Maxis Berhad | Annual Report 2012

Maxis Berhad // Annual Report 2012 45 He began work in 1987 as a wellsite operations engineer with Sarawak Shell Berhad and resigned in 1989 to pursue business opportunities in Kuala Lumpur. By investing in Tongkah Holdings Berhad (listed on the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange), he ventured into the component manufacturing, oil and gas, finance and healthcare sectors. He held positions as the group chief executive officer of Pantai Holdings Berhad (healthcare), chairman of THB Industries Berhad (electronics) and group executive chairman of Tongkah Holdings Berhad (oil and gas, finance). A divestment exercise in 2001 saw him relinquish all positions and equity in these companies. Presently his portfolio of investments includes businesses in IT, oil and gas support services, structural steel engineering and fabrication, the automotive sector and property development. He is a non-independent executive director and executive vice-chairman of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad. Through his private holding company, Kencana Capital Sdn. Bhd., he has investments in IT, property and other businesses. He is currently the chairman of Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd., which hosts the FIA Formula One World Championship. He also serves as non independent non-executive director and chairman of Opcom Holdings Berhad. He is a qualified petroleum engineer. He pursued his tertiary education at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the USA, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering. He sits as Chairman of the Remuneration and Employee Share Option Scheme (“ESOS”) Committees and is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. Please refer to Note 7. He is a director and founding member of Intelligent Capital Sdn. Bhd. (“Intelligent Capital”). He also serves as non-executive director on the boards of JayCorp Berhad and Privasia Technology Berhad. He has extensive experience in both public and private equity investing in Malaysia. He has been involved in several start-up companies as an angel investor and has been actively involved in building their businesses as a mentor. Several of these companies have gone public. He started his career working in general management in companies involved in a wide range of industries. He joined Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd. (“UTSB”) in 1988 where he worked in various capacities. He left in 1990 to join the stockbroking industry. He returned to UTSB in 1992 before leaving in 1995 to co-found Kumpulan Sentiasa Cemerlang Sdn. Bhd. (“KSC”), an investment advisory and fund management group. He took a year off to work with the National Economic Action Council (“NEAC”) in 1998. After his period at the NEAC, he started two venture capital firms, Intelligent Capital and iSpring Venture Management Sdn. Bhd., while continuing to work with KSC. He was previously the chairman of the Malaysian Venture Capital Association. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Melbourne in Australia and a Master of Business Administration degree from Cranfield University in the UK. He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and ESOS Committees. Please refer to Note 8. Dato’ Mokhzani bin Mahathir, aged 52, a Malaysian, was appointed as a Director of Maxis on 16 October 2009. Asgari bin Mohd Fuad Stephens, aged 52, a Malaysian, was appointed as a Director of Maxis on 16 October 2009. WHAT’S INSIDE HIGHLIGHTS OUR STRENGTH LEADERSHIP OUR BUSINESS IN ACTION CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY