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CORPORATE PROFILE
Axiata Group Berhad | Annual Report 2016
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SURESH SIDHU
Chief Executive Officer
edotco Group Berhad
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• Degree in Natural Science, University of
Cambridge, UK
• MBA from INSEAD, France
Working Experience:
Prior to joining Axiata, 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.
KAREN KOOI
Chief Executive Officer
M1 Limited
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• Master of Business Administration degree
in Investment and Finance (Distinction),
University of Hull in the UK
• Fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (UK)
Working Experience:
Karen was the Acting CEO of M1 from 1 February
2009 to 22 April 2009, having joined M1 as CFO
in August 1995. She was a key member of the
senior management team responsible for the
planning, development and launch of M1’s
commercial operations. Prior to joining M1, Karen
held various senior financial positions in large
public listed companies, including Singapore
Press Holdings Limited and City Developments
Limited. She has over 30 years of experience in
general and financial management.
HIMANSHU KAPANIA
Managing Director
Idea Cellular Limited
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• Alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and
the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Working Experience:
Himanshu has been the Managing Director of Idea
since April 2011. He has engineered Idea’s fast
paced growth making it amongst the top three
players and the fastest growing mobile operator
in India. Himanshu is a veteran in the Indian
telecom industry, contributing to the evolution of
the industry, over the last two decades. He has
been actively involved in the industry from its
early days when India was a two player mobile
market to the present times of hyper competition
with a dozen global mobile operators competing
for the world’s second largest telecom market.
MAHTAB UDDIN AHMED
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Robi Axiata Limited
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• Bachelor of Honours and Masters in
Accounting, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Fellow member of Institute of Cost and
Management Accountant of Bangladesh
(ICMAB), FCMA & CGMA of Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA,
UK)
• Alumnus, Harvard Business School
Working Experience:
Mahtab joined Robi Axiata in 2010 as CFO, the
position which he held till 2014. Prior to joining
Robi, Mahtab spent 17 years of his career with
Unilever where he held various business and
finance leadership positions including the post of
Finance Director in various operating companies
like Unilever Pakistan, Unilever Arabia and Unilever
Bangladesh.
ADNAN ASDAR
Chief Executive Officer
Multinet Pakistan (Private) Limited
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• Degree in Science (Civil Engineering),
Wisconsin, USA
• Masters in Science (Civil Engineering),
Minnesota, USA
Working Experience:
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.
MOHD KHAIRIL ABDULLAH
Chief Executive Officer
Axiata Digital Services Sdn Bhd
Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
• BA (Engineering) and MEng, University of
Cambridge, UK
• MBA from INSEAD, France
Working 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. 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. Prior to
joining Bain, Khairil was an operations consultant
at Coopers & Lybrand, Management Consulting
Services. He was also founder and operations
manager of P-Shift Consulting (Southeast Asia)
from 1996 till 1997, and manufacturing consultant
with PERA Consulting in London and Kuala
Lumpur from 1995 till 1996.