Nationality: Indian
Date of Appointment: 3 July 2023
Prateek heads the Maxis Business division with a strong ambition to help transform businesses in Malaysia to be future-ready, cutting across corporate, government, SME and wholesale customers.
He brings over 30 years of experience across Sales, Marketing, Procurement, Project Financing and Business Planning & Strategy, with leadership exposure spanning the hospitality, software, real estate, and telecommunications equipment and services.
Prior to joining Maxis, he spent over 20 years within the Tata Group, serving in leadership roles at companies including Tata Teleservices and Tata Communications. He subsequently spent around 5 years setting up and leading Reliance Jio's Enterprise Business, delivering ICT solutions such as connectivity, private networks, mobility, cloud, IoT and cybersecurity services to enterprise customers and government agencies.
He has served on global industry boards as Chairman of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and as a Board Member of the WiMAX Forum.
He has an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Marketing with an Engineering degree in Electronics. He was a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and attended the Fulbright-CII Fellowship Programme for Leadership in Management at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.