acting group chief executive officers effective June 1, 2022 as Datuk Izzaddin Idris steps down. The

resignation of Datuk Izzaddin Idris who stepped down from his position as Axiata president and group

said the appointment follows the resignation of Datuk Izzaddin Idris who stepped down from his position

PETALING JAYA: Axiata Group Bhd’s operational resilience led to higher profit in the first half of 2021 and while it expects the same for the second half, it also hopes for a fast approval from the telecoms regulator to its proposal to merge its mobile unit with Digi. com Bhd. Axiata submitted its proposal for the merger of Celcom Axiata Bhd with Digi to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and other authorities in July.“ We submitted in July and hopefully in due course we will

KUALA LUMPUR: Axiata Group Bhd has formally committed to net zero by signing its commitment to Science Based Targets Initiative( SBTi) to reach the initiative target no later than 2050.... Jointly driven by the Carbon Disclosure Project( CDP), the United Nations Global Compact( UNGC), World Resources Institute( WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature( WWF), the SBTi is the lead partner of the Business Ambition for 1. 5°C campaign.... in fact, has accelerated following the onset of COVID-19, as

KUALA LUMPUR: Boost, the fintech arm of Axiata Group Bhd, and RHB Banking Group aim to jointly build a comprehensive suite of affordable and accessible digital banking and financial solutions after having secured the digital bank licence( DBL) by Bank Negara Malaysia( BNM). Both parties said in a joint statement today that the partnership would create greater access to financial inclusion digitally among the underserved and unserved segments. The partnership between Boost and RHB to form a digit

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Shahril Ridza Ridzuan will succeed Tan Sri Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid as chairman of Axiata Group Bhd following the latter’s planned retirement at the end of the year.In a statement, Axiata said the transition will take place on Jan 1, 2022, when Shahril will begin his tenure as the new chairman of the telecommunications group.... Shahril was appointed to the Axiata Board as an independent non-executive director on Nov 29, 2021. Presently, he is a non-executive director

KUALA LUMPUR: A raft of stocks with recent corporate announcements and earnings results could be seeing increased investor attention on Thursday, said JF Apex Research.... Axiata, MGB, Foundpac, Vstecs, Lagenda Properties, Globetronics achieved better y-o-y quarterly net earnings whilst Nestle, Supermax, Berjaya Sports Toto, Dayang, Leong Hup, MSM, Taliworks, Rubberex, Excel Force, Perak Transit recorded weaker y-o-y net profit on their quarterly result.... Wah Seong has been awarded a US$ 254

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation( Ebitda) rose to RM11. 4bil, which was 7% higher than in the previous year.... The telco group said in a statement that all operating companies( Opco) except NCell registered higher contributions to overall revenue of RM25. 9bil, which was 7% improved over that of 2020.... In particular, the group said Celcom's transformation yielded strong results in FY21 with a recovery on the back of subscriber additions of over 900, 000 in both p