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Axiata Group Berhad | Annual Report 2016
CORPORATE PROFILE
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TAN GIM BOON
Group General Counsel and Risk Officer
Nationality / Age / Gender:
Malaysian / 44 / Male
Date of Appointment:
1 October 2004
Department/Portfolio:
• Corporate Counsel
• Risk Management
• Enterprise Risk Management
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law,
University of Adelaide, Australia
• Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of
Malaya and as a solicitor in New South Wales,
Australia
• Masters of Law, University of New South
Wales, Australia
Working Experience:
Gim 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.
Directorships of Public Companies:
Axiata Group
Listed
• Nil
Non-listed
• Nil
Others
Listed
• Nil
Non-listed
• Nil
SURYANI HUSSEIN
Group Company Secretary
Nationality / Age / Gender:
Malaysian / 50 / Female
Date of Appointment:
1 April 2008
Department/Portfolio:
• Company Secretarial
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• LL.B (Hons) Bachelor of Laws, International
Islamic University, Malaysia
• Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of
Malaya and Licensed Company Secretary
Working 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 doing both legal and company
secretarial work 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.
Directorships of Public Companies:
Axiata Group
Listed
• Nil
Non-listed
• Nil
Others
Listed
• Nil
Non-listed
• Nil
PROFILE OF MANAGEMENT TEAM
Notes:
None of the management team have:-
• Any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Axiata.
• Any conflict of interest with Axiata.
• Any conviction for offences within the past 5 years (other than traffic offences).
• Any sanctions and/or penalties imposed on them by any regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2016.