Dato' Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim was appointed to the M1 Board of Directors on 21 August 2008. He is the Managing Director/President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata). He is also a Board Member of Axiata. Prior to joining Axiata, Dato' Sri Jamaludin was with Maxis Communications Berhad, which he joined in 1997 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in the same year, and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. In 2006, he was redesignated the Group Chief Executive Officer to reflect Maxis’ international footprint. He retired from Maxis in July 2007 but remained as a Board member till Feb 2008. Before joining Maxis, he spent 16 years in the IT Industry. He was Managing Director and CEO of Digital Equipment Malaysia (then the second largest IT company worldwide) from 1993 to 1997. Dato' Sri Jamaludin also spent 12 years in IBM (1981-93), the first five years as Systems Engineer and then in various positions in Sales, Marketing Support and Management. Prior to IBM, he was a lecturer in Quantitative Methods at California State University, United States in 1980. Dato' Sri Jamaludin graduated from California State University in 1978 with a B.Sc. in Business Administration and minor in Mathematics. He obtained his MBA from Portland State University, Oregon in 1980. He is also the Chairman of Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad, the second largest mobile company in Malaysia, and sits on the board of PT Excelcomindo Pratama TBK (XL) Indonedia, as well as two local universities. In 2008, Dato' Sri Jamaludin was appointed Board Member of the GSMA (The GSM Association). Dato' Sri Jamaludin was inducted into the Hall of Fame for ‘Services to the Mobile Telecommunications Industry’ by Asian Mobile News in 2004, and earned the accolade of Malaysia’s ‘CEO of the Year’ 2000 by American Express & Business Times. He was also named Asian Mobile Operator CEO of the Year by the Asian Mobile News Awards 2007. |