ALVIN MICHAEL HEW THAI KHEAM
Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, 53 years old
Nomination Committee (Member)
Date of Appointment as Director of Maxis:
30 August 2012
Qualification
He holds undergraduate degrees from Queen’s University, Canada and an MBA from INSEAD France. He is certified with the Canadian Securities Institute and has attended executive programmes at IMD, Stanford, USC and UCSF.
Working Experience/Occupation
He is the Managing Director of The Abraaj Group – a Dubai-headquartered private equity firm – in charge of Abraaj’s Performance Acceleration Group covering Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.
His 29 years of corporate experience covers private equity at The Abraaj Group; financial advisory and private equity at H2O Capital; commercial banking at TD Bank; investment banking at Lancaster Financial; business development and marketing at P&G in Switzerland, Vietnam, Southeast Asia and Australia; and top management and regional board experience at L’Oreal where he was the President of its companies in Malaysia and Taiwan.
He served on the boards of the European Chamber of Commerce in Taipei from 2006-2009 and Taipei American School from 2011- 2014.
In 2004, he was conferred the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre Nationale du Merite by French President Jacques Chirac in recognition of his business achievements.
Directorships in other public companies or listed companies
Nil