Annual Report 2020

LYE KONG WEI Chief, Data Science Singaporean Lye Kong Wei, male, 49, was appointed as AirAsia Group's Chief of Data Science in March 2019 and is responsible for improving AirAsia’s operations by applying data science including artificial intelligence (AI) and operations research (OR). Prior to this, Kong Wei worked at Grab, a ride-sharing logistics and e-payment company in Asean, where he was the founding head of regional data science. At Grab, he led five specialised data science teams that helped drive business metrics such as allocation rates, gross merchandise volume, cost reduction, transaction volumes, etc, through intelligent and optimised models and algorithms. Prior to Grab, Kong Wei was with Greenwave Systems, a home energy management start-up, where he built and led a team of research scientists responsible for designing and building big data solutions for optimising and managing home energy usage as well as intelligent scheduling of clean (solar, wind) and conventional power sources. Before Greenwave, he spent close to two years on simulation and optimisation of rotables inventory positioning to minimise aircraft on ground (AOG) for the Airbus A380. Kong Wei was an adjunct assistant professor at the School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, where he collaborated on research in Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research. He was also a research scientist at A*STAR, Singapore’s national R&D agency. Kong Wei graduated with First Class Honours from Nanyang Technological University in 1996, and a Master’s as well as PhD in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University, USA in 2000 and 2004 respectively. HIEW LEONG WAI Head, Internal Audit Malaysian Hiew Leong Wai, male, 37, was appointed Head of Internal Audit in April 2021. In this role, he is responsible for providing independent and objective assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Group’s overall system of internal controls, risk management and governance, reporting to the Audit Committee and the Group CEO. Hiew has 15 years of experience in various industries including IT services and broadcasting. Prior to joining AirAsia, he led Astro’s IT Corporate Support and Infrastructure team from 2012 to 2017. He joined AirAsia in 2017 as Manager of IT Audit, overseeing the Group’s ICT infrastructure through IT audits to ensure compliance with internal procedures and government regulations. He was appointed as Acting Group Head, Internal Audit on 11 February 2021. Hiew has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, UK. Declaration of Senior Management: Family relationship None of the Senior Management Team has any family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of AirAsia Group Berhad. Conflict of Interest None of the Senior Management Team has any conflict of interest with AirAsia Group Berhad. Conviction for Offences None of the Senior Management Team has been convicted for any public offence during the financial year ended 31 December 2020 or had any penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies within the past five years, other than traffic offences, if any. Other Directorship None of the Senior Management Team has any other directorship in public companies. 43 ANNUAL REPORT 2020