Annual Report 2020

PATTRA BOOSARAWONGSE Chief Financial Officer Thai Pattra Boosarawongse, female, 51, is responsible for our Group Finance, Group Investor Relations and Group Procurement. She is a Board member of AirAsia Thailand, AirAsia X Thailand and AirAsia Philippines. Pattra joined AirAsia in March 2014 as the Chief Financial Officer of AirAsia Thailand and Asia Aviation PCL; and was appointed as AirAsia Group's Chief Financial Officer on 1 September 2016. She has delivered strong financial and operational results within our Thai associate’s Finance Department specifically, and the Group in general. In 2019, Pattra was named Asia’s Best CFO at the 9th Asian Excellence Recognition Awards. Pattra is a Certified Public Accountant, having started her career as a senior auditor at Ernst & Young. She then joined Sony Music as its Finance Director and rose to become its General Manager. She also assumed a regional role as team leader to implement a new group financial system covering 10 countries. In 2013, she played a key role in the merger of Sony Music with BEC TERO, and led the BEC TERO music department. Pattra graduated from Thammasat University in Thailand with a Master’s in Finance and Accounting. PK MEDAPPA Chief People & Culture Officer British PK Medappa (PK), male, 60, is AirAsia Group’s Chief People & Culture Officer, responsible for overseeing the company’s organisational design, and People & Culture practices in the areas of strategic staff planning, performance management, training and development, and rewards & long-term incentives. With extensive experience in managing multicultural teams, he leads AirAsia’s human resources programmes and initiatives to be more efficient and aligned with the company’s overall business objectives. Prior to joining AirAsia in 2020, PK worked in human resources in various industries but mostly in banking. During his tenure as Group Head of HR at Standard Chartered, he led the bank’s People Strategy across its network of more than 50 countries. He was also instrumental in setting up a global HR shared service centre, supporting over 100,000 employees. Building on this, he implemented a comprehensive risk governance framework to manage people and operational risks effectively through robust identification, assessment and reporting. He then joined First Abu Dhabi Bank as Head of HR, and led the biggest bank integration in the Middle East between First Gulf Bank and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, supporting the development of the new entity’s vision, strategic intent and human resources policies. PK holds a Bachelor of Arts specialising in Economics, and an MA with specialisation in Personnel Management & Employee Relations from the TATA Institute of Social Sciences, India. JAVED MALIK Chief Operations Officer British Javed Malik, male, 52, joined AirAsia as our Chief Operations Officer in April 2019. In this role, he is accountable for providing AirAsia’s group-wide direction on Operational Performance and Standards, bringing technology and innovation to enhance guest engagement on the ground and in the air. By driving collaboration across the Operations Division - comprising Engineering, Flight Operations, Cabin Crew, Ground Services (across 158 airports), Supply Chain, Safety, Security and the Network Operations Management Command Centre - he contributes to strong financial performance. Before joining AirAsia, Javed spent four years in the role of COO at Bangalore International Airport Ltd. He was also Vice President of Global Network Operations at Qatar Airways for almost four years; and Director of Operations & Maintenance at Bangkok Flight Services (BFS), part of a JV with Bangkok Airways and World Wide Flight Services, the world’s largest cargo handler at BKK Airport. Prior to this, he spent almost 12 years with British Airways, based in Hong Kong and Europe, where he held various operational leadership and senior management roles. Most notably, he was the first and only non-pilot Fleet Manager for Concorde, Airbus and Boeing short-haul aircraft. He also managed and retired the Concorde aircraft fleet operations. After leaving school in the UK, Javed joined Tesco Stores Group’s management trainee scheme and spent 13 years in various rotations through operational, commercial and people leadership roles, up to General Store Manager Superstores, leading teams of 1,100 staff and achieving an annual turnover of USD60 million. SeniorManagement Team 42 AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD