustainability
Promotes balancing digital infrastructure growth with sustainability, highlighted by her recent focus on the APDCA's whitepaper on energy best practices.
APAC Digital Economy
In interviews, she discusses how data centers are central to Asia-Pacific's digital transformation and focuses on building future-ready infrastructure to fuel regional growth.

Media Appearances

Serene has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2025
Chairman at Digital Core REIT
1-2023
Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific at Digital Realty
2-2024
Vice Chairperson at Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association (APDCA)
4-2022
Independent Non Executive Director at ESR
5-2015
Certified NLP Trainer and Consultant; Executive and Life Coach at The Worldwide Institutes of NLP

Education

2017 - 2017
Certified Trainer and Consultant from NLP Worldwide Institute
2015 - 2016
Neuro Linguistic Programming - Coaching and Therapy from NLP WorldWide Institute

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Exp : 10 Location : Singapore Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Chairman at Digital Core REIT
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Insights For Selling To Serene

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer
  • Use phrases like 'your team deserves', 'best in class' etc.

DONT's

  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Serene is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Serene

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Serene move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Serene take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Serene

Personality Compatibility


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