ENRICHING LIVES EXPANDING HORIZONS - Maxis

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The Board of Directors and Senior Management
SENIOR
MANAGEMENT
PROFILES
Sandip Das
Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
Suren J. Amarasekera
Joint Chief Operating Officer
Sandip Das, aged 54, an Indian citizen, joined Maxis
Communications Berhad (MCB) group in January 2007 and
upon listing of Maxis Berhad (Malaysia), was appointed
as an Executive Director of the Company on 17 September
2009 and as its Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2009.
Sandip Das’ profile is contained in the “Board of Directors”
section as set out on page 29 of this Annual Report.
Nasution bin Mohamed
Chief Financial Officer
Nasution joined Maxis in January 2011 and was
appointed Chief Financial Officer on 15 April 2011.
He plays a strategic role in understanding the relative
economics of different parts of the operations, and
integrating resources across business functions, to
deliver high performance across Maxis. Concurrently,
he is responsible for financial reporting, governance
and compliance, treasury, corporate finance, investor
relations, legal, procurement, regulatory, administration
and security.
Nasution has 18 years of wide business experience in Malaysia
and overseas. Prior to joining Maxis, Nasution was the
Managing Director/CEO of Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad (PMB).
Prior to PMB, he was an Executive Director at UDA Holdings
Berhad. Nasution 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 (Danaharta). Subsequent to
Danaharta, Nasution joined KPMG Malaysia where he was Head
of an Audit Department.
Suren is responsible for the overall consumer mobile
telephony business that includes postpaid, prepaid and
broadband product development, product innovation,
marketing strategy, brand and marketing management,
sales, distribution, customer service, integrated products,
Go-To-Market and customer management. He is jointly
responsible for the operations of the business alongside
Mark Dioguardi, Joint COO.
Suren joined Maxis in July 2011. He brings with him over
20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
In the most recent six years prior to joining Maxis, he was
the Chief Executive Officer of Mobitel, the mobile arm of
telecommunications operator Sri Lanka Telecom. During
his tenure, he reshaped the Mobitel business and made
it a powerful mobile player in Sri Lanka through a potent
combination of value-innovation and customer-centricity.
Prior to assuming his role as the CEO of Mobitel, he had
acquired over 13 years of experience working for Singapore
Telecommunications (SingTel) with the initial half in Sri Lanka
and the latter half at its head office in Singapore. While with
SingTel, Suren served in various senior management capacities.
Suren holds a Masters 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.
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).