Maxis Berhad | Annual Report 2013

Maxis Berhad | Annual Report 2013 26 ALVIN MICHAEL HEW THAI KHEAM AGED 50, A MALAYSIAN, WAS APPOINTED AS A DIRECTOR OF MAXIS ON 30 AUGUST 2012. Non-Executive Director He is the Managing Director of The Abraaj Group – a Dubai-headquartered private equity firm – in charge of Abraaj’s Performance Acceleration Group covering Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore. His 27 years of corporate experience covers financial advisory and private equity at H2O Capital; 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 regional board experience at L’Oreal where he was the president of its companies in Malaysia and Taiwan. He currently sits on the board of the Taipei American School and chaired its governance committee from 2011-2013. 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. MORTEN LUNDAL AGED 49, A NORWEGIAN, WAS APPOINTED AS A DIRECTOR OF MAXIS ON 1 OCTOBER 2013. Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director Morten joined Maxis as Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2013, bringing with him more than 16 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Morten is also a Director of Maxis Berhad and its operational subsidiaries. Prior to joining Maxis, Morten was Group Chief Commercial Officer of Vodafone Group Plc, a member of the Executive Committee responsible for commercial activities at the group level. Prior to assuming that position in 2010, he was Regional Chief Executive Officer responsible for eight operating companies in Central Europe and Africa. He joined Vodafone in 2008. Prior to Vodafone, he was Chief Executive Officer of DiGi.Com Berhad Group. Morten joined Nordic mobile operator Telenor in 1997 and has held several Chief Executive Officer positions including for the Internet Division and Telenor Business Solutions as well as the position of Executive Vice President for Corporate Strategy. Morten holds a Master of Business Administration from IMD Lausanne and a Master of Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Management, BI. He is a member of the Employee Share Option Scheme (“ESOS”) Committee. Please refer to Note 7. DIRECTORS’ PROFILES Continued CHAN CHEE BENG AGED 58, A MALAYSIAN, WAS APPOINTED AS A DIRECTOR OF MAXIS ON 7 AUGUST 2009. Non-Executive Director He has more than 30 years of 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 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 a director of MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MSS”), a regional satellite operator and a non-executive director of MEASAT Global Berhad (“MGB”), the holding company of MSS, Powertek Energy 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 and corporate governance 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 Committees. Please refer to Note 9.