PETALING JAYA: Axiata Group Bhd has appointed the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) chief strategy officer Nurhisham Hussein as non-independent and non-executive director.

       The appointment took effect yesterday.In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the telecommunications company said Nurhisham’s division in EPF oversaw corporate strategy, communications, human resources, economic research and enterprise project management.

       Prior to holding this position, Nurhisham, 53, headed the economic research team at the EPF.