Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun (male), Malaysian, aged 57, is the co-founder of the Company. Datuk Kamarudin was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 6 June 2006. He was appointed as Chairman of the Board on 3 February 2010 till 3 March 2011. Datuk Kamarudin was re-designated as Non-Independent Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer on 30 January 2015. On 1 November 2018, he was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also a member of the Safety Review Board of the Company.

In December 2001, Datuk Kamarudin, together with Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Dato’ Pahamin Ab Rajab and Dato’ Abdul Aziz bin Abu Bakar acquired struggling domestic airline AirAsia and, with the help of Conor McCarthy, relaunched it as a budget travel pioneer in Asia and built it into the world’s best low-cost carrier.

Prior to setting up the Company, Datuk Kamarudin worked at Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank from 1988 to 1993 as a Portfolio Manager, managing both institutional and high net-worth individual clients’ investment funds. In 1994, he was appointed as Executive Director of Innosabah Capital Management Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Innosabah Securities Sdn Bhd. He subsequently acquired the shares of the joint venture partner of Innosabah Capital Management Sdn Bhd, which was later renamed Intrinsic Capital Management Sdn Bhd.

He holds a Diploma in Actuarial Science from University Technology MARA (UiTM), and graduated with a BSc with Distinction (Magna Cum Laude) majoring in Finance in 1986 and an MBA in 1987 from Central Michigan University.

He received the Darjah Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), which carries the title Datuk, from the Malaysian King in November 2013.

Datuk Kamarudin is a Non-Independent Executive Chairman of AirAsia Group Berhad and AirAsia Berhad. He is also a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Tune Protect Group Berhad, a Director of Yayasan Pendidikan Titiwangsa and a Director of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes (male), Malaysian, aged 55, is the co-founder of the Company. Fernandes was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 18 July 2006 and was re-designated as the Non-Independent Executive Director and Co-Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2018. On 1 November 2018, he was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Fernandes is one of Asia’s most recognisable entrepreneurs, best known for co-founding AirAsia and democratising air travel in the region. In December 2001, Fernandes, together with Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, Dato’ Pahamin Ab Rajab and Dato’ Abdul Aziz bin Abu Bakar, acquired struggling domestic airline AirAsia and, with the help of Conor McCarthy, relaunched it as a pioneer of budget travel in Asia, subsequently building it into the world’s best low-cost carrier.

Fernandes studied in the UK, and qualified as an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1991, then as a Fellow Member in 1996. An accountant by training, he began his career in Virgin Group before returning to Malaysia as Warner Music Group’s Vice President for Southeast Asia. This was just prior to launching AirAsia.

He has received numerous honours and awards over the course of his career. These include the Honour of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, conferred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011, and the Commander of the Legion d’Honneur, awarded by the French Government for outstanding contributions to the economy of France through the aviation industry.

Fernandes is also a Non-Independent Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia Group Berhad.

Tan Sri Rafidah, Malaysian (female), aged 75, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board on 3 March 2011 and re-designated as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Chairman upon listing of the Company on 10 July 2013. She is also the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as the Risk Management Committee of the Board, and the Safety Review Board of the Company.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Malaya.

Tan Sri Rafidah was Malaysia’s longest-serving Minister of International Trade and Industry, having served in that capacity from 1987 to 2008, and contributes a wealth of international experience.

Prior to this, she has also held the portfolio of Minister of Public Enterprises from 1980 to 1987 and Deputy Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1980. Tan Sri Rafidah also lectured at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya, between 1966 and 1976. She now serves as an Adjunct Professor at the College of Business, University Utara Malaysia, and the Chancellor of the Meritus University.

She has received various awards from the states of Selangor, Perak, Melaka, Sarawak and Terengganu as well as from Thailand, Argentina and Chile. She has also been conferred Honorary Doctorates from University Putra Malaysia, University Utara Malaysia, University Tun Razak Malaysia, University of Malaya, HELP University and the Dominican University of California, United States of America.

Tan Sri Rafidah also serves as the Chairman of Megasteel Sdn Bhd and Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studio. She is an Advisor to the Government of Sarawak on the Renewable Energy Corridor (RECODA) and she is also Patron of several NGOs.

Dato’ Yusli, Malaysian (male), aged 60, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 13 May 2013. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as the Risk Management Committee of the Board.

He graduated from the University of Essex, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Economics in 1981. He qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

He commenced his professional career in 1981 as a Trainee Accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co in London, United Kingdom.

He returned to Malaysia and held various key positions at industrial and financial groups in the country’s capital, providing him with experience in a number of different industries including property and infrastructure development, telecommunications, engineering and merchant banking.

Dato’ Yusli entered the stockbroking industry when he was appointed as the Chief Executive Director of CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2000 to 2004. He also served as the Chairman of the Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia from 2003 to 2004.

From 2004 to 2011, he was the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, previously known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. During the same period, he also sat on the Board of the Capital Market Development Fund and was an Executive Committee member of the Financial Reporting Foundation of Malaysia.

He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of a few public listed companies in Malaysia, namely Mulpha International Berhad, Mudajaya Group Berhad Group, Westports Holdings Berhad and FGV Holdings Berhad. He also sits on the Board of Dato’ HM Shah Foundation, Australaysia Resources & Minerals Berhad, Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance and Infinity Trustee Berhad. Outside his professional engagements, he also serves as the Patron of the Victoria Institution Old Boys Association. Currently, Dato’ Yusli is the President of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance.

Mr Lim, Malaysian (male), aged 62, was appointed as an Alternate Director to Dato’ Seri Kalimullah bin Masheerul Hassan (Dato’ Seri Kalimullah) on 11 June 2007. He ceased as an Alternate Director to Dato’ Seri Kalimullah and was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 10 July 2012. Mr Lim was re-designated as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 26 February 2016. On 24 May 2016, he was re-designated as an Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr Lim is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He served his articleship with KMG Thomson McLintock in London and was a consultant with Andersen Consulting from 1981 to 1984. Between 1984 and 1993, he was with Hong Leong Group, Malaysia as an Executive Director in the stockbroking arm responsible for corporate finance, research and institutional sales.

Mr Lim founded the Libra Capital Group in 1994 and co-founded the ECM Libra Group in 2002. He is the Managing Director of ECM Libra Financial Group Berhad since 16 July 2015 and also serves as the Non-Executive Non-Independent Chairman of Plato Capital Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore and a trustee of the ECM Libra Foundation.

Tan Sri Asmat, Malaysian (male), aged 75, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 13 May 2013. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Tan Sri Asmat graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics. He also holds a Diploma in European Economic Integration from the University of Amsterdam.

Tan Sri Asmat has vast experience of 35 years in various capacities in the public service and his last post as the Secretary General of the Ministry of International Trade & Industry Malaysia, a position he held since May 1992. In the last five (5) years prior to his retirement in 2001, Tan Sri Asmat served as a Board member of Malaysia Technology Development Corporation, Multimedia Development Corporation, Malaysian Trade Development Corporation, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation and Perbadanan Johor.

Tan Sri Asmat serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad and Compugates Holdings Berhad, companies listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is also the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of YTL Cement Berhad and a Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Berhad and JACTIM Foundation, all public companies. Tan Sri Asmat is a Governor of JACTIM and has also represented Malaysia for several years as Governor on the Governing Board of The Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia.

Dato’ Fam, Malaysian (male), aged 58, was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 24 March 2008. He is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as Risk Management Committee of the Board and a member of the Safety Review Board of the Company.

He received his BA (Hons) from the University of Malaya in 1986 and LLB (Hons) from the University of Liverpool, England in 1989. Upon obtaining his Certificate of Legal Practice in 1990, he has been practising law since 1991 and is currently a Partner at Messrs Gan & Zul Advocates & Solicitors.

Dato’ Fam sat on the Board of Trustees of Yayasan PEJATI from 1996 to 2007. Since 2001, he has served as a legal advisor to the Chinese Guilds and Association and charitable organisations such as Yayasan SSL Haemodialysis Centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

He also serves as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of AirAsia Group Berhad.