Profile of Management Team

AzWAN kHAN OSMAN kHAN

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Azwan is an engineering graduate (First-Class Honours)

from the Imperial College, University of London, United

Kingdom with a broad mix of telecommunications and

DONALD JAMES RAE

non-telecommunications experience across a range of

Senior Group Advisor

companies. His professional experience includes extensive

time with The Boston Consulting Group and Shell Malaysia.

Don graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from

He was formerly the Senior Vice President, Corporate

University of Guelph Ontario, Canada and an MBA from

Strategy and Development in Celcom, a position he held

University of Western Ontario, Canada in 1983 and 1987

from mid-2005.

respectively.

Azwan is also a member of the GSMA Chief Strategy

He started his career with Deloitte & Touche Management

Officer Group (CSOG).

Consulting from 1987 to 1998, working in Canada, Hong

Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and was made Partner of

the firm in 1994. His professional experience also include

DR HANS WIJAYASuRIYA

extensive time with Smart Communications and Essar

Group Chief Operating Officer

Telecom Business Group.

Hans is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute

Prior to joining Axiata in February 2010, Don worked as

of Engineering Technology (IET) United Kingdom. He

an independent consultant for the group focused on

holds a Degree in Electronic Engineering from the

reviewing and improving operations in its Dialog business

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

unit.

He also holds a Doctorate in Digital Mobile Communications

from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom and an

TAN GIM BOON

MBA from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

General Counsel, Group Legal

He also serves as the Group Chief Executive of Dialog

­ Axiata's market leading subsidiary in Sri Lanka ­ a

Gim graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1993 and

position he has held since 1997.

a Bachelor of Laws in 1995 from University of Adelaide,

Australia. In 2000, he completed a Master of Laws from

Hans has served as Chairman of GSM Asia Pacific ­ the

University of New South Wales, Australia. Gim was

regional interest group of the GSM Association

admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court

representing 22 Asia Pacific member countries.

of Malaya in 1997 and admitted as a solicitor in New

South Wales, Australia in 2002.

He joined TMI in 2004. Prior to joining Axiata, he was in

private practice, having practised in Malaysia and Sydney,

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.

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