IDHAM NAWAWI
Group Chief Corporate Officer
Professional Experience:
A Chevening scholar, Idham holds a Bachelor of
Science inMechanical Engineering fromUniversity
of Rochester, New York, USA, and received his
Masters in Communications Management (MBA
in Telecommunications) from the University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Idham has over 20 years experience in the
telecommunications and IT industry in Malaysia,
Indonesia and the US. Prior to his role in Axiata,
Idham served as Chief Operating Officer of Packet
One Networks in Malaysia, Head of Strategy and
Corporate Affairs for Axis Communications in
Indonesia and in various senior management
positions within Sales & Marketing and Corporate
Strategy for Maxis in Malaysia. He started his
career as an engineer for Carl Zeiss in Princeton,
New Jersey, USA, before joining IBM Malaysia.
Idham has hands-on experience in managing
business operations, international JVs, and start-
ups and new business units. He has worked on
multiple M&As and IPOs, and has managed
investor, shareholder, regulator and government
relations in Malaysia and the region.
NIK NAZIFAH NIK AHMAD
Group Chief Internal Auditor
Professional Experience:
Nik Nazifah holds a BSc (Hons) Accountancy from
the University of East Anglia in the UK and is also
a fellow member of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK.
Prior to Axiata, she held the position of Corporate
Controller at Celcom Axiata Berhad. During her
time there, Nik Nazifah was instrumental in driving
several key initiatives including implementation of
the company’s business continuity plan and GST
project, automation and improvement of finance
and business processes.
Before joining Celcom, Nik Nazifah was with Shell
Malaysia for over 15 years, including a 3-year
assignment at Shell Headquarters in The Hague,
Netherlands. During her tenure at Shell, she held
various roles and led many projects to improve
efficiency and effectiveness in the areas of
finance, treasury and business operations. These
include shared services and business process
outsourcing, organisational restructuring and
implementation of Lean Sigma projects.
Her earlier years were spent in external audit
where she gained exposure to a variety of
industries, ranging from Financial Institutions to
Government linked companies.
SURYANI HUSSEIN
Group Company Secretary
Professional Experience:
Suryani, a qualified Advocate and Solicitor of
the High Court of Malaya and licenced Company
Secretary, spent the early years of her career
in legal practice. She subsequently joined the
corporate sector and was appointed Head of
Legal and Secretarial, Celcom in 2002. Suryani
joined Axiata upon its listing in 2008 and until
June 2011 retained her leadership role as Head of
Legal in Celcom.
TAN GIM BOON
Group General Counsel and Risk Officer
Professional Experience:
Gim graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce
in 1993 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1995 from
University of Adelaide, Australia. In 2000, he
completed a Master of Laws from University of
New South Wales, Australia. Gim was admitted
as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of
Malaya in 1997 and admitted as a solicitor in New
South Wales, Australia in 2002.
He joined TMI (now Axiata) in 2004. Prior to
joining Axiata, he was working as a lawyer in
Malaysia and Australia. His areas of practice
were predominantly in the fields of mergers
and acquisitions, equity capital markets and
corporate finance. Gim’s last post before joining
Axiata, was with Malaysia’s largest law firm, Zaid
Ibrahim & Co.
Under Gim’s leadership, Axiata has won numerous
awards and commendations for outstanding in-
house legal department including one where he
was named as one of Asia’s Top 100 In-House
Counsel by the Legal 500 Publication.
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