NIK ADINA TATY NIK ZAININ Head, Communications Nationality: Malaysian Nik Adina, female, 50, joined Capital A in October 2020 as Head of Group Communications, responsible for leading the development of strategic communications and elevating the profile of the company. She has 27 years of extensive and diverse experience spanning communications, funding, people development and sustainability. Adina was a pioneering employee of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Cradle Fund, Malaysia’s startup funding provider, as VP of Channels & Partnerships. She is mission-driven and a key enabler of rapid growth of startup companies with a strong passion for collaborating, communicating and connecting with people. Previously, Adina helped to build sustainable foundations for education and hardcore poverty during her tenure with Khazanah Nasional. She was also formerly at CIMB Asean Research Institute where she helped to spearhead key regional businesses to work together to promote the ASEAN Integration agenda. Prior to joining Capital A, Adina was employed with a leading telco to set up their regional sustainability framework and programmes. Adina holds a BSc in Industrial Psychology and Organisational Communications from the Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. ATTILA EMAM Head, Culture Nationality: Malaysian Attila Emam, male, 53, is responsible for ensuring that Capital A’s goals and the day-to-day business practices of its portfolio of companies are consistent with its stated purpose, vision and values. A significant part of his role involves driving continuous improvement of the employee experience with the aim of creating a workplace where Allstars can grow themselves, understand how they contribute to the organisation’s strategic goals and enjoy collaborating with each other. Attila joined AirAsia in 2013 to set up the Group Enterprise Risk Management function and manage Asean affairs. Before AirAsia, he was head of risk and strategy for the capital markets regulator working on, among other things, international regulatory standards and systemic risk assessment. He began his career as an economist with the Central Bank of Malaysia, and read economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and at Birkbeck College London, as a Chevening Scholar. None of the Senior Management has any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of Capital A, nor any conflict of interest with the Group of companies. None has been convicted for any offence within the past five years, other than traffic offences, if any, nor had any public sanctions or penalty imposed by any regulatory body during the financial year. O U R L E A D E R S H I P A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 0 4 7
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