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MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BERHAD (10601-W)
Senior Management Profile
Tengku Dato’ Azmil Zahruddin bin
Raja Abdul Aziz
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Tengku Dato’ Azmil Zahruddin, 39, is the Managing Director
of Malaysia Airlines. He was first appointed to the Board of
Malaysia Airlines on 23 August 2004 and subsequently as
Executive Director on 23 August 2005 and Chief Financial
Officer on 1 February 2006.
He was part of the senior management team who
successfully led the turnaround of Malaysia Airlines. The 3-year
Business Turnaround Plan (BTP 1) was completed in less than 2
years in 2008.
He is currently driving the Business Transformation Plan
which aims to transform the national carrier into The World’s
Five Star Value Carrier, offering 5-Star products and services at
affordable prices.
Azmil is also a board member of Tourism Malaysia.
Prior to Malaysia Airlines, Azmil was the Chief Financial
Officer and then Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer
of Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia Airlines’ holding
company. He was also with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their
London and Hong Kong offices where he was in the Audit
and Business Advisory Services division, specialising in financial
services.
Azmil holds a double first class degree in Economics from
the University of Cambridge. He is a Chartered Accountant and
an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales. He is also an Associate of the Association of Corporate
Treasurers, United Kingdom.
Mohd. Azha bin Abdul Jalil
Chief Financial Officer
Mohd Azha Abdul Jalil, aged 43, graduated with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting (High Distinction) from Indiana University,
Bloomington, USA. He joined MAS in July 2007.
Prior to joining MAS, he held eight different positions in
the Shell group of companies within a span of 17 years. The
assignments included as General Finance Manager of Shell MDS
Malaysia, Senior Analyst (Business Performance & Strategy) at
Shell International London, Finance Manager (Commercial)
of Shell Malaysia Trading Berhad and several other finance
positions at Sarawak Shell Berhad. He started his career with
KPMG Peat Marwick.
Captain Mohamed Azharuddin bin Osman
Director of Operations
Captain Mohamed Azharuddin Osman joined Malaysia Airlines
in 1973 after completing his flying training under the Qantas
cadet pilot training programme in Sydney. He started his flying
career as a Co-pilot on the Fokker 27 and now flies the Boeing
747-400.
During his years in MAS he has held various positions in
training as well as inflight operations management. His last
position was General Manager Flight Operations. He is currently
the Director of Operations responsible for the airline’s operations
network.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and
Logistics (CILT) UK, holds an MBA (IMC UK) as well as MSc (HRD)
from University Putra (UPM) Malaysia.
Captain Azharuddin represents MAS as a Board member of
MAS Aerotechnologies Sdn. Bhd., GE Engine Services Malaysia
Sdn. Bhd., MAS Catering (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd., Malaysian
Aerospace Engineering Sdn. Bhd., Aerokleen Services Sdn. Bhd.,
and Hamilton Sunstrand CSC (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Dato’ Captain Mohd Nawawi bin Awang
Senior General Manager, External Relations
Dato’ Nawawi, an airline pilot by profession, is a member of
the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and
holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of
Strathclyde, Scotland.
He joined MAS in 1975 after 5 years of service with the Royal
Malaysian Air Force. Throughout the years, he has progressed
through several senior positions in the airline, including the
role of Senior General Manager of Flight Operations prior to
being appointed to his current position. Dato’ Nawawi has also
represented MAS in a number of industry-level committees,
including at the IATA Operations Committee from 2001 to 2004
and currently spearheads the airline’s efforts to ‘Win Coalitions’,
proactively engaging with its stakeholders, namely government
ministries and agencies, state governments, members of
parliaments, suppliers and business partners.
He also leads the airline’s commitment towards Project
PINTAR, a GLC-concerted effort in nurturing human capital,
which is part of the airline’s Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives. He is also the President of Malaysia Airlines Sports
Club (Kelab Sukan MAS) since 2004 and manages 23 sports
sub-committees in the Company.