ENRICHING LIVES EXPANDING HORIZONS - Maxis

MAXIS BERHAD
ANNUAL REPORT 2011
37
Kala Kularajah Sundram
Talent and Organisation Development
Dipak Kaur
Company Secretary
Kala is responsible for driving talent management,
leadership development and effective organisation
development.
Kala joined Maxis in August 2010, bringing over 19 years of
experience with her. She spent 14 years with Hay Group, where
her last position was Regional Director of Reward Practice
Business for Asia Pacific Africa. As part of this role, she also
served in the Regional Leadership Team. Prior to joining the Hay
Group, Kala worked for the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now
known as Bursa Malaysia).
Kala holds a Master of Business Administration (Summa Cum
Laude) degree from Boston University, USA, a CPA from the
Australian Society of CPAs, and a Bachelor of Economics
(Accounting) degree from Monash University, Australia.
Mariam Bevi binti Batcha
Corporate Affairs
Mariam joined Maxis in September 2010. She is
responsible for the overall planning and implementation
of corporate communications activities, providing
strategic Public Relations (PR) counsel to the senior
management team, formulating communication policies
and procedures, as well as developing and driving
sustainable corporate responsibility activities.
Dipa joined Maxis in 2001 and was appointed as Company
Secretary in August 2009. Dipa provides corporate
secretarial support to Maxis and her duties as Company
Secretary includes, among other things supporting
the Board by ensuring adherence to Board policies
and procedures, facilitating compliance with statutory
obligations, monitoring and ensuring that the Group’s
governance framework complies with the Malaysian
Code of Corporate Governance, Main Market Listing
Requirements and other relevant laws and regulations.
Dipa has over 20 years’ experience and prior to 2001, she spent
six years at DMIB Berhad as company secretary/legal advisor and
two years at Arab Malaysian Corporation Berhad.
Dipa earned her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University
of Leicester, UK and a Masters in Law from the University of
Malaya. She also obtained a Certificate of Legal Practice from
the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, a Certified Diploma in
Accounting and Finance from the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants and is a Graduate ICSA from the
Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
She was admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate
and Solicitor in 1993.
Mariam has over 20 years of experience gained from a
number of positions with listed companies in Malaysia. She
was previously from Telekom Malaysia Berhad where she
was Vice President, Group Corporate Communications,
with key responsibilities in providing strategic PR counsel
to the management team and the overall planning and
implementation of corporate communications and corporate
responsibility activities. Prior to that, she served as the Head
of Group Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
in Amanah Capital Partners Berhad, and later as the General
Manager of Group Corporate Communications in United
Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad/UEM World Berhad.
Mariam holds a Bachelor of Business in Business Administration
degree with Distinction from RMIT University in Melbourne,
Australia and a Diploma in Public Relations from the Institute of
Public Relations Malaysia (IPRM).