JOHN CHEING Head, Investment Nationality: Malaysian John Cheing, male, 43, is responsible for corporate finance and investments in Capital A. John joined Capital A in May 2020 as a Senior Manager of Investments and was subsequently promoted to the Head of Investments of AirAsia Digital in April 2021. He has worked on various corporate exercises, which include the recent acquisition of Gojek’s business in Thailand, SK’s investment in BigPay and Teleport’s acquisition of DeliverEat. Prior to joining AirAsia, John was with Usaha Tegas where he was the Senior Manager of Investments, overseeing the company’s investments in the telecom and media sectors. He has also held strategy and operational roles in telcos in Malaysia, and was part of the pioneering team from Maxis responsible for setting up Maxis’ first joint venture overseas, AXIS Indonesia, in 2004. John holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, a Master’s from the University of Nottingham and First-class Degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester. Our Senior Management Team (cont’d.) AZITA NAZRENE Chief Strategy Officer Nationality: Malaysian Azita Nazrene, female, 36, was appointed Chief Strategy Officer for Capital A in June 2021. In this role, she leads the development of Capital A’s overall corporate strategy and strategic playbook, fosters collaborations and synergies across the company and oversees the execution of strategic initiatives and achievements of short- and long-term goals. Prior to this appointment, she was the Head of Financial Strategy since January 2020. During this time, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, she led the financial planning & budgeting team for the group and worked on various fundraising, cost-cutting, restructuring and corporate exercises including the Gojek acquisition in Thailand, and was instrumental in the Group’s turnaround strategy. Azita joined the Group in 2019 as an investment manager for Redbeat Ventures (now airasia digital). She became Head of Investor Relations for Capital A later that year, a role she continued to perform in communicating the strategy to the investment committee until March 2022. Prior to joining the Group, Azita was the lead regional transport, infrastructure and logistics analyst at Macquarie Capital Securities in Singapore. Together with three years as an investment banker at AmInvestment Bank, she has over 10 years of experience in sell-side corporate advisory, corporate finance, debt fund-raising and equity research. Azita holds a Bachelor of Financial Engineering (Honours) from Multimedia University, Malaysia. 0 4 6 C A P I T A L A B E R H A D
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