Axiata Group Bhd has appointed Nik Rizal Kamil Nik Ibrahim Kamil as group chief executive officer (CEO) effective from June 1, succeeding Vivek Sood. Nik Rizal joined Axiata in January 2024 as group chief financial officer (CFO), bringing extensive experience and deep expertise across business finance, investments and accounting. He currently serves on the boards of several Axiata Group companies namely CelcomDigi Bhd, PT XLSMART Telecom Sejahtera Tbk, Robi Axiata PLC, EDOTCO Group Sdn Bhd and PT Link Net Tbk.
Prior to his role in Axiata, Nik Rizal served as group CFO of RHB Bank Bhd since February 2021.Before that, he held the executive director role for investments at Khazanah Nasional Bhd, where he led key investment and divestment initiatives, value creation programmes and private equity strategies across domestic and international markets in the telecommunications, media and technology sector. Prior to Khazanah, Nik Rizal had spent a good part of a decade with Royal Dutch Shell group of companies in both the upstream and downstream sectors in Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Vivek has served the group for nine years in various capacities, including group CEO and managing director since 2023.
Prior to his appointment as group CEO, Vivek was Axiata group CFO.
Axiata Group Berhad is a diversified telecommunication and digital conglomerate operating Digital Telcos, Digital Businesses and Infrastructure businesses across a footprint spanning ASEAN and South Asia. The Company’s segments include Mobile, Fixed broadband, Infrastructure, Digital and others. Its Digital Telcos deliver comprehensive mobile, fixed and converged connectivity solutions for consumer, home and enterprise segments. Its infrastructure business drives sustainable value by providing the backbone for thriving digital ecosystems through its end-to-end integrated telecommunications infrastructure solutions and services, covering tower leasing, co-locations, custom-built sites, as well as energy, transmission, and operations and maintenance (O&M) services. Its Digital Businesses harness intelligence and data to drive digital financial services and digital and data transformation. The Mobile segment operates in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia.
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