Maxis Berhad | Annual Report 2012

Maxis Berhad // Annual Report 2012 47 Dr. Ibrahim Abdulrahman H. Kadi, aged 59, a Saudi citizen, was appointed as a Director of Maxis on 26 November 2012. Augustus Ralph Marshall, aged 61, a Malaysian, was appointed as a Director of Maxis on 7 August 2009. He is an ICT consultant with wide-ranging experience/expertise in technology, business, policy, regulatory and market perspectives. He has over 35 years of experience in academic, professional, industrial and regulatory fields. His areas of expertise include Communication Engineering, Knowledge Economy, Market Analysis, Security and Socio-economic Impact of Technology. He currently serves as an independent member of the Risk Management Board Committee at the Saudi Stock Exchange Co. (Tadawul Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). He is also an independent director of Oger Telecom Limited (“OTL”, Dubai UAE). He also serves on the Board of Maxis Communications Berhad (holding company of Maxis). He was a senior advisor at the Communication & Information Technology Commission (“CITC”), the ICT regulatory authority in Saudi Arabia (2004-2011). He served earlier as the ITU Representative to the Arab States and Head of the ITU Arab Regional Office (2002-2003). He was a professor of communications at King Saud University (1984-2004). He was vice president for Engineering and R&D of Advanced Electronics Company (1991-1994) and served as an executive consultant for the following 10 years (1994-2004). He served in a number of industry boards and committees. He provided consultancy services to government agencies, private sector and international organisations, including Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (Central Bank), Tadawul, National Commercial Bank (“NCB”), AEC, Al Zamil Group, STC, Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), International Telecommunications Union (“ITU”) and the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) of the World Bank. He holds a PhD. from Stanford University (1984), a M.Sc. from the University of Michigan (1980), and a B.Sc. from Riyadh University (1978), all in Electrical Engineering (Communication). He has published over 130 research papers, general interest and literary works, and spoken at numerous national and international conferences. He is a member of the Saudi Computer Society, International Association for Cryptologic Research (“IACR”), Saudi Association for Mathematical Sciences (“SAMS”), and Saudi Economics Association (“SEA”). He is a senior member of the IEEE. He is a member of the Nomination Committee. Please refer to Note 7. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial and general management. He is an executive director of Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd. (“UTSB”), the executive deputy chairman and group chief executive officer of Astro Holdings Sdn. Bhd. group [including his position as non-executive deputy chairman of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad)] and an executive director of Tanjong Public Limited Company, in which UTSB has significant interests. He also serves as a non-executive director on the boards of several other companies in which UTSB also has significant interests such as Maxis Communications Berhad (holding company of Maxis) and Johnston Press plc (listed on the London Stock Exchange plc). In addition, he is a director in an independent non-executive capacity and the chairman of the audit committee of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad (listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) and a non-executive director of MEASAT Global Berhad. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee. WHAT’S INSIDE HIGHLIGHTS OUR STRENGTH LEADERSHIP OUR BUSINESS IN ACTION CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY