Azwan is an engineering graduate (First-Class Honours) from Imperial College, University of London, United Kingdom, with a broad mix of telecommunication and non-telecommunication experience across a range of companies.
Azwan was formerly the Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, Celcom, a position he held since mid-2005. Before joining Celcom, Azwan spent five years with The Boston Consulting Group, where he worked on developing and implementing strategies for various blue chip organisations in the region in a variety of areas including strategy, planning and change management, spanning a wide range of industries. Prior to that, Azwan spent seven years in Shell Malaysia where his job functions included IT development, retail marketing, loyalty cards and commercial marketing, which included a secondment as operations manager of Bonuslink.