Group Management Team
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Meet the people responsible for driving the growth of our operating companies across the region.
President Director PT XL Axiata Tbk
Nationality: Indonesian
Professional Experience:
Dian has more than 20 years of working experience in the telecommunications industry. She began her career in XL in 1996 holding various key positions at the Department of Network and Engineering. In 2007, Dian was appointed as Director of Network Services. Along with the change in the XL strategy, in 2011 she was entrusted to lead the Department of Content and New Business as Chief Digital Services Officer until 2013. In June 2014, she was appointed as Group Chief of Marketing and Operations Officer to assist the growth of all Axiata subsidiaries. Dian rejoined XL as Vice President Director on 7 January 2015 and was subsequently appointed as President Director in April 2015.
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Director and Group Chief Executive Officer Dialog Axiata PLC
Nationality: Sri Lankan
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Supun was appointed as the Group Chief Executive and as a member of the Board of Dialog Axiata in January 2017. He commenced his career in telecommunications at Dialog Axiata in 1999 and held multiple roles, such as Head of Strategy and CEO of the Mobile Business before being appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer of Dialog Axiata in 2010. In 2013, he was seconded to Axiata Group Berhad in Malaysia as its Group Chief Strategy Officer. From January 2014 to October 2016, he functioned as the CEO and Managing Director of Robi Axiata Limited in Bangladesh, the second largest mobile network provider in the country. Supun serves on several Boards of subsidiary and associate companies of Dialog as well as the UNGC Network Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Certified Management Accountant, Sri Lanka, Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and Financial Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Supun also holds an MBA from the University of Western Sydney, Australia and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.
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Chief Executive Officer, Smart Axiata Co., Ltd
Nationality: Canadian
Professional Experience:
Ziad was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Smart Axiata in January 2023. He has extensive experience managing and accelerating telecommunication business growth in various markets, including Jordan, Bangladesh, and Italy. He has a proven track record of establishing, managing, and expanding telecommunications operations, including cellular business, fixed lines, and broadband network integration. Ziad brings immense experience in information technology, customer service, and retail operations. Prior to joining Smart, he held key management positions in several communication technology companies. He was the Chief Technology Officer at Wind Telecommunications before becoming the Chief Executive Officer of Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd. in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He spent the last seven years as the Chief Executive Officer of Jordan’s leading mobile network provider.
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Chief Executive Officer, Robi Axiata Limited
Nationality: Indian
Professional Experience:
Rajeev is an accomplished executive with a wealth of domestic and international experience in leading organisations in both startup and established stages with a strong track record of excelling in dynamic and demanding environments. He possesses significant ICT industry experience, including executive engagements in companies such as Vodafone, HP, Hutchison Telecom and Asian Paints.
Rajeev joined Robi Axiata Limited as Chief Executive Officer followed by his notable success in turning around Myanmar’s leading mobile operator, Ooredoo as its CEO. Under his leadership, Ooredoo had a significant turnaround in terms of growth in market share. Prior to that he successfully served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Airtel for Africa. Being responsible for commercial success in 15 African countries, he was able to significantly turn around Airtel’s business in Africa with strong double-digit top line growth backed by sequential growth for over six quarters reaching an annual revenue of USD2.5 billion.
He also brings in experience working in Bangladesh from his time as the Chief Executive Officer of Grameenphone Limited.
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Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Ncell Axiata Limited
Nationality: Tajikistan
Professional Experience:
Jabbor Kayumov was appointed CEO/MD of Ncell on 10 May 2023. Jabbor brings with him more than 15 years of senior management experience in the telecommunications industry as CEO of several companies under the top telecom organizations, such as Telia (previously TeliaSonera) and Vimpelcom (now VEON) and most recently as CEO of Digicel Trinidad & Tobago followed by Digicel Jamaica until January 2023, where he successfully led the business operations transitioning into becoming a digital operator by taking customer relationship to the next level through his down-to-earth and personal approach.
Jabbor brings his extensive knowledge of the industry along with his successful track record for his role as the Chief Executive. As part of his diverse professional experience, Jabbor has been recognised for his exemplary work in people leadership, business improvements, digital, strategy, organizational design, and processes.
Driven by his keen interest in advancing technologies and the growing needs of customer-focused innovative products and services, Jabbor believes that to be successful in digital innovation, a collaborative environment is essential to drive high customer satisfaction and business results. Jabbor places great emphasis on creating a transparent and diverse work environment for all employees while delivering a strong return on investment.
In his free time, Jabbor enjoys playing soccer and golf.
Jabbor holds M.A in Economics from Khujand State University, Tajikistan.
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Chief Executive Officer, CelcomDigi Berhad
Nationality: Malaysian
Professional Experience:
Datuk Idham was appointed as the CEO of Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom) on 1 September 2018, before becoming the CEO of CelcomDigi Berhad with effect from 1 December 2022. His aspiration was to turn Celcom, a telecommunications company founded more than 30 years ago, into a high performing, agile, progressive and competitive digital organisation by creating a new culture and operating model that resembles a start-up. Datuk Idham has more than 30 years of experience in the regional telecommunications and IT industries and he brings with him a good deal of insights and knowledge, having served multiple at business operations and on various company Boards. Prior to his appointment at Celcom, Datuk Idham was the Group Chief Corporate Officer at Axiata Group Berhad, with responsibility in regulatory and corporate affairs that spanned across six operating companies in ASEAN and South Asia. Before joining the Axiata Group, Datuk Idham served as the Chief Operating Officer of Packet One Networks in Malaysia, Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Axis Communications in Indonesia, and various senior management positions for Maxis in Malaysia. He began his career as an engineer with Carl Zeiss in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, before venturing into ICT at IBM.
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Chief Executive Officer edotco Group
Nationality: Malaysian
Professional Experience:
Adlan is the Director & Group CEO of EDOTCO Group, one of Asia’s leading integrated telecommunications infrastructure services companies.
In his role, Adlan continues to help EDOTCO realise its vision of enabling NextGen connectivity, expanding its presence across Asia and steering the company to become the world’s Top Five TowerCo. He is also pivotal in shaping the Group to become a Bionic Organisation that is Fitter, Faster and Better. Under his leadership, EDOTCO Group has witnessed accelerated growth and has been recognised as one of the three Malaysia-based unicorns in Asia by Credit Suisse.
Adlan first joined the Group in May 2003 as Vice President Finance of Celcom and rose rapidly to assume the position of Chief Financial Officer, followed by Chief Corporate Officer. He then joined PT XL Axiata as its Chief Financial Officer and spent nine years in Indonesia. In his early career, he also worked with Arthur Andersen & Co in Assurance and Business Advisory for a period of nine years.
He is an Economics and Statistics graduate of the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
In addition to his role at EDOTCO, Adlan is also an active advocator of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and a Council Member of 30% Club Malaysia.
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Chief Executive Officer, Boost
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Professional Experience:
Sheyantha was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Boost the fintech holding company of Axiata Digital in March 2021. Sheyantha first joined Axiata in 2013 and served as the Senior General Manager, Finance and Strategy for Dialog Digital Services. Subsequently, he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of WOW.Ik, the ecommerce subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC leading the company to market leadership status. In 2017, he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Axiata Digital Services (ADS). In addition to his CFO responsibilities, he played a pivotal role in overseeing the expansion of Digital Financial Services in ADS, spearheading the growth of the micro-financing business in Malaysia and Indonesia. As CEO of Boost, he has operational oversight over all areas of the business. Prior to Axiata, Sheyantha spent over 13 years in the financial services industry in investment banking, financial advisory and portfolio management. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as being a Chartered Management Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst Charter holder. Sheyantha is currently a Board member of a number of digital portfolio companies under the Axiata Group.
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Chief Executive Officer, ADA
Nationality: Indian
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Srinivas is the CEO of ADA, the largest data and artificial intelligence company in Asia that integrates data, insights, media and content focused on driving digital transformation for brands. Under his leadership, ADA has expanded into 10 countries across South and Southeast Asia and has grown a team of over 1,000 data scientists, digital media gurus, industry experts and management consultants. Prior to his current role, Srinivas served as Chief Portfolio Officer at Axiata Digital where he oversaw all mergers and acquisitions (M&A), portfolio operations and investments for the Axiata portfolio of companies in digital advertising, digital financial services and platforms. Before that, he founded PayZazz, a UK-based mobile payments start-up. He has also headed Corporate Venturing at ARM Ltd. in Cambridge, UK and led China operations for Motorola Mobile Devices software group in Shanghai. Srinivas holds a Masters in Business Administration from London Business School and a Bachelor in Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
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President Director and CEO, Link Net
Nationality: Indonesian
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Marlo joined as CEO effectively 1 January 2018, prior to being appointed as President Director. He has more than 20 years of experience in senior management positions, including 8 years in the telecommunications industry. Among them are Manager at Kenlin Inc. in New York, USA, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and other executive positions at PT Pindo Deli Pulp & Paper Mills & PT Lontar Papyrus Pulp & Paper Industry (Asia Pulp & Paper/ Sinarmas Group) from 1997. He also served as Commercial Director at PT Argo Pantes Tbk in 2006, CFO & Corporate Resources Officer at PT Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia in 2008, and Managing Partner at PT Y&K Capital in 2016. Prior to joining PT Link Net Tbk in 2018, he served as Director & Deputy CEO of PT Bumiputera Investasi Indonesia Tbk in 2016. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Finance and Real Estate & Urban Analysis from The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, where he graduated with distinction Magna Cumlaude.
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Chief Executive Officer, Axiata Digital Labs
Professional Experience:
Thushera is a technology leader and tech aficionado with over 27 years of experience in software product development and consulting for world-class global enterprises. He is a trailblazer in many IT initiatives at the global industry level on software reuse, engineering productivity & software sizing, and architecture governance & best practices, with extensive experience as the architect of over 100 software projects across the globe, including for Fortune 500 enterprises.
Before ADL, he spent over 19 years at Virtusa Corporation where he played the role of Chief Software Architect, and was responsible for software architecture standards, governance, capability development, and R&D and was a practice head role responsible for building a scalable organization. Adding to that, Thushera has served in key technical leadership roles for 2 startup companies.
He assumed the role of a Board Member on the Academic Committee at the University of Moratuwa - BIT for CODL, where he also served as a Board Member with the Computer Society of Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, he took on responsibilities as a committee member within the Parliamentary Select Committee tasked with defining AI standards in Sri Lanka. Presently, he holds membership in the Advisory Board of the Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Company (SLASSCOM) Technology forum and is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council.
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