PROFILE OF
MANAGEMENT TEAM
DATO’ SRI JAMALUDIN IBRAHIM
Managing Director/President &
Group Chief Executive Officer
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DR HANS WIJAYASURIYA
Regional Chief Executive Officer,
South Asia Region
Professional Experience:
In line with Axiata’s regional expansion in the
South Asia region, Hans was appointed as the
Regional Chief Executive Officer (CEO), South
Asia in January 2016. Hans also remains the
Group Chief Executive Officer of Dialog. He
joined Dialog’s founding management team in
1994, and took on the role of CEO in 1997.
From 2012-14, Hans also functioned as the
founding CEO of Axiata Digital. Hans continues to
serve on the board of Axiata Digital and several
of its digital venture subsidiaries. Hans also
represents Axiata as a nominee director on the
boards of the TM Forum and on the board of Idea
Cellular Limited in India.
Hans was conferred the prestigious ‘Sri Lankan of
the Year’ award in 2008, by the country’s premier
business journal, LMD, and is also a recipient of
the CIMA-Janashakthi Business Leader of the
Year Award.
Hans graduated from the University of Cambridge
with a Degree in Electrical and Electronic
Engineering. He later obtained his PhD in Digital
Mobile Communications from the University of
Bristol. A Chartered Engineer and fellow member
of the Institute of Engineering Technology UK.
Hans also holds an MBA from the University of
Warwick UK.
Hans has published widely on the subject
of digital mobile communications, including
research papers in publications of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
USA, Royal Society and the Institute of Electrical
Engineers (IEE) UK. He has also presented papers
at several International conferences on digital
mobile communications.
Hans is a past Chairman of GSM Asia-Pacific and
has been included in the GSM 100 Role of Honour
for his contribution to the advancement of mobile
telecommunications in the Asia Pacific region. A
past Chairman of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for
Modern Technologies, Hans also served on the
Boards of the Information and Communication
Technology Agency of Sri Lanka and the Sri
Lanka Institute of Information Technology. Hans is
presently a director on the board of the Sri Lanka
Institute for Nano-Technology.
CHARI TVT
Group Chief Financial Officer
Professional Experience:
Chari TVT was appointed as Group Chief Financial
Officer of Axiata on 1 January 2014. Prior to this,
Chari served as Chief Financial Officer of Celcom
since May 2009. During his time at Celcom,
Chari was instrumental for many initiatives that
contributed to excellent financial performance
of Celcom, making it one of the most profitable
companies in Malaysia.
Before joining Celcom, Chari was Vice President,
Sales at HP Financial Services Asia Pacific and
Japan. He spent 20 years at HP, of which 10
years was in senior finance positions in various
countries such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand
and Singapore, and 10 years heading Sales and
Marketing for Asia Pacific as well as a large
business unit with revenue of close to USD1 billion.
Chari holds an MBA from State University of New
York in Buffalo, USA. He is also a member of the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
UK (CIMA), an Associate member of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants (ACA) and Institute of
Cost and Works Accountants (ICWA) from India.
AMANDEEP SINGH
Group Chief Technology Officer
Professional Experience:
Amandeep holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics
& Electrical Communications from India.
Amandeep has over 24 years of experience in
the telecommunications sector encompassing
mobile, fixed and long distance networks. During
his professional career, he has held various
portfolios to lead the technology function
spanning across 25 countries in Asia and Africa.
He brings hands on experience in strategising and
managing state-of-the-art telecommunication
networks including 2G / 3G / 4G LTE / IT and
Systems. He has handled complex, multi-country
and large scale technology transformations in
the past. Amandeep also brings a rich wealth of
experience in the towerco business.
Prior to Axiata, his last assignment was with
Bharti Airtel for more than nine years, working
out of the company’s offices in India and Africa.
ANNIS SHEIKH MOHAMED
Chief Corporate Development Officer
Professional Experience:
Annis joined Axiata as the Head, Corporate
Development on 1 July 2011, and subsequently
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