The task before Mahadhir Aziz is daunting. His appointment as the CEO of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) comes at a time when the nation is betting heavily on the digital economy to improve its position in the global value chain and strengthen its economic growth. Mahadhir has set himself the task of bringing MDEC back to its glory days in the 1990s when, as the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC), it was the sole agency overseeing the rollout of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC).