Membership of Board Committees:
Nil
Qualifications:
• British Chevening Scholar
• Masters of Philosophy in Development
Studies, Darwin College, Cambridge
University, UK
• Fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants, UK
• Chartered Financial Analyst
• Diploma in Islamic Studies, International
Islamic University, Malaysia
Working Experience:
Formerly, Azman was the Managing Director
and co-founder of BinaFikir Sdn Bhd, Director
and Head of Country Research at Salomon
Smith Barney Malaysia and Director and Head
of Research at Union Bank of Switzerland
in Malaysia. He previously served in various
capacities with Malaysia’s largest utility company,
Tenaga Nasional Berhad. From June 2004 to
date, Azman holds the position of Managing
Director of Khazanah Nasional, the strategic
investment fund of the Government of Malaysia.
Directorships of Public Companies:
Non-listed
• Iskandar Investment Berhad (Chairman)
• Yayasan Khazanah
• Yayasan Hasanah
Other Information:
Azman holds various board membership
including Khazanah Research Institute and
Jadwa Investment in Saudi Arabia. He also
serves on various Malaysian public service
bodies including the Special Economic
Committee, the National Science Council,
Performance Management and Delivery
Unit under the Malaysian Prime Minister’s
Department, the Capital Market Advisory Group
for Securities Commission Malaysia and the
National Export Council. He is also a member of
the Asia Business Council.
PROFILE OF
DIRECTORS
Membership of Board Committees:
Nil
Qualifications:
• MBA, Portland State University, USA
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
(Minor in Mathematics), California State
University, USA
Working Experience:
Jamaludin is Managing Director/President
& Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata
Group Berhad, which he joined in March 2008.
He has worked for about 34 years in the
ICT industry – 16 years in IT and 18 years in
telecommunications.
Jamaludin started his career as a lecturer
in Quantitative Methods at California State
University, USA in 1980.
He then spent 12 years in IBM (1981-1993), the
first five years as Systems Engineer and then
in various positions in Sales, Marketing and
Management. In 1993, he was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of Digital Equipment Malaysia
(the Malaysian branch of Digital Equipment, then
the second largest IT company worldwide).
Four years later, in 1997, Jamaludin joined Maxis
Communications Berhad, and was appointed
Chief Executive Officer in 1998. In 2006, he was
re-designated Group Chief Executive Officer. He
retired from Maxis in 2007. In 2008, he joined
Axiata as the Managing Director/President &
Group Chief Executive Officer.
TAN SRI DATO’ AZMAN HJ. MOKHTAR
Chairman
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
(Representative of Khazanah)
Age:
55
Nationality:
Malaysian
Date of Appointment:
3 March 2008
Length of Service:
8 years
Date of Last
Re-election:
20 May 2015
DATO’ SRI JAMALUDIN IBRAHIM
Managing Director/
President & Group Chief Executive Officer
Age:
57
Nationality:
Malaysian
Date of Appointment:
3 March 2008
Length of Service:
8 years
Date of Last
Re-election:
23 May 2013
Directorships of Public Companies:
Axiata Group
Listed
• Dialog Axiata PLC (Alternate Director)
• PT XL Axiata Tbk
• M1 Limited
Non-listed
• Celcom Axiata Berhad (Chairman)
• Axiata Foundation
Others – GSMA Mobile For Development
Foundation and Malaysian Global Innovation &
Creativity Centre Berhad
Other Information:
Jamaludin earned the accolade of Malaysia’s
‘CEO of the Year 2000’ by American Express
& Business Times and was inducted into
the Hall of Fame for ‘Services to the Mobile
Telecommunications Industry’ by Asian Mobile
News in 2004. He was also named ‘Asian Mobile
Operator CEO of the Year’ by Asian Mobile
News Awards 2007 and ‘Telecommunications
CEO of the Year’ by Telecom Asia Awards 2010
and Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards
2010. In 2014, he was named CEO of the Year
at the MSWG-ASEAN Corporate Governance
Transparency Index Awards. He was also the
recipient of the 2015 GSMA Chairman’s Award
which is the GSMA’s most prestigious award and
recognises outstanding personal contribution
to the growth and development of mobile
communications around the world.
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