Axiata Group Berhad announced retirement of Tan Sri Dr. Halim Shafie as Independent and Non Executive Director. Male, age: 74, Date of change is 26 May 2023. Working experience: Tan Sri Dr. Halim has served in many Government agencies including the Ministry of Education, Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN).

He was the Secretary General, Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications in 2000 and Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) from 2006 to 2009 before taking up position as Chairman of Telekom Malaysia Berhad from 2009 to 2015. His last position before Axiata Group Berhad was as Chairman of MCMC appointed for the second time from 2015 to 2018. Qualification: Degree Economics,University of Malaya, Malaysia Masters .

Economic Development University of Pittsburgh, USA Doctorate, Information Transfer, Syracuse University, USA.