BOARD OF DIRECTOR
DATO' SYAMIL MAHAYUDDIN
Chairman and Executive Director
Malaysian, age 43, joined the Board in July 2003 and was appointed its Chairman in August 2003. He served in various government ministry posts up to 1996, including that of Director General of Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia and Director of the Budget Management Division of the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia.
Dato' Syamil graduated with a BA in Malay Literature from the University of Malaya and an MA in Political Science from King's College University, London. He was awarded the Heinz Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh.
He is a director of Asia Pacific Land Berhad (listed on the Bursa Securities). He has held various posts in the private sector including business development advisor of DFZ Capital Berhad (listed on the Bursa Securities), chairman/managing director of Pelikan International Corporation Berhad (listed on the Bursa Securities) and chairman of SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd (listed on the Bursa Securities).
Deputy Chairman/ Group Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian, age 36, joined the Board in July 2003. He was appointed as Executive Deputy Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer in August and September 2003 respectively and on 1 February 2007, he was re-designated as the Deputy Chairman. He re-assumed the additional responsibilities of Group Chief Executive Officer in April 2008.
He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has more than 30 years experience in financial and general management.
He is an executive director of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd ("UT") Tanjong Public Limited Company (listed on the Bursa Securities and the London Stock Exchange plc) of which he is also the executive director, in which UT has significant interests. He also serves as a non-executive director on the boards of directors of several other companies in which UT also has significant interests viz. Johnston Press plc (listed on the London Stock Exchange plc) and Maxis Berhad (listed on the Bursa Securities).
In addition, he is also a director in an independent non-executive capacity and the chairman of the Audit Committee of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad and a non-independent non-executive director of MEASAT Global Berhad, both listed on the Bursa Securities.
GROUP MANAGEMENT
Chief Executive Officer - MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems
Suraya joined the Group in 1995 during its start-up phase, and has been closely involved in its growth as a senior member of the management team and as CFO since its listing in 2003. She was appointed CEO for the Group's Astro DTH broadcast business in Malaysia and Brunei in May 2006. Prior to ASTRO, she was with the Unilever Group of Companies for 9 years, both in the U.K. and in Malaysia, where she gained substantial experience in financial and business management in a fast-moving consumer goods operations. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Accounting and Economics from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). Suraya completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2006.
Chief Financial Officer - ASTRO
He joined ASTRO as Chief Financial Officer in October 2006. He has more than 20 years experience in financial and business management, including 14 years with various international companies across Asia. Prior to joining the Group, he was Managing Director of Investments for Temasek Holding Pte Ltd in Singapore, with specific responsibility for the telecommunications and media sectors. He was also CFO of Total Access Communications Plc in Thailand and has held executive and director positions within the First Pacific Group in Hong Kong and Metro Pacific Corporation in the Philippines.
Executive Director - Airtime Management and Programming Sdn Bhd
Asyiq joined ASTRO in 1999 and has been Executive Director of AMP Radio Networks since 2001. In his current role, Borhan is responsible for the general management of ASTRO's Malaysian radio operations comprising eight terrestrial networks and 17 music channels on the Astro pay-TV platform. Borhan brings more than 20 years of extensive experience in the advertising industry, which he is sharing in his other capacity as President of Malaysian Association of Commercial Radio Operators and Chairman of the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF).
Executive Director - Astro Entertainment Sdn Bhd
Athirah joined Astro in 1996 and held various portfolios in Sales and Marketing before joining the Programming division in 2002. He was appointed Executive Director for Astro Entertainment Sdn Bhd in 2007 and is responsible for creating and packaging content and channels for the Bahasa speaking audience in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Prior to Astro, Zainir was in Shell Malaysia. He recently completed his MBA at the University of Chicago.
