Karl Godderis

Karl is originally from Belgium but based in Kuala Lumpur.

In January 2026 he completed an interim turn around role as CEO of Eurocham Malaysia.
Priorly, he established the Asian presence for Pragma Finance, a UK based provider of private credit solutions to large scale ESG projects across North America, Africa and Asia.

Karl has been active for over 30 years across Asian markets, especially in SE Asia and Australia. Covering management consulting and strategy roles, post-merger integration and transformation roles and in more recent times cross border M&A advisory.

His management consulting career involved working for global firms like PWC and Kearney as well as running his own boutique advisory business in Jakarta and Singapore.

Karl holds a double degree in Applied Economics and International Relations from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

Outside work he is also a prolific writer and published his first two spy novels during the 2020-2021 Covid lockdown.