Annual Report 2019

JAVED MALIK Chief Operations Officer British Javed Malik, male, 51, joined AirAsia as Group Chief Operations Officer in April 2019, where he leads the group’s operational departments, covering flight operations, cabin crew department, Network Management Centre (NMC), ground services, airport operations, security, quality & compliance, airport infrastructure development, supply chain management for inflight catering, engineering and operations business analytics & business intelligence teams. Prior to joining AirAsia, Javed spent four years as the Chief Operating Officer at Bangalore International Airport Ltd; and almost four years as Vice President, Global Network Operations at Qatar Airways. He was also previously Director of Operations & Maintenance at Bangkok Flight Services (BFS), a joint venture between Bangkok Airways and World Wide Flight Services, the world’s largest cargo handler, at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Additionally, he spent almost 12 years in various operational leadership and senior management roles at British Airways based in Hong Kong and Europe. Notably, he was the first and only non-pilot Fleet Manager for Concorde, Airbus and Boeing short-haul aircraft, during which time he managed and retired the Concorde fleet operations. After leaving school in the UK, he joined Tesco Stores Group under its Management Trainee Scheme and spent 13 years gaining experience in various operational, commercial and people leadership roles. He was eventually appointed General Store Manager of Superstores, leading 1,100 staff and responsible for USD60 million in annual turnover. 07 08 JAVED PK MEDAPPA Chief People & Culture Officer British PK Medappa, male, 59, is responsible for overseeing the company’s organisational design along with policies and practices in the areas of strategic staff planning, performance management, training and development, and rewards and long-term incentives. Having worked in multiple locations and gained extensive experience in managing multicultural teams, he is striving to build a strong One AirAsia culture through uniform Human Resources (HR) programmes and initiatives aligned to deliver AirAsia’s business objectives across our markets. Prior to joining AirAsia in 2020, PK worked in various industries over 35 years, a large part of it in banking. His jobs included Group Head of HR of Standard Chartered Bank where he delivered a unified people strategy across the bank’s network of more than 50 countries. He also led the people function at First Abu Dhabi Bank where he helped to integrate one of the biggest banking mergers in the Middle East. He has also served as a consultant to other banks and multiple startups and worked as a mentor in numerous organisations nurturing startups. PK holds a Bachelor of Arts with specialisation in Economics, and an MA with specialisation in Personnel Management & Employee Relations from the TATA Institute of Social Sciences, India. PK MEDAPPA AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2019 57 ABOUT US