Axiata Group Bhd has announced the appointment of Datuk Mohd Izzaddin Idris as its managing director/president, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Axiata said prior to this appointment, Izzaddin was appointed executive director/deputy group chief executive officer on Jan. 24,2020. He joined the board of Axiata in November 2016 as a non-independent non-executive director and was redesignated as an independent non-executive director in March 2019. Prior to joining Axiata, Izzaddin was the group managing director/chief executive officer of UEM Group Bhd, a position he held from July 2009 until his departure in October 2018.