Telekom Malaysia Berhad : APPOINTMENT OF KEY MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AT TM

Kuala Lumpur

8 May 2017

Introduces leadership line-up to spearhead the next phase of ongoing transformation journey

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) today announced the appointment of several key management positions including its Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).

Nor Fadhilah Mohd Ali will assume the position of Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO) with effect from 15 May 2017 and holds the distinct honour of being the first woman GCFO for the TM Group.

She is currently the Financial Controller, Group Finance since 16 August 2015. Prior to that Fadhilah was the General Manager, Financial Advisory and Business Development in Group Strategy, TM since 1 April 2008. She started her career with TM as an Assistant Accountant on 2 August 1993. Throughout her career, Fadhilah has gained considerable experience as a strategic finance controller with a track-record in establishing cross-functional partnership and collaboration in delivering results to TM.

Fadhilah holds a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) from the International Islamic University Malaysia and is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK (ICSA). Prior to her tenure with TM, she was an Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

Another key appointment is Dato' Kairul Annuar Mohamed Zam Zam who will be the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) with effect from 15 May 2017, relinquishing his current position as Executive Vice President (EVP) of TM Government and Chairman of Managed Accounts Council (MAC).

He has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, where he started his illustrious career in TM in 1985 as an engineer. Over the years, Dato' Kairul Annuar has taken up different roles giving him considerable knowledge in the industry, exposure to regulatory matters and the various stakeholders within the industry.

Dato' Kairul Annuar holds a Bachelor in Engineering Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya. He attended the Advanced Management Training programme at INSEAD.

Commenting on the new appointments, Dato' Sri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly, Group Chief Executive Officer, TM said: 'These are key appointments under our new TM leadership, and part of the next phase of the Company's ongoing transformation journey as Malaysia's Convergence Champion; building on the strong foundation established by Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa. We are also very pleased to note that all these appointments are internal homegrown talents who have been identified in our leadership succession plan. This is in line with TM becoming a more agile organisation, responding to business and market needs.'

In addition to the new GCFO and CSO, TM also announced changes in other key management positions*, also effective 15 May 2017.

With the appointment of Dato' Kairul as the CSO, his current position as Executive Vice President of TM Government and Chairman of Managed Accounts Council will be taken up by Azizi A. Hadi who will now be the Executive Vice President of Managed Accounts, and Mohd Roslan Mohd Rashidi, who will assume the role of Head of TM Government. This is in addition to Roslan's role as Chief Executive Officer of GITN Sdn Bhd - a TM subsidiary that serves the communication requirements of the Government sector.

At VADS Berhad (VADS), Massimo Migliuolo will be handing over the reins to Nizam Arshad as the CEO of VADS and VADS Lyfe Sdn Bhd. With his expertise in the area of Internet of Things (IoT) and smart services, Massimo will be providing consultation work to VADS.

Enhancing the customer centricity drive within Managed Accounts, the Customer Advocacy role helmed by Ahmad Azhar Yahya will be embedded into the business, and Ahmad Azhar, who is also the Chief Digital Officer will be focusing solely on this critical role, reporting directly to the Group CEO.

With Azizi becoming the Executive Vice President of Managed Accounts, Moharmustaqeem Mohammed will be taking over the role as CEO of webe.

'We would like to thank the predecessors of the respective positions for their significant contributions thus far and we look forward to the refreshed key management line-up to continue the solid momentum TM has built. The Group looks forward to continue on our next transformation trajectory as Malaysia's Convergence Champion, delivering relevant convergence lifestyle communication services and end-to-end business solutions to all our customers - via the 5 pillars of Smarter Living, Smarter Businesses, Smarter Cities, Smarter Communities and a Smarter Nation; and will continue to be guided by our vision 'To Make Life and Business Easier, for a Better Malaysia',' Dato' Sri Mohammed Shazalli concluded.