Maxis Berhad | Annual Report 2012

Maxis Berhad // Annual Report 2012 48 Chan Chee Beng, aged 57, a Malaysian, was appointed as a Director of Maxis on 7 August 2009. Alvin Michael Hew Thai Kheam, aged 49, a Malaysian, was appointed as a Director of Maxis on 30 August 2012. He has more than 30 years experience in investment banking, financial management and accounting including stints with Ernst & Young and Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd prior to joining the Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd. (“UTSB”) Group in 1992 as head of corporate finance. He is presently an executive director of UTSB and serves on the boards of several other companies in which UTSB has significant interests such as Maxis Communications Berhad (holding company of Maxis) and Binariang GSM Sdn. Bhd., having an operational base in Malaysia; Bumi Armada Berhad (“BAB”) (listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad), an offshore oil and gas service provider and Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange) and Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, having an operational base in Sri Lanka. He is also Director of MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MSS”), a regional satellite operator and a director in a non-executive capacity on the board of MEASAT Global Berhad (“MGB”), the holding company of MSS, Powertek Energy Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Tanjong Energy Holdings Sdn. Bhd.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad, which is involved in the business of power generation and related services and Yu Cai Foundation. He is a member of the audit and nomination committees of BAB and a member of the audit committee of MGB. He holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a member of the Audit and Nomination Communittees. He is the Managing Director of H2O Capital Limited – a boutique financial advisory firm – covering Greater China based in Taipei. His corporate experience covers commercial banking at TD Bank; investment banking at Lancaster Financial; business development and marketing at P&G in Switzerland, Vietnam, Southeast Asia and Australia; and top management and board experience at L’Oreal where he was the president of its companies in Malaysia and Taiwan. He was a board member of the European Chamber of Commerce in Taipei from 2006-2009 and currently sits on the board of the Taipei American School and chairs its governance committee, and is also on the Board of Advisors of Toro Development Limited incorporated in Hong Kong. In 2004, he was conferred the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre Nationale du Merite by French President Jacques Chirac in recognition of his business achievements. He holds undergraduate degrees from Queen’s University, Canada and an MBA from INSEAD France. He is certified with the Canadian Securities Institute and has attended executive programs at IMD, Stanford, USC and UCSF. Please refer to Note 7. Continued DIRECTORS’ PROFILES