Annual Report 2012, PDF - Axiata Group Berhad - Investor Relations

Profile of Operating Companies’management TeamTHOMAS HUNDTChief Executive Officer, Latelz Co., Ltd.Thomas has acquired vast experience in thetelecommunications industry during his tenure in keymanagement positions with Siemens AG’s CommunicationDivision and Nokia Siemens Networks. Thomas was alsoa member of the Supervisory Board of Azerfon inAzerbaijan. For the last five years he has been the CEOof the dynamically growing start up mobile operatorSmart Mobile, growing Smart Mobile from zero to thenumber two mobile operator in Cambodia.HIMANSHU KAPANIAManaging Director, Idea Cellular LimitedHimanshu has been the Managing Director of Idea Cellularsince April 2011. Himanshu has had two separate stintswith Idea. In his first stint, he joined the company in 1997and was responsible for managing its operations in theservice areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat, and laterlaunched services in Delhi Metro. Subsequently, heworked with Reliance Infocomm Ltd. where he wasresponsible for its operations in the northern region.Himanshu rejoined Idea in 2006, and has since beeninstrumental in driving the company’s growth in South andWestern India. He was responsible for strengthening Idea’sdominance in established service areas, while also launchingservices in new service areas and expanding brandpresence in other major markets in India.Himanshu has been elected as Chairman of the GSMindustry association in India, the Cellular OperatorsAssociation of India (COAI).Himanshu holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical andElectronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra, India and post graduate from the Indian Instituteof Management, Bangalore, India.KAREN KOOIChief Executive Officer, M1 LimitedKaren was appointed as Chief Executive Officer andExecutive Director of M1 on 22 April 2009. Karenwas also the Acting Chief Executive Officer of M1 from1 February 2009 to 22 April 2009.Karen joined M1 as Chief Financial Officer in August 1995.She was a key member of the senior managementteam responsible for the planning, development andlaunch of M1’s commercial operations.Prior to joining M1, Karen held various senior financialpositions in large public listed companies, includingSingapore Press Holdings Limited and City DevelopmentsLimited. She has over 30 years of experience in Generaland Financial Management. Karen is a Fellow of theAssociation of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) andholds an MBA in Investment and Finance (Distinction)from the University of Hull, UK.68