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Change In Principal Officer - Mr Chari Thandalam Veeravalli Thirumala

Back 23 Dec 2016
Date of change 31 Dec 2016
Name MR CHARI THANDALAM VEERAVALLI THIRUMALA
Age 60
Gender Male
Nationality India
Type of change Retirement
Designation Chief Financial Officer
Qualifications

MBA - State University of New York at Buffalo Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (CIMA) Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) and Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (ICWA) of India

Working experience and occupation

Chari TVT was appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of Axiata Group Berhad ("Axiata") on 1 January 2014. Prior to this, Chari served as Chief Financial Officer of Celcom since May 2009. During his time at Celcom, Chari was instrumental for many initiatives that contributed to excellent financial performance of Celcom, making it one of the most profitable companies in Malaysia. Before joining Celcom, Chari was Vice President, Sales at HP Financial Services Asia Pacific and Japan. He spent 20 years at HP, of which 10 years was in senior finance positions in various countries such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, and 10 years heading Sales and Marketing for Asia Pacific as well as a large business unit with revenue of close to USD1 billion.

Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer

Nil

Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer

Nil

Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries

Save as disclosed below, Chari has no direct and/or indirect interest in Axiata or its subsidiaries. i) 203,353 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in Axiata ("Axiata Shares"); ii) 171,000 options of Axiata Shares pursuant to Performance Based Employee Share Option Scheme; and iii) 195,400 restricted share awards over Axiata Shares pursuant to Axiata Share Scheme

 


Remarks :

Chari's retirement from Axiata is upon the expiration of his contract of employment on 31 December 2016. His position in Axiata on his retirement is the Group Chief Financial Officer.

 


Announcement Info

Company Name AXIATA GROUP BERHAD
Stock Name AXIATA
Date Announced 23 Dec 2016
Category Change in Principal Officer
Reference Number C04-13122016-00001