Bachelor of Business Administration (Major in Finance), Eastern Michigan University, USA

Dato' Azlam started his career as a Retail Development Representative with Mobil Oil Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. He moved on in 1992 to assume the post of Retail Development Senior Associate with Esso Malaysia Bhd, handling site research on petrol and service stations, retail acquisitions, retail management and divestment portfolios. Subsequently, in 1999, he was posted to Exxon Mobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd based in Singapore as the Regional Real Estate Sourcing Manager, responsible for managing the outsourcing of Asia Pacific real estates.

In 2001, he joined Tesco Malaysia as its Regional Property Director. As part of Tesco's business expansion strategy in Malaysia, Dato' Azlam was tasked to lead the Government and Corporate Affairs functions in 2002, to help deliver business expansion plans by developing local supply network, hypermarkets and superstores and a sustainable distributive network. His portfolio included stakeholder and media engagement while implementing business social responsibility initiatives.

Dato' Azlam Shah has been a key member of Tesco Malaysia's Leadership Board, Legal Compliance and Risk Management and Property Acquisition Committees together with various other internal and external functions.

Currently, he serves as an independent director reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and also the Chairman of Tesco Halal Council. 

He continues with active involvement in industry advocacy work representing the Malaysian International Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MICCI), British-Malaysia Chambers of Commerce and the Malaysian Retailers Association (MRA). He was previously on the Boards of European Union-Malaysia Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EU-MCCI) and MRA.

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