Sandip Das is the Chief Executive Officer of Maxis Communications Berhad (Maxis), responsible for the Maxis Group’s operations and investments in Malaysia, India and Indonesia. He also serves on the Maxis Board of Directors as Executive Director. In addition, Sandip serves as Director on the board of the Aircel Group (Maxis’ Indian subsidiary) and as Commissioner on the Board of Commissioners of PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler (NTS).

Internationally, Sandip is a member of the board of the Bridge Mobile Alliance, Asia’s largest mobile alliance, comprising the region’s top mobile operators from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. He also serves on the board of the Global GSM Development Fund.

Prior to joining Maxis in January 2007, Sandip was Deputy Managing Director and Director of the Board of Hutchison Essar Telecom (“Hutch”), one of India’s largest mobile operators. He started the company’s operations in India in 1994, and when he left Hutch at the end of 2006, it had more than 23 million subscribers. During his tenure at Hutch, he was voted “CEO of the Year” by Mid Day Publications and Hutch twice won “The Most Respected Telecom Company” awarded by Business World. He was also the Deputy Chairman of the Service Industry Panel of the Confederation of Indian Industries (“CII”).

Before his tenure at Hutch, Sandip served as Franchise Head of Toyota cars and Hino trucks with the Al Futtaim Group in Dubai, UAE for five years. Prior to this, he spent 10 years with Indian consumer durable giant Usha International (The Shriram Group), where he started as a Management Trainee and left as Joint Divisional Manager.

Sandip holds a First class Mechanical Engineering degree from Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, India (now renamed National Institute of Technology), where he graduated in 1978. He also obtained his Masters in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi in 1986.

Jon Eddy joined Maxis on April 2, 2007, and was appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Malaysian operations on June 1, 2007.

In his capacity as COO, Jon drives and manages the company’s strategic development in Customer Service, Network Engineering, Information Services, Enterprise Business, Technology Development and Carrier Services. Jon is also responsible for the efficient operations in Regulatory, System & Information Security and Business Support.

Jon has over 15 years of mobile operations experience, beginning with US West’s New Vector Group. His international experience began with Binariang/Maxis in the mid-nineties where he was tasked with the design and implementation of the first GSM network in Malaysia. He later joined Lucent Technologies, Malaysia, as the regional RF Engineering Director for Asia Pacific, before being appointed Director for the Regional Technical Center. In 1999, he accepted the position of Chief Technical Officer at Cesky Mobil (Oskar) in the Czech Republic.

In 2002, Jon returned to Malaysia as the Chief Technology Officer of DiGi Telecom and was responsible for Telecom and IT engineering and operations.

Rossana was previously with Citibank, Kuala Lumpur where she rose to the rank of Assistant Vice-President before she left to join RHB in 1994.

Rossana holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in banking and finance from Canberra University, Australia.

Seok Theng has 23 years of working experience. She was a System Integration Manager with Bass Consulting, Software Manager at Far East Computers and Systems Analyst with Dataprep.

Seok Theng holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the National University of Taiwan and a Masters degree in Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

Prior to Maxis, he was with Minter Ellison Lawyers, one of the largest legal firms in Australia with offices throughout the Asia Pacific region, for over eight years, the last three as Partner.

Before joining Minter Ellison, Geoff was a solicitor for the Australian Government in Canberra and prior to that, a professional engineer for the Shell Company of Australia for three years.

Geoff holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University, Canberra and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales.

He earned a Bachelor of Science (Finance) degree and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Indiana State University in the United States.

Jon was appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Network Engineering & Operations (NEO).  He will be responsible for the operations of the Maxis telecommunications network.  

Jon brings with him over 21 years of telecommunications experience. He joins us from Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait where he last held the position of Chief Technology Officer.  Jon was successful in replacing/upgrading all of Wataniya Telecom’s technical infrastructure components including Radio, Core, VAS, CRM and Billing in a relatively short time with HSDPA, all IP, converged Internet, Fixed net, Mobile net, Prepaid and Postpaid.

Prior to that, Jon was with Telenor Nordic Mobile, Norway (the parent company of Sonofon) as the CTO where he assumed responsibility to merge the IT and Network organization of the Telenor Mobile operations of Telenor Mobil Norway, Djuice Sweden and Sonofon Denmark.  He was also employed with Sonofon Denmark as Chief Technology Officer and Jydsk Telefon in Denmark and Germany as Manager, Software Development.

He has 13 years experience with the Schlumberger Group as International Financial Controller in Singapore, Indonesia and the United States. Prior to this, he was with Ernst & Whinney, Singapore (from 1981 to 1982) and Turquands Barton Mayhew, Manchester (from 1977 to 1981).

He is a Chartered Accountant (England & Wales) and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Cranfield Institute of Science and Technology in the United Kingdom.

Fitri brings with him over 17 years of working experience and joins Maxis from Hewlett-Packard (M) Sdn Bhd (“HP”) where he held various roles and positions, both in the country and region, in the Consulting and Systems Integration division while attached there for over 9 years. His last position at HP was as the Regional Director for the systems integration business for the communications industry in the Asia region.

Prior to joining HP, Fitri was a Consulting Manager with Ernst & Young, where he worked in several IT consulting engagements with various clients in Malaysia. He started his career with BULL Worldwide Information Systems, USA as a Principal Software Engineer from 1989 to1993.

Fitri holds a Master of Science Degree (Computer Science) from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from Indiana State University in the United States.

Nikolai is the Vice President and Head of Strategy & Head of New Businesses, responsible for strategy, business planning, product development and marketing, as well as building Maxis’ new infotainment and broadband businesses. Nikolai joined Maxis in December 2004 to drive the development of Maxis 3G and broadband businesses.

Before joining Maxis, Nikolai was 12 years with McKinsey & Company, where he was the Managing Partner of the Malaysian office since 2002. Nikolai came to Malaysia in November 1996, after having worked in the German, Italian and Indian offices of McKinsey.

Nikolai has been involved extensively in telecommunications and high-tech work in Asia, including issues of telecommunications transformation, national technology strategy development and R&D commercialisation.

Nikolai holds a Ph.D. in Technology and Innovation Management from University of Kiel, Germany. He is also a Director of Scicom (MSC) Bhd, a Mesdaq-listed customer care operator.

Lay Han joined Maxis in October 1999 as Head of Sales and Distribution. Prior to joining Maxis, Lay Han was General Manager at Tanjong Golden Village Sdn Bhd (now known as TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd). He was also involved in various business development projects for Tanjong.

Lay Han was previously with BP Malaysia Sdn Bhd where he held various marketing and operations positions for nine years.

Lay Han holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom.

She earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Leicester, United Kingdom and a Masters of Law degree from University of Malaya. She also obtained a Certificate of Legal Practice from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board and a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

She was admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate and Solicitor in 1993.