Axiata Group Berhad appointed of Amrit Kaur, as an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) effective 1 July 2024. Amrit Kaur will also be appointed as a member and Chair of the Board Audit Committee. Amrit, 63, has had an illustrious career, with over 30 years of experience in regulatory compliance, financial advisory, risk management and contributing to sustainable quality assurance practices.

She began her auditing career in Arthur Anderson in 1989. Amrit then joined PwC Malaysia, rising to helm various management and partnership positions including global leadership roles. Over the course of her career, Amrit has led various engagements, advising some of Malaysia's largest public listed institutions in various projects ranging from mergers & acquisitions, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to International Financial Reporting Standards implementations.

She is a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Certified Public Accountant under the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Composition of Audit Committee (Name and Directorate of members after change): Amrit Kaur A/P Kaur Singh (Independent Non-Executive Director) (Chairman), Dr. David Robert Dean (Independent Non-Executive Director) (Member), Shahin Farouque Jammal Ahmad (Non-Independent Non-Executive Director) (Member). Qualifications: Professional Qualification Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Professional Qualification: Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Working experience and occupation: 1990 - 2021 - PricewaterhouseCoopers - Held various position starting from Assistant Manager, promoted to Assurance Partner in 2001 and last position held was Senior Assurance Partner of PWC Malaysia. Provided a full complement of assurance and business advisory services to a diverse base of clients in various business sectors including among others technology, energy, telecommunications and media industries including large multinational corporations.

Lead assurance engagement partner including corporate exercises for corporate clients in Malysia and Quality Review Partner for significant engagements clients. Held various management positions in PwC Malaysia including global leadership positions as International team leader responsible for monitoring and reporting the quality of member firms in Europe (Germany/Netherlands/Belgium/Austria/Luxembourg) and the Global Service Delivery Centres (Poland/India/Argentina/United Sates Of America/Philippines). 1982-1990 - Arthur Andersen (Hanafiah Raslan & Mohammed) - Started auditing career and held various positions until Assistant Manager.

Provided audit services to a variety of clients in the automotive, finance, insurance, manufacturing and government corporations.