SURESH SIDHU
Chief Executive Officer
edotco Group Sdn Bhd
Professional Experience:
Suresh was appointed Chief Executive Officer
of edotco Group in August 2014. Previously,
Suresh served as Chief Corporate and Operations
Officer of Celcom since 2012. Leading up to his
appointment at Celcom, Suresh was Group Chief
Officer – Enterprise and Global at Dialog.
Suresh first joined Axiata Group Berhad in 2009.
Prior to this, he has held many senior roles in
strategy, international wholesale, and merger and
acquisitions at Maxis Communications Berhad.
Suresh also spent over seven years with the
Boston Consulting Group in strategy consulting in
South East Asia and North America.
Suresh holds a Degree in Natural Sciences from
University of Cambridge, UK and an MBA from
INSEAD, France.
MOHD KHAIRIL ABDULLAH
Chief Executive Officer
Axiata Digital Services Sdn Bhd
Professional Experience:
Khairil was appointed as Chief Executive Officer
of Axiata Digital Services in January 2015. He first
joined Axiata in 2012 and served as Group Chief
Marketing and Operations Officer.
Khairil holds a BA (Engineering) and MEng from
the University of Cambridge, UK as well as an
MBA from INSEAD, France. Prior to Axiata, Khairil
was a Partner at Bain & Company, Inc., a leading
global management consultancy. He was with
Bain for more than 15 years and worked out of
various offices in the firm, including San Francisco,
Munich, Sydney, Tokyo and Shanghai. He has built
a strong track record of helping his clients in the
telecommunications and other industries achieve
major improvements to their strategic positions
and operational performance. In 2008, Khairil
returned to Southeast Asia to help Bain grow its
telecommunications practice in the region, based
out of Singapore. Prior to joining Bain, Khairil was
an operations consultant at Coopers & Lybrand,
Management Consulting Services. He also had a
stint running a tech start-up based in Southeast
Asia.
ADNAN ASDAR
Chief Executive Officer
Multinet Pakistan (Private) Limited
Professional Experience:
Adnan, one of the pioneers of Multinet, is the
driving force behind the company and has been
responsible for spearheading the successful
deployment of the nationwide optical fibre
network.
Adnan has over 25 years experience in
structural and forensic engineering, construction
management, quality control and project
management.
He also plays advisory roles in several non-profit
organisations primarily focused on education and
health and is on the Executive Council Board for
the Citizen’s Foundation, Hunar Foundation and
Indus Hospital.
Adnan has a degree in Science (Civil Engineering)
from Wisconsin, USA and a Masters in Science
(Civil Engineering) from Minnesota, USA.
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