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Independent Non-Executive Director

Chairman, Board of Directors

Chairman, Board Risk and Compliance Committee

With more than 30 years of investment experience as well as extensive knowledge in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and capital markets, Ken most recently was an Executive Director, Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad until 2018. Previously, he was a Board Member and Advisor to the CEO of Qatar Holding LLC, the principal investment vehicle of the Qatar Investment Authority; he also oversaw the QIA’s global direct investments as well as its investments in private equity, special situation and venture capital funds. Prior to then, he was Co-Head of the Asia-Pacific Corporate Finance Group at Citigroup Global Markets, having joined Salomon Brothers in New York. Prior to Salomon, Ken was with Lehman Brothers in its Merchant Banking and Principal Investment businesses.

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Chairman, Board Audit Committee

Chairman, Related Party Transaction Committee

A national partner at Arthur Andersen from 1994 to 1997, he was subsequently appointed Worldwide Partner from 1997 to 2001. Then, a Partner in Ernst & Young from 2002, he retired in 2016 in Hospitality, Property and Infrastructure Group of EY. In the profession for over 37 years, he was involved in audits, investigations, financial consulting, initial public offerings, corporatisation and privatisation of entities in varying industries. He was a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) from 2007 to 2011 and a committee member of ACCA Malaysia’s Advisory Committee from 2007 to 2009 and served in various committees and working groups of MIA and The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Chairman, Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Roslina is an experienced investment management professional with 28 years of hands-on experience in the asset management industry both in Malaysia and internationally. Her last role until August 2021 was as Group CEO of ValueCap (a Malaysian Government-Linked Investment Company). Prior to joining Valuecap, she was the Managing Director of Amundi Malaysia and Director of Amundi Islamic Malaysia. Roslina joined Amundi Malaysia in 2008, prior to which she held fund management roles at CIMB-Principal Asset Management from 2004 to 2008 and served across various units of AMMB Holdings Berhad namely AmInvestment Management, Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank/Arab-Malaysian Asset Management Berhad, and Arab-Malaysian Unit Trusts Berhad from 1990 to 2004. Roslina holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA and Master of Business Administration from University of New South Wales & The University of Sydney, Australia.

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Non-Independent Non-Executive Director (Nominee of Axiata Group Berhad)

Member, Board Audit Committee

Currently, Group CFO, Axiata, Nik Rizal brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge in accounting, finance and investments. His last position was as Group CFO at RHB Bank, a position he has held since early 2021 until end of 2023. Prior to that, he was with Khazanah Nasional Berhad, where Nik Rizal held the position of Executive Director, Investments leading investment and divestments projects, value creation activities and overall asset class strategy execution both domestically and internationally in the areas of telecommunications, media and technology. Nik Rizal was also on the Boards of Telekom Malaysia and Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad.

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Prior to his current position as Group Chief Strategy & Technology Officer, Axiata, appointed in 2021, Thomas was Axiata Group’s Executive Vice President for Technology since January 2020 while continuing to serve as CEO of Smart Axiata in Cambodia, a role which he held since mid-2008. He grew Smart from greenfield, number eight position in the market-to-market leadership, including through acquisition of Star-Cell in 2011 and the merger with Hello Axiata in 2013. Thomas has gained vast experience in the telecommunications industry during his tenure in key management positions with Siemens AG’s Communication Division and Nokia Siemens Networks. Thomas was also a member of the Supervisory Board of Azerfon in Azerbaijan.

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Non-Independent Non-Executive Director (Nominee of INCJ, Ltd.)

Member, Related Party Transaction Committee

Peter joined INCJ in 2012 and currently holds the position of Executive Managing Director. He has a 25-year service record as member of Board of Directors of several private and public companies and has served on audit and compensation Board committees. He previously worked as Managing Director and as Senior Advisor at JIC Capital from 2020 through 2023. From 2010 to 2012, Director at Berlitz Corporation. From 2008 to 2009, Group Director of Finance/Operations at Shane Corporation Japan. From 2006 to 2008, Sector Specialist at Credit Suisse Securities Japan. He was a Senior Manager at IT Convergence from 2003 to 2004 and Senior Consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young from 2000 to 2003. Peter earned his B.A. in Economics in 1995 from Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), an M.A. in Economics in 2000 from Nihon University (Japan), and an M.B.A. in 2006 from London Business School (United Kingdom).

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Non-Independent Non-Executive Director (Nominee of Khazanah Nasional Berhad)

Eysa, currently Senior Vice President of Investments at Khazanah and Team Lead of telecommunications sector, first joined Investments Division of Khazanah in January 2012 and has held various positions across multiple sectors including agrifoods, telecommunications, media and technology. Prior to Khazanah, he was with Sime Darby Berhad in China, focusing on Strategy and Business Development for utilities operations (ports and water treatment) and prior, member of Corporate Finance team within Group Strategy Department in Kuala Lumpur covering utilities, industrial and motors business segments

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Independent Non-Executive Director (Nominee of KWAP)

Member, Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Currently, Head of Private Equity Department of KWAP, Saifulbahri has over 23 years of experience in various technology related sectors ranging from IT services to manufacturing. Saiful spent the last 18 years in Private Equity and Venture Capital investing in various stages of enterprise development and its funding needs. He is also active in the development of the domestic and international private investing eco-system from influencing policymaking to building linkages with international eco-systems. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, USA and obtained his Master’s Degree in Management from the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

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Non-Independent Non-Executive Director (Nominee of Investors)

Asuka is Director of INCJ, Ltd. (formerly, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan), a Japanese government-backed investment company where with 11 years of experience, she has extensive experiences in private equity investments in the fields of TMT, Healthcare, Airline, etc. in Asia including Japan and the United States. Asuka started her professional career with Arthur D. Little (Japan), Inc., global management consulting firm. She holds M.S./B.S. degrees from Kyoto University and M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Chief Executive Officer

Adlan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of EDOTCO Group on 1 November 2020. Previously, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Director of PT XL Axiata Tbk (Indonesia). Having been with the Axiata Group more than 20 years since he joined Celcom in 2003 as Vice President, Finance, Adlan rose rapidly within Celcom. In his early career, he also worked with Arthur Andersen & Co in Assurance and Business Advisory for 9 years.

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Chief Financial Officer

More than 17 years’ experience in banking industry with extensive knowledge in financial advisory, structured finance, acquisition finance and project finance. Started his career at Citibank Berhad and later, Macquarie Malaysia and RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Bhd. Prior to joining Axiata as the Chief Corporate Development Officer in 2011, Annis was the Chief Officer and Head of Investment Banking for Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad. Annis took on the role as the Chief Financial Officer of EDOTCO Group Sdn Bhd as of 1 June 2020.

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Director, Group Strategy & Acting Country Managing Director Sri Lanka

Gayan Koralage is one of the pioneering members of edotco Group. He speaks and writes frequently as a thought leader in the mobile and neutral party host telecom tower industry, covering key topics of business case for 5G, network disruption, digital economy, digital transformation and inter-generation opportunities in the 2020 decade. Gayan currently serves as the Director, Group Strategy, responsible for long term strategy, pricing and commercials, analytics, bite sized M&A deals, new market entrance performance analysis and project management. And served additional interim roles of acting country managing director of Pakistan and Sr Lanka. He spearheaded the formation and growth of edotco since 2013, and the sale of 32% stake of edotco to Japanese and Malaysian sovereign wealth funds in early 2017.\n\nGayan joined Telekom Malaysia International (“TMI”) in 2005, where he was the Assistant Vice President of Group Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Special Projects. His credentials span financing, funding and investment initiatives across the TMI footprint, business turnarounds, running end-to-end processes and negotiations in mergers and acquisitions for Axiata Group, as well as post-merger integration initiatives.\n\nHe has been instrumental in finalising key M&A/ Corporate Finance/ Business Development projects for Axiata Sdn. Bhd. in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Iran, Myanmar, Laos, East Timor, Maldives and Philippines. He has been significantly involved in corporate exercises involving Axiata’s subsidiaries.\n\nGayan is a Chartered Accountant in the UK (CIMA) and is a Graduate in BSC accountancy and Financial Management from University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka.

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Director, Group Commercial Management & Regulatory

Experience includes Country Senior Officer and Customer Team head at Nokia and President and Managing Director at Alcatel

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Director, Group Mergers and Acquisitions

Experience includes Investment Banking and M&A across London, Hong Kong and Singapore at Citigroup, Standard Chartered Bank and Barclays.

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Director, Risk & Compliance

Experience includes governance risks compliance at Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Business Consulting and Advisory at Deloitte UK

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Director, Group Digital and Analytics

Experience includes Regional Head of Group Technology at CIMB and Business Chief Information Officer at Petronas

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Director, Engineering Technology & Innovation

Pradeep brings 27 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, notably during this tenure at Dialog Axiata PLC. During his 14+ years as the Group Chief Technology Officer (GCTO) at Dialog, Pradeep played a pivotal role in driving the company's transformation in Group Technology. His efforts contributed significantly to the realization of Dialog's vision to empower and enrich the lives of Sri Lankan individuals and enterprises.\n\nPradeep's expertise lies in implementing cutting-edge technologies, spearheading network transformations, developing digital services, and excelling in customer experience management. Pradeep is recognised for his leadership in implementing cutting-edge technologies and delivering innovative solutions. As a testament to his leadership, Dialog has been honoured as the recipient of the prestigious GSMA world congress award 6 times.

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Director, Global Shared Services

Experience includes Senior Manager of Statutory and Tax at IBM Asia Pacific covering ANZ, ASEAN and India.

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Group Financial Controller

Experience includes CFO of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) Digital, CFO of MyCreative Ventures, senior roles in Ekuiti Nasional Berhad and KPMG. Holds MSc in Professional Accountancy from University of London, a fellow member of ACCA and MIA.

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Director, Human Resources

Experiences include Head of HR Shared Services, Corporate Centre & SBUs at Axiata Group Berhad and HR Business Partner and Head of HR Services at Maxis.

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Director, Group Brand Communications

Experience includes General Manger for Group Corporate Communications at MRCB, Head of Brand Communications at the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation and Regional Head Internal Communications at HSBC Global Resourcing

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Head, Group Internal Audit

Experience includes Senior Lead Specialist at Axiata and Researcher at Lancaster University Management School; holds a PHD from the University of Malaya for Philosophy, Policy and Business Strategy

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Head, Group Company Secretarial

Experience includes Head of Company Secretarial at Axiata Group and Faber Berhad

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Head, Group Project Management Office

Experience includes Head, HR Projects, Planning & Analytics, Head of Rewards of Hong Leong Bank Berhad

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Country Managing Director, EDOTCO Pakistan

Experience includes CEO and Board Member of Ufone and senior leadership position in Europe, Asia and Africa

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Country Managing Director, EDOTCO Philippines

Experience includes Head of Enterprise Customer Ops, Head of Service Ops Centre Maxis

Director, Group Strategy & Acting Country Managing Director, EDOTCO Sri Lanka

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Country Managing Director, EDOTCO Bangladesh

With over 27 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Sunil will spearhead EDOTCO Bangladesh's expansion efforts, especially in building more towers to connect the unconnected and support the country's digital transformation.

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Acting Country Managing Director, EDOTCO Myanmar

Experience includes VP Finance MMU, CFO Usha Martin Telekom, India, CFO Telekom International Bangladesh Limited (Aktel), Executive Telkom South Africa and KPMG Peat Marwick.

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Country Managing Director, EDOTCO Cambodia

Ashok is one of the pioneer members of EDOTCO and has held various leadership positions over the last decade covering portfolios such as Operations, Engineering and Technology. Apart from being at EDOTCO Group during the formative years, he was part of the management team of Bangladesh and Malaysia. Having been at the Group and the operational regional footprints, Ashok brings extensive experience and the best of both worlds to a market like Cambodia.

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Director, Engineering & Operations, EDOTCO Indonesia

Experience includes Head of Network Strategy and Planning at Celcom Axiata Bhd, and Head of Network Rollout and Optimisation at TM Touch

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Director, Malaysia Operations & Rollout

Experience includes Head of Rollout at Digi Telecommunications and Senior Manager at Umobile and Maxis

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