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Our products and services should beinclusive – to reach the masses notjust the urban population, and to beaffordable to all; and our talentphilosophy is also based on diversityand inclusiveness.Our focus on developing humancapital is the top of our agenda.Both the Board and Management arevery committed to ensure that wehave not only the best managementteams across the Group, but to alsodevelop future leaders of the Group.In this respect, Axiata will drive amajor Corporate Responsibility (CR)initiative at Group level specificallyaround Education and DevelopingTalent, and at a later stageHumanitarian Efforts, with a collectiveapproach across our OpCos.We could not have come this farwithout the commitment, guidancea n d s u p p o r t o f o u r B o a r d ,Management and employees, to allof whom I offer my thanks andcongratulations for 2009’s significantachievements.In particular, I would like to recordmy gratitude to the late Ismael FarizAli and acknowledge his part in theearly days of Axiata’s new chapter.I would also like to thank andcongratulate Gita Irawan Wirjawan,our Independent Non-ExecutiveDirector, who had to retire from theBoard when he was appointed Heado f I n d o n e s i a ’ s I n v e s t m e n tCoordinating Agency, which isaccorded ministerial position. Tothese gentlemen, Axiata records ourappreciation for their invaluableleadership and contributions duringtheir tenure with the Group. Thisyear, we also welcomed on boardDr. Farid Mohamed Sani as Director.Further, I thank our customers,p a r t n e r s , t h e m e d i a a n d o u rshareholders for their continuedsupport and trust. As always, specialmention goes to the governmentsand regulators of the OpCo countriesfor their facilitation and cooperation.None of the above would be possiblew i t h o u t t h e d e d i c a t i o n a n dprofessionalism of the Managementand employees of the Group and allits subsidiaries in their relentlesspursuit for operational excellencea n d r a i s i n g t h e b a r f o r t h ecompetition.In this aspect, I am especially pleasedto announce that as we go to print,Axiata has won two top awards atthe Telecom Asia Awards 2010 –Axiata for Best Regional MobileGroup and Dato’ Sri JamaludinIbrahim, our Managing Director/President and Group Chief ExecutiveOfficer (President & GCEO) forTelecom CEO of the Year.In addition, our flagship domesticoperator, Celcom Axiata Berhad(formerly known as Celcom (Malaysia)Berhad) won Best Mobile Carrier.These are among the many moreaccolades across the Group and aretremendous acknowledgements andwell deserved, given that it has onlybeen two short years since thedemerger from Telekom MalaysiaBerhad (TM), and only one year sinceAxiata came into being as a newidentity.From being TM International Berhad(TMI), we are now Axiata GroupBerhad. At Axiata, we are constantlyraising the bar and will continue withour transformation into a regionalchampion by 2015. It thus gives megreat pleasure to present Axiata’sAnnual Report 2009.TAN SRI DATO’ AZMANHJ. MOKHTARCHAIRMAN30 April 2010Annual Report 2009 • 015