MR CHARI THANDALAM VEERAVALLI THIRUMALA

India

Male

60

Chief Financial Officer

MBA - State University of New York at Buffalo
Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (CIMA)
Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) and Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (ICWA) of India

Chari TVT was appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of Axiata Group Berhad ("Axiata") on 1 January 2014. Prior to this, Chari served as Chief Financial Officer of Celcom since May 2009. During his time at Celcom, Chari was instrumental for many initiatives that contributed to excellent financial performance of Celcom, making it one of the most profitable companies in Malaysia.
Before joining Celcom, Chari was Vice President, Sales at HP Financial Services Asia Pacific and Japan. He spent 20 years at HP, of which 10 years was in senior finance positions in various countries such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, and 10 years heading Sales and Marketing for Asia Pacific as well as a large business unit with revenue of close to USD1 billion.

Save as disclosed below, Chari has no direct and/or indirect interest in Axiata or its subsidiaries.
i)
203,353 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in Axiata ("Axiata Shares");
ii)
171,000 options of Axiata Shares pursuant to Performance Based Employee Share Option Scheme; and
iii)
195,400 restricted share awards over Axiata Shares pursuant to Axiata Share Scheme