Maxis Berhad | Annual Report 2012

Maxis Berhad // Annual Report 2012 52 Sandip Das Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director Sandip joined Maxis Communications Berhad (“MCB”) group in January 2007 and upon listing of Maxis Berhad (Malaysia), was appointed an Executive Director of the Company on 17 September 2009 and as its Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2009. His profile is contained in the “Directors’ Profiles” section as set out on page 49 of this Annual Report. Nasution bin Mohamed Chief Financial Officer Nasution plays a strategic role in integrating resources across business functions in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer. Concurrently, he is responsible for finance and financial reporting, investor relations, corporate finance, treasury, legal, procurement, enterprise risk management, security and administration. He joined Maxis in January 2011 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 15 April 2011, bringing with him over 19 years of wide business experience in Malaysia and overseas. Prior to joining Maxis, he was the Managing Director/ CEO of Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad (“PMB”). Prior to PMB, he was an Executive Director at UDA Holdings Berhad. He started his career with KPMG in Australia and subsequently joined the Corporate Finance Division of Amanah Merchant Bank Berhad. He then moved on to Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad and later to KPMG Malaysia as Head of an Audit Department. Nasution holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of New South Wales, Australia and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (“ICAA”). Suren J. Amarasekera Joint Chief Operating Officer Suren is responsible for the overall consumer mobile telephony business that includes postpaid, prepaid, product innovation, marketing strategy, brand and marketing management, sales, distribution, customer service, integrated products, Go-To-Market and customer management. He joined Maxis in July 2011, bringing with him over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Maxis, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Mobitel, the mobile arm of telecommunications operator Sri Lanka Telecom. Before this he served in various senior management positions at Singapore Telecommunications (“SingTel”) for 13 years with the initial half in Sri Lanka and the latter half at its head office in Singapore. Suren holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Illinois, USA and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from Syracuse University, New York, USA. SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFILES