James Carl Grinwis Maclaurin

British

47

Chief Financial Officer

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Degree in Engineering and Finance from the Universities of Dundee and Heriot Watt in Edinburgh respectively

James has worked in the telecommunications industry for 18 years and has held a number of senior finance leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer for Africa and Central Europe at Vodafone, Group Chief Financial Officer of Celtel, the pan-African mobile operator, Chief Financial Officer of UbiNetics, the 3G technology developer and Executive Vice President Finance of Marconi. In the mid 1990’s, James worked in Asia and served as the Finance Director of General Electric Co of Singapore and the Finance Director of General Electric Co of Bangladesh prior to his appointment as Group Chief Financial Officer of Axiata Group Berhad on 25 April 2011.