KUALA LUMPUR: Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd has appointed Tunku Ali Redhauddin Ibni Tuanku Muhriz and Nicola Mary Bamford as independent and non executive directors.

       Tunku Ali, 45, is the independent chairman of Bumi Armada Bhd and Taliworks Corporation Bhd.

       He also sits on the boards of Bangkok Bank Bhd, and Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Bhd, both regulated by Bank Negara.

       Tunku Ali is a senior advisor to TPG Capital, a global private equity firm, sitting on the boards of several TPG portfolio companies, including CVS KL, Pathology Asia Holdings and Columbia Asia.

       Meanwhile, Nicola, 56, has extensive international TV-related media experience. Her last role was as chief executive officer, international operations at Endemol Shine Group where she was responsible for the financial and operating performance of its companies in Iberia, France, Italy, Israel, India, China and Russia, working closely with joint venture partners in India, Israel and Russia.

       Previously, she was at Sky leading the team assessing opportunities for OTT expansion beyond its DTH footprint which led to the launch of Sky Spain in 2017 and before that, managing Sky UK's TVOD and EST business.

       She re-joined Sky after holding senior roles at Tata Sky in India and Sky Deutschland, having been director of channels and operations at Sky UK.

       Nicola worked for News Corp in the US and Disney in the UK post business school.