Esther Ng

55 years of age, Malaysian
Chief Content Officer

Datin Paduka Esther Ng (D.S.I.S.) joined the Company as a news reporter in June 1992, a few months before formally graduating from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She was a court reporter, covering the Legal Affairs beat for a number of years before joining the Parliament beat, reporting on current news and happenings, and writing about the goings-on in the August House. She rejoined the general news team after leaving courts, covering government and ministerial leaders, elections, among other news stories.

She was made News Editor in 2010, co-leading the main desk of the Editorial Department before being made Sunday Star Editor five (5) years later, taking charge of the weekend edition, focusing on news issues, weekend cover stories and profile pieces.

Datin Paduka Esther Ng (D.S.I.S.) was promoted to Executive Editor in 2017 before being made Star Media Group’s first ever Chief Content Officer in June 2018, taking charge of the Group’s Content in the print, online and video platforms.