ENRICHING LIVES EXPANDING HORIZONS - Maxis

MAXIS BERHAD
ANNUAL REPORT 2011
27
Dr Zeyad Thamer H. AlEtaibi
Non-Executive Director
Dr Fahad Hussain S. Mushayt
Non-Executive Director
Dr Zeyad Thamer H. AlEtaibi, aged 50, a Saudi citizen, was
appointed as a Director of Maxis on 10 February 2011.
Dr Zeyad is the STC Group chief technology officer (CTO). In
his current position, he provides continuous leadership and
direction to three major STC units being Network Sector, IT
Sector and the Wholesale Business Unit. In his role as Group
CTO, Dr Zeyad also provides technology and infrastructure
guidance to the subsidiaries within the STC Group of companies
such as Viva Bahrain, Viva Kuwait and AXIS-Indonesia. As Group
CTO he provides overall strategies, coaching of direct reports,
setting of aggressive goals and objectives for his various STC
units. The Group CTO is also a permanent member of STC’s
General Management Committee.
Dr Zeyad has more than 20 years experience in the
telecommunications service provider industry and is proficient
in all major aspects of a Telecom Service Provider, through
progressive promotions from Director to General Manager to
Vice-President Network Sector and finally as STC Group CTO.
He has expanded and modernised STC’s Network Broadband
Networks into the largest in the Middle East.
He serves as a director on various boards of directors, including
Maxis Communications Berhad (the holding company of Maxis),
PT AXIS Telekom Indonesia (formerly known as PT Natrindo
Telepon Seluler) and Viva Bahrain BSC (C) in Bahrain. In addition,
he is vice-chairman of Viva Kuwait where he also serves as the
chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the
Audit Committee.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in year 1985
and a Master’s Degree in Engineering in year 1992 from King
Saud University, Riyadh KSA, and obtained his Doctorate in
Mobile Communications from the University of Bradford in the
UK in 1996. He has also completed a variety of management
programmes from Japan, Project Management Development
at Harvard University and attended multiple forums and
International conferences such as ITU, TM-Forum and GSM
Mobile World.
Dr Fahad Hussain S. Mushayt, aged 43, a Saudi citizen, was
appointed as a Director of Maxis on 25 September 2009.
He is the vice president – Corporate Strategy and head of
the Strategic Investment Unit at Saudi Telecom Company
(STC). He joined STC in October 2000 as a senior business
analyst in corporate planning and has held the positions of
capital allocation project manager, balanced scorecard project
manager and concept controlling manager. Before assuming
his current position at STC in June 2011, he was head of the
Strategic Investment Unit, the strategic planning director and
business development director at STC. He has served as a vice
president of the Telecom Development Advisor Group of the
International Telecommunications Union. He serves on various
boards of directors, including Maxis Communications Berhad
(holding company of Maxis), PT AXIS Telekom Indonesia
(formerly known as PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler) in Indonesia
and Telecom Commercial Investment Company, Arabian Internet
& Communications Services Provider Co. Ltd, Contact Center
Company and Sale for Distribution and Communication Co. Ltd
in Saudi Arabia, Aircel Limited, Aircel Cellular Limited and Dishnet
Wireless Limited in India, Gulf Digital Media Holding BSC (C) and
STC Bahrain BSC (C) and Gulf Allied Digital Media FZ LLC in Dubai
and STC Turkey Holding Ltd in the British Virgin Islands.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research
from King Saud University, Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. He holds
a Master of Science Degree in Economics from California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona in the USA and obtained
his Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Economy and Public
Policy from the University of Southern California Los Angeles
in the USA. He has also completed a variety of management
programmes from INSEAD in France, London Business School in
the UK and Stanford University in the USA.
He is a member of the Audit Committee.
Please refer to Note 7.